Our Maths Tutors Can Bring Your Struggling Child Up To Speed

PH219168 • 30 September 2024

Without doubt, for many of us when we were schoolchildren, one of the most difficult subjects that we had to tackle was maths. If you look up Mathematics on Wikipedia, this is what it says:

“Mathematics involves the description and manipulation of abstract objects that consist of either abstractions from nature or—in modern mathematics—purely abstract entities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. Mathematics uses pure reason to prove properties of objects, a proof consisting of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results. These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, and—in case of abstraction from nature—some basic properties that are considered true starting points of the theory under consideration”.

 

Obvious, isn’t it? Or, for most of us, not obvious. If you didn’t really understand that, then you are not alone. In fact, probably 90% of today’s adults would not understand it. And that is before you even start getting into the basics of it.

 

Certainly, we can add two and two and we can check our receipts from the supermarket. If the petrol for our car is 158p per litre, we can probably work out that 40 litres is going to be £63.20. (Check: is that correct?!!). But that is about as far as most of us can go and is enough for our daily lives.

 

However, our kids have yet to go through the study of maths and sit their GCSEs. Heaven help you if they come home with their homework and say: “Mum, can you help me with this?”. Is it any wonder our children struggle as we did?



Extra Tutition

 

This is why so many parents in the Manchester area today are booking their children in for extra maths tuition with us at Smart Kids Tutoring. Our maths tutors in Oldham are experts at helping your child understand algebra, geometry, calculus, number theory, statistics, and more, so that they have the best chance of passing their exams.

 

We assess each child’s level of understanding and create a course specifically for that child. It is quite amazing for some parents to see how well their child is progressing after just a few lessons. The point is that our maths tutors in Oldham can give your child undivided attention and focus on their individual needs, which you cannot get in a class of 30 children.

 

Call us on 0161 312 8906 or email us on info@smartkidstutoring.co.uk for a free consultation when we can assess your child and answer all your questions. 

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