The Best Precalculus Tutors in Portland, OR

In 1998, I started tutoring 3 young kids just to earn extra money as a high schooler, and by 2002, I was doing this as as a full time career with 20+ regular students. Who would have thought that tutoring would become my passion? Throughout all these years, I have taught kids as young as 4 years old to college students.... read more

I enjoy helping students to learn and truly understand the subjects they are struggling in. I try to look for alternative ways to explain concepts from a point of view that the student will understand. I have a flexible evening schedule, and am completely willing to work with any student in any situation. Whether it be... read more

I have tutored many students in precalculus. I cover advanced function notation, graphing, transformations, imaginary numbers, finding roots of complex systems, and so much more. I also find that reviewing algebra skills can help students excel in precalculus. read more

PreCalculus is different from Algebra 2 and should be taught differently. I use the basic concepts of Algebra to support the material in PreCalc. I focus on the skills that will be used most in Calculus when tutoring PreCalc so students can make the connections and be prepared when new material comes up. I... read more

I have tutored over 30 high school and college students in precalculus, making it one of my most popular topics. Precalculus is challenging for many because it draws on such diverse areas of mathematics. With my background in psychology and education, I am very attentive to students' individual... read more

Precalculus is one of my favorite subjects to tutor, as it was one of my strongest subjects while I was taking it in school. I like to see a lot of the problems in this course more as a puzzle than as a problem, because it actually can be a lot of fun after a basic understanding of principles! I have 3 and a half... read more

Dear potential students, Hi! I am an actuarial analyst with a lot of tutoring experience, available for the occasional motivated student. I was a math education major but decided to switch to applied math, so I have a background in teaching as well. I have always loved tutoring, I love explaining each piece of the... read more

I am an experienced data scientist and engineer, having spent 5 years with Intel analyzing and modeling data to predict photoresist patterning. Prior to that, I performed computational modeling of polymer nanocomposites at the University of Wisconsin where I earned my Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. I have spent my... read more

During my time tutoring at Portland State University, I helped foster student success and learning in mathematics classes from basic introductions to algebra through multivariable calculus. I have also spent time privately tutoring highschool students in trigonometry, algebra, precalculus, and calculus. I enjoy... read more

I have much experience helping students ranging from middle school to graduate studies. As early as high school, I tutored students in Chinese and math. I continued teaching through college and have extensive experience tutoring in math subjects ranging from algebra up to calculus, Chinese, chemistry, and SAT/ACT prep.... read more