% https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/370642/ \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage{xsim} \DeclareExerciseEnvironmentTemplate{simple} {\par\noindent\textbf{\GetExerciseProperty{counter}}. } {\par} \xsimsetup{exercise/template=simple} \begin{document} \begin{exercise}\label{eq1} Let $X$ be such that\dots \end{exercise} \begin{exercise} In this exercise consider $Y=2$ \dots \end{exercise} \begin{exercise} Consider $X$ as in exercise~\ref{eq1} (I would like to see the issue number~1) \end{exercise} \end{document}