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Title: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: dekoyl on October 05, 2008, 01:24:25 am
Hopefully this doesn't strive too far off top but I was wondering how neat everyone's numerals, symbols etc. are. I cringe at my exercise book and all the gray scribbles of its contents.
My numerals and symbols are an absolute mess if I want to do an exam within time constraints i.e. I can be neat when I want to but I'm naturally messy.

I'm also a heavy writer and so my lead becomes dull and thick (which results in even harder to read writing). For instance, and this has happened in a SAC as well, I had to rub out an integral equation 2 times because the terminals and fractions were unreadable :( This also has me worried for the exams.

I use 0.5 HB. Anyone recommend me some better lead?  :laugh:
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: cara.mel on October 05, 2008, 09:44:11 am
Over time I have learnt to put lines through my 7s and zs when doing maths so that they don't look like 1 and 2 respectively. Also my 4s were similar to my 9s. :P

I would really suggest not rubbing stuff out, instead crossing it out and writing below it. I know it doesn't look as nice but it saves you time :P
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Ahmad on October 05, 2008, 10:31:32 am
Most of my maths is done quite messily and haphazardly on any paper I so happen to spot, but during an exam I usually try to write neatly and accurately with everything well presented.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: ninwa on October 05, 2008, 12:52:54 pm
I recommend 2B lead because it's easier to rub out (IMO)

Otherwise can't help you much ... I spend more time making my answers look neat than actually working them out :P
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: /0 on October 05, 2008, 01:51:57 pm
I use pacers, I find they are very easy to rub out but if you buy them thick enough they are quite clear. Plus they don't go blunt!!! My biggest problem is my a's look like 9's :P but apart from x, a is my favourite variable :/
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: squance on October 05, 2008, 01:57:12 pm
Well...
When I start off a problem, its usually neat...
Then as I progress through the problem, it gets messier and messier (with all the main calculations and side calculations). I even submit my uni maths assignments in messy and the tutors don't care.
In exams and tests, I use pen and so whenever I make mistakes(of which I encounter a lot), I just scribble it out...
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: bturville on October 05, 2008, 02:19:17 pm
I recommend 2B lead because it's easier to rub out (IMO)
hmm, i find the softer lead smudges way more though.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: ReVeL on October 05, 2008, 02:25:47 pm
I don't really have a problem with messy writing itself, only when I use pen in a SAC then have to scribble it out when I make a mistake. So I think I'll be getting myself some pacers before the maths/physics exams.

In fact, people always say I have girl hand writing... so I'm possibly TOO neat at times which makes my writing look feminine haha.



EDIT: typo.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: dekoyl on October 05, 2008, 02:37:58 pm
Thanks I'll try 2B ninwa.
Oh well I'll try correct myself over the holidays.

I don't really have a problem with messy writing itself, only when I use pen in a SAC then have to scribble it out when I make a mistake. So I think I'll be getting myself some pacers before the maths/physics exams.

In fact, people always say I have girl hand writing... so I'm possibly TOO neat at times which makes my writing look femine haha.

Well feminine handwriting can look nice. But there's really no gender in handwriting. It's either neat or its not. What female letters have more curves or something?  :P 
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Toothpaste on October 05, 2008, 02:42:29 pm
I have a tendency to join my coefficients with numbers.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/Toothpick00/2008-10-05_maths.png)

Oh and my brackets are horrible when I rush.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/Toothpick00/2008-10-05_1math.png)
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: ed_saifa on October 05, 2008, 02:46:33 pm
Oh and my brackets are horrible when I rush.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/Toothpick00/2008-10-05_1math.png)
Doing the assignment I see =P
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Toothpaste on October 05, 2008, 02:47:39 pm
Oh and my brackets are horrible when I rush.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/Toothpick00/2008-10-05_1math.png)
Doing the assignment I see =P
I've hardly started hahha (shit! *curses*) 9 questions to go ksdhkjsadkahaskjhdsahd /wrists
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Eriny on October 05, 2008, 03:37:06 pm
I used to join my coefficients with my numerals too! I can't help it!

