Maths Answer Book

Question

Hi I trying to make an answer booklet for a mathematics exam which should look something similar as shown in the picture. I need space for writing answers as well as mark allocation for the question being answered.

Answer 1

A modified version of the code from the answer to another question. See there for an explanation on how the heights of the boxes are determined such that they take up all available space. Then, putting things in the bottom right corner is simply done by \vfill\hfill Stuff in the bottom right corner in each box:

Edit: To account for the modified question:

\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl}

\makeatletter
\newif\ifresetboxes

% Remaining space on the current page.
\def\restofpage{\dimexpr\pagegoal-\pagetotal-\baselineskip\relax}

% Save available space of current group to the aux file.
\newlength\restofpage@lastrun
\newcounter{vfill@write@groups}
\newcommand{\saverestofpage}{
    \stepcounter{vfill@write@groups}%

    % Name of the macro the rest of the page is to be saved to.
    \def\length@name{restofpage@\roman{vfill@write@groups}}%

    % Rest of this page from last compilation. If undefined or if reset mode,
    % set this to 0pt.
    \expandafter\ifcsname\length@name\endcsname
        \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\restofpage@lastrun\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter=\expandafter\csname\length@name\endcsname
    \else
        \setlength{\restofpage@lastrun}{0pt}
    \fi%
    \ifresetboxes
        \setlength{\restofpage@lastrun}{0pt}
    \fi

    % Save new rest of page = old rest of page + current rest of page.
    \immediate\write\@auxout{%
        \noexpand\global\noexpand\@namedef{\length@name}{%
            \the\dimexpr
                \restofpage / \thevfillboxes + \restofpage@lastrun
            \relax
        }
    }
    \typeout{Total space available: \the\restofpage}
    \typeout{Boxes on this page: \thevfillboxes}
    \setcounter{vfillboxes}{0}
    \resetboxesfalse
}

% Read available space for the next group from the aux file.
\newlength\remainingspace@perbox
\newcounter{vfill@read@groups}
\newcommand{\getrestofpage}{
    % Define macros for the names values for the current page are to be read from.
    \stepcounter{vfill@read@groups}
    \def\length@name{restofpage@\roman{vfill@read@groups}}

    % Set \remainingspace to the value of the length named by \length@name
    \ifresetboxes
        \setlength{\remainingspace@perbox}{0pt}
    \else
        \setlength{\remainingspace@perbox}{
            \expandafter\ifcsname\length@name\endcsname%
                \expandafter\csname\length@name\endcsname
            \else
                0pt
            \fi
        }
    \fi%

    % Make setting global
    \global\remainingspace@perbox=\remainingspace@perbox%
}



% Produce a box that consumes all available space,
% shared evenly among all boxes of this group.
\newcounter{vfillboxes}
\newcommand{\vfillbox}[2][\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxrule-2\fboxsep\relax]{%
    \stepcounter{vfillboxes}%
    \parbox[t][\remainingspace@perbox][t]{#1}{%
        #2
    }%
}

% Same as previous, with additional proportiality factor.
\newcommand{\Vfillbox}[3][\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxrule-2\fboxsep]{%
    \addtocounter{vfillboxes}{2}%
    \parbox[t][2\remainingspace@perbox][t]{#1}{%
        #3
    }%
}
\makeatother

\newcounter{problem}
\renewcommand{\theproblem}{\arabic{problem}. }
\begin{document}
    %\resetboxestrue
    \getrestofpage
    \noindent Please justify all your answers to the following questions.
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item Is this = that?\hfill 2 points
        \item Is this = that?\hfill 2 points
        \item Is this = that?\hfill 2 points
    \end{enumerate} 
        \noindent
        \fbox{%
            \Vfillbox{3}{%
                \stepcounter{problem}\theproblem Solve $x+2=3$.
                \vfill
                \hfill $x=\rule{1in}{1pt}$

                \hfill (3 marks)%
            }%
        }

        \nointerlineskip
        \noindent%
        \fbox{%
            \vfillbox{%
                \stepcounter{problem}\theproblem Question
                \vfill
                \hfill
                Solution%
            }%
        }
        \saverestofpage
\end{document}

Answer 2

A quick and dirty way

\documentclass{exam}
\begin{document}
Calculate the values of
\begin{questions}
\question $1+2$
\vspace*{3cm}
\begin{flushright}
$1+2=$ \rule{1cm}{.1pt}

(2 points)
\end{flushright}
\vspace{5pt}
\hrule
\vspace{5pt}
\question $3+4$
\vspace*{3cm}
\begin{flushright}
$3+4=$ \rule{1cm}{.1pt}

(2 points)
\end{flushright}
\end{questions}
\end{document}

Edit

Still very dirty, but simple. This needs much improvement.

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{calc}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question Solve $x+2=3$. \hfill (2 marks)
\question Calculate the value of $1+2+3+4+\frac12$. \hfill (3 marks)
\question Ann had a banana. Her mother just gave her one more. How many bananas does Ann have? \hfill (1 mark)
\end{questions}

\noindent\fbox{
    \parbox{\textwidth-2\fboxsep}{
        1. Solve $x+2=3$.

        \vspace*{1.5in}

        \begin{flushright}
        $x= \rule{1in}{1pt}$\\[2ex]
        (2 marks)
        \end{flushright}
    }
}
\noindent\fbox{
    \parbox{\textwidth-2\fboxsep}{
        2. Calculate the value of $1+2+3+4+\frac12$.

        \vspace*{2.5in}

        \begin{flushright}
        $1+2+3+4+\frac12= \rule{1in}{1pt}$\\[2ex]
        (3 marks)
        \end{flushright}
    }
}
\noindent\fbox{
    \parbox{\textwidth-2\fboxsep}{
        3. Ann had a banana. Her mother just gave her one more. How many bananas does Ann have?

        \vspace{1in}

        \begin{flushright}
        Ann have \rule{1in}{1pt} bananas\\[2ex]
        (1 mark)
        \end{flushright}
    }
}
\end{document}

You can move the question part to anywhere you want, as it does not relate to the answer part.