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[ByteMe]

Does anyone else use pencil in maths exams?! I am annoyed that supervisers want u to write in pen... i hate writing in pen esp in maths exams....

Does anyone know why they want u to write in pen?

 

[BlackJack]

Maybe so other people can't change it later, in case of inside bribe? I don't know. Maybe it'll get smudgy somehow.. iether the marker's hand or the marks.
Aren't you're supposed to use pencil diagrams?

 

[NATMAN]

Aren't u allowed to draw graphs in pencil?

 

[KilledInAction]

Yeh pencils for diagrams is fine.

I prefer maths in pencil a lot more than pens too...how many times have you done half a page of a proof, then realise there's an error in line 2 so you need to scribble all of it out and start again.

 

[nakata]

you can actually write in pencil if you wish, the only reason they want you to write in pen is security reasons, and legibility i guess.
they think that 'people' could rub your answers out or something, ie. markers.

 

[McLake]

I always thought they got us to write in pen cause it's easier to photocopy/scan, hence why they suggest balck over blue (see HSC Timetable) ...

 

[Ozz^E]

If you want to write in pencil, make sure you take a few into the exam, u dont want ot wast time sharpening.

 

[nakata]

my brother always told me to write in black, since its more visible. But i still wrote in blue, hmm, i hope thats ok.