
These notebooks are used for daily work in primary school like teaching penmanship and arithmetic, and are often collected for review and grading. They are stapled through the fold, which, aided by their thinness, allows to open them completely flat, simplifying writing on the left side. The most common Russian exercise notebooks, codified in the Russian industry standard, are:
#Composition notebook code#
An alphanumeric code is used to describe the exercise book's binding, format, and size. School exercise books in New Zealand generally conform to standard NZS 8132:1984 (Specification for school stationery).

Main article: New Zealand standard for school stationery The pages can be blank, ruled, and/or squared. 10 for squared paper-squares are 10 x 10 mmĬopy books sold in Ireland usually come with 32, 40, 88, or 120 pages.5 for squared paper-squares are 5 x 5 mm.The second numeral stands for the number of pages: Larger A4 (previously foolscap) notebooks are also very commonly used.Įxercise books manufactured in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are labeled by three-digit codes that encode their size, number of pages, and ruling. The traditional size of a school exercise book in Australia is 7 by 9 inches (180 mm × 230 mm), which may be approximated by B5 (176 × 250 mm). The US equivalent is composition book, which traditionally has a distinctive cover pattern. The exercise book was also called version book historically, and is called khata in India, scribbler in Canada, jotter in Scotland, and copy book in Ireland. For example, Biology might be green and Algebra blue. In some schools, exercise books may be colour-coded depending on the subject. Loose worksheets may be pasted into the book so that they are bound with other work. For younger pupils, books are often collected at the end of each lesson for review, scoring, or grading. The exercise book format is different for some subjects: for the majority of subjects, the exercise book will contain lined paper with a margin, but for other subjects such as mathematics, the exercise book will contain squared paper to aid in the drawing of graphs, tables or other diagrams.Įxercise books may act as a primary record of students' learning efforts.

A student will usually have a different exercise book for each separate lesson or subject. An exercise book or composition book is a notebook that is used in schools to copy down schoolwork and notes.
