Year 8 student Simran worked on solving simultaneous equations and practiced applying algebraic principles to tackle inequalities.

In Year 9, Sienna focused on graphing directly proportional relationships and explored further work with surds and ratios using visual examples.

Meanwhile, Year 4 student Ruby learned about the place value of digits in large numbers and built confidence with long addition through step-by-step written practice.

The Year 10 student struggled to recall steps after eagerly working through problems—"he tends to forget the steps after eagerly doing them," a tutor noted—which made it hard to consolidate simultaneous equations and inequalities before time ran out.

In Year 8, messy or unclear written work meant sign errors slipped by during multi-step equations, so extra time was spent tracing mistakes rather than progressing.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 learner hesitated when 'carrying the one' in long addition, often erasing answers and starting over instead of fixing small errors directly. This slowed confidence and made checking work stressful.

A tutor in Tacoma South noticed Josh, a high school student, finally worked out simultaneous equations using substitution after struggling with algebra for some time—he even identified where he'd gone wrong before.

In another session, a Year 10 student showed cleaner, more organised working when factorising and now solves equations without hesitation, a big shift from his earlier confusion.

Meanwhile, Ruby in Year 3 figured out on her own why multiplication works the same way regardless of order and confidently multiplied several numbers together without help.