My maths was fairly neat unless I was running out of space or there was lots and lots of scribbling. I always used a pen.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: vce01 on October 05, 2008, 03:38:07 pm
depends on if i know how to do a question. if i do, its fairly neat :)
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Mao on October 05, 2008, 05:47:46 pm
Oh and my brackets are horrible when I rush.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/Toothpick00/2008-10-05_1math.png)
Doing the assignment I see =P
I've hardly started hahha (shit! *curses*) 9 questions to go ksdhkjsadkahaskjhdsahd /wrists

tablets are great.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Toothpaste on October 05, 2008, 05:49:36 pm
Oh and my brackets are horrible when I rush.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s4/Toothpick00/2008-10-05_1math.png)
Doing the assignment I see =P
I've hardly started hahha (shit! *curses*) 9 questions to go ksdhkjsadkahaskjhdsahd /wrists

tablets are great.
Totally
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: dekoyl on October 05, 2008, 06:12:22 pm
Ahh I want one of those tablets. :( Doing practice exams would be a lot easier and mistakes would be so much easier to correct (Alt+Z I presume?).
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: *Roxxii* on October 05, 2008, 07:04:58 pm
When i'm doing maths in my exercise books, the question number is written in light blue pen, the question is written in blue pen, and for the answer and working out i use a pacer.
My writing is like pretty neat, too neat lolz.

I spend WAYYYY to much time on presentation, coz i can't stand it when my work is messy :P lol
Its a very bad habit, i'm gonna try n stop it otherwise i'm gonna waste so much precious time in my exams :(
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: dekoyl on October 05, 2008, 07:35:11 pm
When i'm doing maths in my exercise books, the question number is written in light blue pen, the question is written in blue pen, and for the answer and working out i use a pacer.
My writing is like pretty neat, too neat lolz.

I spend WAYYYY to much time on presentation, coz i can't stand it when my work is messy :P lol
Its a very bad habit, i'm gonna try n stop it otherwise i'm gonna waste so much precious time in my exams :(
It's good to maintain a neat workbook I think. Makes it a lot easier to look back on the questions. You'll forget about all the neatness in the exams.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: droodles on October 05, 2008, 09:15:49 pm
I recommend 2B lead because it's easier to rub out (IMO)

Otherwise can't help you much ... I spend more time making my answers look neat than actually working them out :P

Je vous recommander Deux-B car c'est plus facile d'effacer (AMA)

Sinon je ne peux pas vous aider ... Je passe le plupart de mon temps en rendant mes reponses pour avoir l'air propre que les calculant :P
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: xox.happy1.xox on October 05, 2008, 09:46:40 pm
To be honest, my writing is the most illegible, haphazard writing I have ever encountered (Toothpick, your writing is lovely compared to mine. :)). My 4's look like 9's, my a's look like 0's (strange, huh?), my 6's look like b's (I lost marks because of this!), my 7's and 2's and z's are all the same! (I need to learn to put lines through my characters!), and on top of all of this, I rely on consequential marks because I don't have the slightest notation as to what I am actually doing!

Pheww...
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Collin Li on October 05, 2008, 11:26:29 pm
I use pen.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: AppleXY on October 05, 2008, 11:41:10 pm
this is my math hw:

I guess it's alright :p

[img]http://img.skitch.com/20081005-phh868hx16h97mm16py47qt3q.preview.jpg[/img]
Click for full size - Uploaded with plasq's Skitch
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Collin Li on October 05, 2008, 11:47:37 pm
I like how you take a picture, then upload the screenshot of your computer displaying the picture, rather than just uploading the picture...
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Mao on October 06, 2008, 01:35:02 am
I like how you take a picture, then upload the screenshot of your computer displaying the picture, rather than just uploading the picture...

I CANT BELIEVE IT

APPLEXY: DID YOU FIX YOUR GRAPHICS CARD? I THOUGHT SCREENSHOTS ON YOUR MAC GETS THOSE TERRIBLE GREEN LINES AND SHIZ.
Title: Re: How neat is your maths writing?
Post by: Collin Li on October 06, 2008, 07:19:01 am
I like how you take a picture, then upload the screenshot of your computer displaying the picture, rather than just uploading the picture...

I CANT BELIEVE IT

APPLEXY: DID YOU FIX YOUR GRAPHICS CARD? I THOUGHT SCREENSHOTS ON YOUR MAC GETS THOSE TERRIBLE GREEN LINES AND SHIZ.

Oh... I thought it was his Mac in general (not just screenshots) LOL