🔢 Lesson: Type the Number 8
8 is typed with your right middle finger. From the home row, reach upward to the number 8 key and return your finger toward K. These 4 exercises build accurate number-row muscle memory.
How to Type the Number 8 Correctly
The number 8 is typed with your right middle finger. Keep your right hand positioned on the home row and reach upward to the 8 key while keeping your other fingers relaxed.
This lesson uses four short drills — a single tap, a double tap, a triple tap, and a building rhythm from one to five numbers — to help your middle finger learn the correct distance and movement without looking down at the keyboard.
Your right middle finger. Reach upward to press 8, then return your finger toward the K key on the home row.
The 8 key is on the top number row, above the I, K and comma area of a standard QWERTY keyboard.