How can I make a set of latex flashcards that I can print to write my answers on one side?

Question

I want to adapt the code from the answer to latex flashcard problem so that the right hand side has a question and the left has the answer rather than on the bottom of the page.

This is so that I can print it and scribble on it to keep testing myself on the same definitions.

The blank thing would be handy now and again but the question is more likely my style anyway.

My attempt to adapt it has not gone too well the answer always seems to be at the bottom.

checked about the flashcards package due to suggestions below and I definitely have it installed:

This person's flashcards compiled fine. I think I'll use his as a template instead of the previous link, but even this still has the same issue; where the answers are on a different page rather than something you can fold over

Can anyone think of a way to adapt it?

EDIT: Adding my adapted code borrowed off a person called Jason Underdown this is where I borrowed it from

\documentclass[avery5371,grid]{flashcards}

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\cardfrontstyle[\large\slshape]{headings}
\cardbackstyle{empty}

\begin{document}

\begin{flashcard}[Definition]{Method of Frobenius}

\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\begin{displaymath}
w(x,r)=(x-x_{0})\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}(x-x_{0})^{n}
\end{displaymath}
\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\end{flashcard}

\begin{flashcard}[Definition]{Hamiltonian operator}
\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\begin{displaymath}
\textrm{\^H} = -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\nabla^2 + V
\end{displaymath} 
\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\end{flashcard}

\end{document}

Update: I am a step closer. It is not in the configuration of this package so I would need to workaround it I think so far I have it printing on two pages but in an order that is easier to stick the sheets together if printed with:

\documentclass[avery5371,grid,dvips]{flashcards}

UPDATE: I have read through the whole thing and it cannot be done with this package. The closest I get to it is being able to format it so I can stick two pages together.

UPDATE: Also keen to get printed solutions. I know about anki and have used it but I sometimes find being at a computer is not always what is needed and good old fashioned pen and paper solutions are what really sticks. (Aside from that I found anki flipped the questions to be answers after a while and that was a real flaw with it, for me)

Another package/idea?

Answer 1

Here's a "proof of concept" using pgfpages instead of flashcards. This gives considerable flexibility on how virtual pages are placed on a physical page.

I had to emulate the look of the flashcards and probably got it horribly wrong. The \makeatletter ... \makeatother stuff is simply to add a border to the virtual pages without having to define a whole new page layout.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[paperwidth=.5\paperwidth,paperheight=.25\paperheight]{geometry}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pagestyle{empty}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pgfpagesuselayout{8 on 1}[a4paper]
\makeatletter
\@tempcnta=1\relax
\loop\ifnum\@tempcnta<9\relax
\pgf@pset{\the\@tempcnta}{bordercode}{\pgfusepath{stroke}}
\advance\@tempcnta by 1\relax
\repeat
\makeatother

\newenvironment{flashcard}[2][]{%
\noindent  \textsc{#1}

\vfill
\centerline{{\Large\emph{#2}}}
\vfill
\newpage
}
{\newpage}

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{flashcard}[Definition]{Method of Frobenius}

\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\begin{displaymath}
w(x,r)=(x-x_{0})\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}(x-x_{0})^{n}
\end{displaymath}
\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\end{flashcard}

\begin{flashcard}[Definition]{Hamiltonian operator}
\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\begin{displaymath}
\textrm{\^H} = -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\nabla^2 + V
\end{displaymath} 
\vspace*{\stretch{1}}
\end{flashcard}

\end{document}

Result:

Answer 2

I don't know, whether that might help (and it's up to now only in german) but here http://www.rbergmann.info/projekte/kartei.html is another approach that might do, what you want: Printable flashcards, limited to european formats (up to now). Disclaimer: I am author of that package (and due to missing english manual, i didn't submit it to CTAN yet).

Answer 3

You may want to check out a program called "Anki" (http://ankisrs.net/). It is a opensource flashcard program with support for Latex formulas (via dvipng) and is available for every platform (incl. cell phones). Unfortunately it does not have a "print" feature, if that is essential for you.