Year 4 student Emily focused on multiplication facts and worked through multi-step addition and subtraction problems, including friends of 10.

In Year 9, Sam tackled trigonometry applications involving angle of elevation and depression by drawing diagrams and solving using trig ratios, as well as compound interest calculations.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student Laaibah completed revision on critical path analysis—drawing network diagrams from activity tables and identifying the critical path—along with practicing forward scanning (EST) and backward scanning techniques.

A Year 12 student working through HSC-level finance and networks tasks often skipped writing out full solutions—she needs to show more working out in answers, noted a tutor after tackling Best Buys and share questions.

In these multi-mark problems, not showing calculations made it hard to pinpoint where errors crept in, especially under test conditions.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student relied on guessing when stuck with multiplication or subtraction; her tutor observed that she does not have the enthusiasm to improve her math solving ability and resisted reading questions aloud or writing steps.

This led to frequent mistakes and mounting frustration during basic arithmetic practice.

One Tullimbar tutor noticed a big shift in a Year 11 student who used to skip working out, but now regularly writes each step when simplifying ratios and solving finance questions—she even tackled credit card statements on her own.

A Year 8 student, previously hesitant to attempt unfamiliar trigonometry problems, surprised the tutor last session by correctly identifying which trig ratio to use without any prompting.

Meanwhile, in Year 3, Ariana had always struggled with her times tables, but after practicing new multiplication tricks with flashcards, she quickly multiplied larger numbers during the lesson and volunteered to try dividing next.