[OS X TeX] Test Bank and dynamic math worksheets

Alain Schremmer schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Sun Dec 30 17:46:45 EST 2012


On Dec 30, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Nicole wrote:

> I am a newbie at Latex and I'm hoping someone can point me in the  
> right direction.  I want to create a database of math questions that  
> I can use to generate worksheets. My goal is to have 100 possible  
> questions for each topic and choose a few at random each time a  
> worksheet is created. I would also like the option of picking out a  
> specific question for the worksheet. What I have now is several  
> documents with these question written and I cut and paste the code  
> into my worksheet  as needed. I would like to automate the process  
> as much as possible. I've heard of R (a spreadsheet or statistical  
> software?) but I don't know anything about it. Could someone tell me  
> what languages/programs I would need and possibly recommend a book  
> or two for learning how to use them?
>
> If this has already been discussed I'll be happy to read the thread,  
> but I couldn't figure out how to search the archives. Perhaps  
> someone could suggest a month and year that I could start looking?


Google probsoln and you will find quite a bit of stuff.

Regards
--schremmer 



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