Collection: Scholar Books - Quad & Margin

Quad and margin exercise books are the standard ruling used across South African primary and secondary schools — a left-hand margin column for marking and a quad grid on the right for written work, maths and diagrams in one book. Welkom Business Machines stocks Quad and Margin books from Treeline, Freedom, Nexx and Croxley in a full range of page counts.

Why Quad and Margin? The margin gives teachers a clear space to mark and comment without writing over the learner's work, while the quad grid supports both ordinary writing and maths working — number grids, graphs and diagrams all fit naturally onto quad ruling, which is why most school stationery lists specify it as the standard format.

Page counts range from light 32-page books for shorter subjects through to 192-page hard cover books for subjects that need a full year's worth of pages in one book. Soft cover books in 32, 72 and similar counts are the most economical option for stocking up a full classroom, while hard cover Quad and Margin books hold up better for subjects where the book travels home and back daily over a full term or year.

If your school stationery list calls for a different ruling, we also stock plain exercise books for subjects that don't need margin or grid lines, and hard cover books in Feint and Margin ruling for subjects favouring a simpler line format. For art and design subjects, our drawing books complete a standard back-to-school stationery list.

Welkom Business Machines stocks bulk school stationery for the start of every term, with discounts available for schools and parent groups ordering in volume. Available in-store in Welkom or for delivery across South Africa.