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I would like to display:

I. Factor completely.

   1.  some polynomial

   2.  some other polynomial

II. Reduce each expression.

   3.  some rational expression

   4.  some other rational expression

But I would like to keep the numbering running throughout each section, so if I add another question to a section I don't have to re-number everything. I know if I use \begin{questions} \end{questions} that I can do this, but then I can't insert the section number and the instructions. Or at least, I don't know how to.

Steven B. Segletes
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bloomers
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If you use a list to create your questions, you can use the resume feature provided by enumitem, as cited in this question, Resuming a list

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\section{Factor completely}
\begin{enumerate}
  \item  some polynomial
  \item some other polynomial
\end{enumerate}
\section{Reduce each expression.}
\begin{enumerate}[resume]
  \item some rational expression
  \item some other rational expression
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Steven B. Segletes
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  • (It seems we share an interest in questions involving the enumitem package, tonight! ;-)  I think it’s better to define a series, here, just in case some other, unrelated enumerate environment occurs in between. – GuM Jun 08 '17 at 20:08
  • Ahhhh.... "resume"! Thanks so much! – bloomers Jun 08 '17 at 21:25