...Math is like a set of building blocks. No new concept is totally independent; rather it is an extension of a previous one. Students shouldn’t simply memorize formulas; they should understand where formulas are coming from. (read more)
...Being aware of their weaknesses is the first major step towards better scores. Once the students notice their own patterns, they can avoid making the same mistakes in the future and perform much better at the test. ACT Science tests only very limited scientific knowledge. (read more)
Hello! My name is Riyaz and I am an Applied Math major at UC Berkeley. From a young age, I found math to be my favorite subject because I could apply its fundamental concepts towards solving real-world problems. (read more)
8 Subjects: includingCalculus,Algebra 1,Algebra 2,SAT Math
...I received All A's in all of my high school math courses (4.7 GPA overall) and received 5s on the two AP Calculus exams that I took; the highest level of math that I took in high school was AP Calculus BC (I took Adv. Algebra 2, Trigonometry, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC).In college, I took 3-... (read more)
...I do my best to make a complicated problem into an applicable one with an easy to understand solution. I enjoy teaching what I am passionate about, especially with engineering topics (math, physics, and basic material science/chemistry). Of course, as a tutor I do not retain all the information ... (read more)