Google recently released the capability to give add-ons to forms. This is very handy in that you can now add gMath to your forms. gMath helps to image complex mathematical symbols and equations to be used in a form. This adds quite a few possibilities for creating online assessments for students, gathering formative data, or giving quick feedback to students based on form submissions.
This can also be paired with a script like Flubaroo, which can take form answers and grade or score quizzes automatically. Check the add-on menu when using a form to add gMath.
After selecting gMath in the Add-ons menu, it gives you three options to create- math expressions, graphs, or statistical displays. I chose the expressions.

After getting the equation that you want, click the "Insert" button and gMath will create a new form question with your image.
This add-on came to my attention after having some conversations with a middle school math teacher who wanted to use a Google Form and spreadsheet to create Histograms in algebra class. The gMath add-on allowed her to create quizzes more tailored to her class.
gMath also has an add-on for Google Docs, which adds the same functionality to a doc.

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