Fountain pen, pencil or both for maths?

[LastSummer]

Hi,

I'm in Greece and completely out of touch with the English school system. My daughter needs to sit some 13+ entrance exams there soon and prefers to use only a pencil for maths. But will she be expected to use a fountain pen too?

My DS is nearly 13 and in Y8 and yes, he does have to use fountain pen for maths.

So, a fountain pen for figures and a pencil for diagrams? Is that the general rule?

I think so, but I think the numbers in the diagrams are written in pen, eg the angles in a triangle. The triangle is drawn in pencil, but the numbers of the angles are written in pen.

I don't think the use of a Fountain pen is common or necessary - IME a biro + pencil is fine .

gingeroots - absolutely agree with you, biro or something similar, plus a pencil. I would definitely discourage use of fountain pen for maths, far too messy.

No "ink eraser" pens either, daughter should cross out to make a correction.