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How to Cite Math Problems

Journals, books, speeches and other written papers are often citied as sources. These documents are usually used in the humanities and sciences when producing a paper on a certain subject. However, rarely is a math problem cited or even thought of as a source due to the rarity of a mathematically-based paper or written topic. This rarity often causes confusion as to how to cite the problem. However, citing math is similar across citation styles with the basic information, author, name, date, journal/school and website (if applicable) needed in order to source it.

Instructions

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  Write the author's name of the problem, if any. Place a period after it.
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  Write the name of the problem in quotation marks, such as "Finding the Side of the Box." Place a period after the last letter in the name, before the second quotation mark.
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  Write the name of the school, Internet site or journal where the problem was found. Place it in italics and place a period after it.
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  Write the date the source was created, with the day followed by the month and then year, if this information is available.
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  Place the website's URL inside greater than and less than signs, < and >. Place a period after the last > sign.
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  Check over the final source, it should look like this: Author. "Name of Problem." Publishing Company. <http://www.mathsource.com>.

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