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Experienced, Patient Secondary School, College, and SAT/ACT Math Tutor
Tom S.

463 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $40

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I really enjoy teaching and tutoring mathematics. I am retired after spending over 40 years teaching and tutoring everything from prealgebra to linear algebra at the high school and college level. I tutor SAT math, ACT math, and all secondary mathematics topics (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus) as well as college mathematics including calculus, multivariable calculus, probability, statistics, differential equations and linear algebra. I emphasize understanding concepts and use...

I really enjoy teaching and tutoring mathematics. I am retired after spending over 40 years teaching and tutoring everything from prealgebra to linear algebra at the high school and college level. I tutor SAT math, ACT math, and all secondary mathematics topics (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus) as well as college mathematics including calculus, multivariable calculus, probability, statistics, differential equations and linear algebra. I emphasize understanding concepts and use interesting applications to motivate students. Many other tutors have only limited experience teaching the actual classes that they tutor. I scored 800 on the SAT Math and Math Level 2. In 2001, I was selected as the Maryland College Math Teacher of the Year. I am the author of a college math textbook for training mathematics teachers used by about 100,000 college students. I have New York State Teacher certification for Grades 7-12.


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Approved Subjects

ACT Math
Algebra 1
Algebra 2
Calculus
Differential Equations
Geometry
Linear Algebra
Prealgebra
Precalculus
Probability
SAT Math
Statistics
Trigonometry

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The best tutor/teacher I ever had; Very knowledgeable, intelligent, patient, and affordable tutor

Tom S. taught me not only to understand Calculus, but to enjoy it. Tom allowed me to have fun and learn. Because of Tom’ help I received 100% on my final AP Calculus AB grade and got 5 on my AP Calculus Exam. Tom was able to answer all of my questions, even the hardest Calculus problems Tom would know the answers to from the top of his head. Tom is an amazing tutor and a wonderful person. Next school year I got so bold, with Tom’s help, I am taking AP Calculus BC. Tom is the best Calculus tutor anyone can hope for. Tom is very knowledgeable and patient. Thank you so much for all your help and hard work. I recommend Tom S. to everyone who wants to learn Calculus and have fun in the process.

Lenny, 207 lessons with Tom

Knowledgeable and excellent!

Tom explains concepts well and is patient. He is very helpful :) I would recommend him highly to anyone! we are very lucky to have met him - Thank you Professor Tom!

Liz, 72 lessons with Tom

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

For every lesson, I compile a file with SAT questions that I do not understand so I can review them with Tom. This is a very efficient way of prepping because that way we can focus on improving my understanding of problems that do not make sense to me rather than go over ones I already do understand. Tom always provides in-depth explanations with visual examples of a variety of math problems; he's helped me understand a great deal of practice questions ranging from trig, pre-calc, statistics, graphing, and different math formulas!

Daniel, 8 lessons with Tom

Great statistics tutor

We were doing power tests and two tailed t statistics with graphs. We also discussed confidence intervals and how to compute them. We reviewed hypothesis testing and formulas

Pamela, 1 lesson with Tom
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