LaTeX homework template

homework_template.tex

\documentclass[11pt]{article}    % I prefer "article" over "amsart" for homework. "report" also looks nice
\usepackage{geometry}            % See geometry.pdf to learn the layout options. There are lots.
\geometry{letterpaper}           % ... or a4paper or a5paper or ... 
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}    % Activate to begin paragraphs with an empty line rather than an indent
\usepackage{graphicx}            % for graphics
\usepackage{epstopdf}            % for importing PostScript graphics from GraphViz

\usepackage{amssymb}             % math packages from AMS
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}              % for theorems and proofs

\usepackage{qtree}               % for simple trees
\usepackage{hyperref}            % for links in reports/bibliographies
\usepackage{algorithm}           % for pseudocode algorithms
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{ulem}		 %for squiggly lines and strikethrough

% some rules to try to control page layout
\usepackage{fullpage} % sets margins a bit smaller
\raggedbottom % prevents adding of vertical space to fill pages, which looks terrible

% set up styles for hyperlinks
\hypersetup{pdfborder = {0 0 0 0}}

% convert png/tiff filenames
\DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname #1`/`basename #1 .tif`.png}

% custom commands
\newcommand{\degree}{\ensuremath{^\circ}} %http://anthony.liekens.net/index.php/LaTeX/DegreesNotation

\title{CS xxx Homework n}
\author{<author>}
\date{\today}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

%theorem definitions
\newtheorem{mydef}{Definition}
\newtheorem{lemma}{Lemma}
\newtheorem{answer}{Answer}

\section*{Problem 1} Problem 1 description
\begin{answer}
Answer to problem 1
\end{answer}


\end{document}