diff --git a/.changeset/honest-avocados-accept.md b/.changeset/honest-avocados-accept.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d7d3129cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/honest-avocados-accept.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@khanacademy/perseus": minor
+---
+
+Introduces a validation function for the numeric-input widget (extracted from numeric-input scoring function).
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.test.ts b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.test.ts
index c6ee90ec2c..de2a226656 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.test.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.test.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ describe("static function validate", () => {
             coefficient: true,
         };
 
-        const useInput = {
+        const userInput = {
             currentValue: "1",
         } as const;
 
-        const score = scoreNumericInput(useInput, rubric, mockStrings);
+        const score = scoreNumericInput(userInput, rubric, mockStrings);
 
         expect(score).toHaveBeenAnsweredCorrectly();
     });
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ describe("static function validate", () => {
             coefficient: true,
         };
 
-        const useInput = {
+        const userInput = {
             currentValue: "sadasdfas",
         } as const;
 
-        const score = scoreNumericInput(useInput, rubric, mockStrings);
+        const score = scoreNumericInput(userInput, rubric, mockStrings);
 
         expect(score).toHaveInvalidInput(
             "We could not understand your answer. Please check your answer for extra text or symbols.",
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ describe("static function validate", () => {
             coefficient: true,
         };
 
-        const useInput = {
+        const userInput = {
             currentValue: "1.0",
         } as const;
 
-        const score = scoreNumericInput(useInput, rubric, mockStrings);
+        const score = scoreNumericInput(userInput, rubric, mockStrings);
 
         expect(score).toHaveBeenAnsweredCorrectly();
     });
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ describe("static function validate", () => {
             coefficient: true,
         };
 
-        const useInput = {
+        const userInput = {
             currentValue: "1.3",
         } as const;
 
-        const score = scoreNumericInput(useInput, rubric, mockStrings);
+        const score = scoreNumericInput(userInput, rubric, mockStrings);
 
         expect(score).toHaveBeenAnsweredIncorrectly();
     });
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ describe("static function validate", () => {
             coefficient: true,
         };
 
-        const useInput = {
+        const userInput = {
             currentValue: "1.12",
         } as const;
 
-        const score = scoreNumericInput(useInput, rubric, mockStrings);
+        const score = scoreNumericInput(userInput, rubric, mockStrings);
 
         expect(score).toHaveBeenAnsweredCorrectly();
     });
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.ts b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.ts
index 46a98eaf12..d4637185ec 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/numeric-input/score-numeric-input.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function maybeParsePercentInput(
         return value / 100;
     }
 
-    // Otherwise, we return input valuåe (number) stripped of the "%".
+    // Otherwise, we return input value (number) stripped of the "%".
     return value;
 }