Elementary school math worksheet generator
mathymath is a simple math worksheet generator tool. There are likely
many others available but I wanted one I could easily customize and that
fit easily into my preferred workflow.
The basic flow is the program mathymath reads a LaTeX file that has an
empty worksheet and it generates a LaTeX file that is filled with problems.
The bulk of the formatting is handled in the LaTeX input file. The mathymath
program has various options for specifying how many problems of different types,
limits on numbers involved, etc.
To obtain a full list of mathymath options, use
./mathymath --help
The simplest use is
./mathymath
latex mathymath_out.tex
latex mathymath_out.tex
dvipdf mathymath_out.dvi
In the following example, we will generate a worksheet with 50 questions. There will be 15 addition problems, 15 subtraction problems, 3 bonus addition problems involving multi-digit addition, 2 bonus subtraction problems involving multi-digit subtraction, and 15 multiplication problems.
./mathymath \
--min_num 4 \
--max_num 12 \
--num_add 15 \
--num_sub 15 \
--num_addx 3 \
--num_subx 2 \
--min_mul 2 \
--max_mul 5 \
--num_mul 15 \
--num_div 0 \
--latex_columns 5 \
$*
latex mathymath_out.tex
latex "${out}.tex"
dvipdf mathymath_out.dvi worksheet.pdf
Contributions are welcome. A partial list of desired improvements are:
- Read the name of the
latex(possiblypdflatex) anddvipdfprograms from a config file with suitable defaults. - Include options to automatically generate postscript/PDF output without requiring the manual steps of running LaTeX.
- Include options for generating a worksheet and sending to the printer in a single step.
- More quotes that are suitable for elementary aged kids. These should be short and funny. Inappropriate quotes will not be accepted but this is free software so you are of course always welcome to create your own fork.
- Submissions should be made by creating a fork on github and then submitting a pull request.