What about IB mathematics?

Yes: Analysis and Approaches as well as Applications and Interpretation, at standard and higher level, including the assessed internal exploration. Students at FASNY, Kennedy International School and the International School of Brooklyn are concerned.

What time do sessions run from Montreal?

Whatever time suits you, because there is no difference: New York and Montreal are in the same Eastern time zone, and both countries change their clocks on the same days. The most requested slot is between 4:30 pm and 7 pm, right after school, and Saturday morning for longer sessions.

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French Curriculum Maths Tutoring in New York, College to Terminale

Q: Do you teach French-curriculum mathematics in New York?

Yes, online, on the official French syllabus, from Sixieme to Terminale. I work with students at the French schools of the New York area as well as children in American schools who follow the French syllabus independently or through the CNED. Sessions can run in English or in French, whichever helps the student.

Q: Do you cover AP Calculus AB and BC?

Yes, and preferably at the same time as the French Mathematics speciality, because the two syllabuses share most of their content: limits, differentiation, antiderivatives, integration, sequences and series. Handling them together halves the workload compared with two separate preparations. What is trained separately is the examination format, the English mathematical vocabulary and the French requirement for a written proof.

Q: Do you prepare SAT Math?

Yes. A student of the French curriculum is comfortably above the required level, but stumbles on the format: short questions, a tight clock, multiple choice answers and English mathematical vocabulary they have never used. Those are reflexes that install in a few targeted sessions, without revisiting the substance of the syllabus.

Online mathematics tutoring for students at the French schools of New York. The official French syllabus from Sixieme to Terminale, the Mathematics speciality, the Maths Expertes and Maths Complementaires options, and alongside them AP Calculus AB and BC, IB mathematics and SAT Math. I am based in Montreal, in your exact time zone, and I teach in English or in French.

Mathematics is the bulk of what families ask me for, and it is also the subject where a tutor who knows only one of the two systems wastes the most time. I sat the French Baccalaureate with the Mathematics speciality, then took a B.Sc. at McGill University and an M.Sc. at Concordia University.

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The French mathematics syllabus, year by year

It is identical in every accredited school, from the Lycee Francais de New York to FASNY, and identical to the one I teach in Montreal with students at Lycee Marie de France and College Stanislas. Nothing needs adapting from one school to another.

College, Sixieme to Troisieme (Grades 6 to 9)

Fractions, algebra, equations, proportionality, the theorems of Pythagoras and Thales, right triangle trigonometry, statistics, probability, algorithmics with Scratch then Python. Troisieme ends with the Brevet.

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Seconde (Grade 10)

Affine functions and the quadratic, inequalities, vectors and coordinate geometry, descriptive statistics, probability, algorithmics. The pivot year: it decides whether the Mathematics speciality is realistic.

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Premiere, Mathematics speciality

Numerical sequences, the quadratic, differentiation, the exponential function, trigonometry, the dot product, conditional probability, random variables. The pace doubles compared with Seconde.

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Terminale, Mathematics speciality

Limits, continuity, differentiation and convexity, the natural logarithm, antiderivatives and integration, sequences and proof by induction, geometry in space, the binomial law and concentration. The densest syllabus of lycee.

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Maths Expertes option

Complex numbers, number theory, matrices and graphs. The option that carries weight in a scientific file, in France as in North America, and that demands a fluency in calculation the core syllabus does not build.

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Maths Complementaires option

For students who drop the speciality at the end of Premiere: functions, derivatives, integrals, statistics and models, oriented toward applications rather than proofs.

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French curriculum, AP Calculus, IB and SAT: one body of content

This is the typical situation of a Premiere or Terminale student in New York: preparing the Baccalaureate Mathematics speciality, taking an AP Calculus module for American applications, and sitting an SAT in the spring. Three deadlines, three formats, and often three different teachers.

Mathematically, it is the same content. Limits, differentiation, antiderivatives, integration and sequences are on all four syllabuses. What differs comes down to four precise points, and those are the only ones that deserve dedicated training.

The expected write-up

A French marker marks the proof: hypotheses stated, theorem named, conclusion written. A right answer with no justification earns almost nothing. The AP and the SAT mark the result. A student has to know which regime they are in, and they almost never know it unprompted.

The vocabulary

Primitive and antiderivative, theoreme des valeurs intermediaires and intermediate value theorem, suite and sequence, derivee seconde and second derivative. A student perfectly comfortable with the idea can lose a minute per question translating in their head. We build that bridge explicitly.

The relationship to time

A speciality paper runs four hours and rewards depth. The SAT rewards speed and pattern recognition. Those are two opposite cognitive regimes; both can be trained, but separately.

The calendar

AP examinations fall in May, and the North America speciality papers are among the earliest in the French network. The two deadlines collide, which means finishing the syllabus far earlier than a student in France.

What actually loses marks

After more than 10 years of marked scripts, lost marks come back to almost the same causes every time. None of them is a problem of intelligence, and all of them can be trained.

Algebra that is not automatic

Expanding, factoring, handling fractions and powers must have become reflex before Premiere. Otherwise the student spends on arithmetic the attention they needed for the reasoning, and gets things wrong on problems that are not even about algebra.

Missing justification

This is difficulty number one for students used to American formats, which are shorter and more direct. Writing "the function is increasing" without saying why costs most of the question, even when the answer is right.

Proof by induction

It appears almost every year in Terminale, and it is often written badly: the induction hypothesis is not stated clearly, or the inductive step uses what it is supposed to prove. A fixed method, learned once, settles it.

Managing four hours

Many students have never written under real conditions before the examination itself. They bog down on the first exercise and leave easy marks at the end of the paper. That is why homework is timed, on past papers from the zone.

The required proofs learned too late

The Terminale syllabus lists a limited number of them, known in advance, and the paper regularly asks for one. Free marks for anyone who memorised them, a lost question for everyone else.

In French

Free corrected mathematics exercises, French curriculum

One exercise set per chapter, in the format of a real assessment: ten questions marked out of 100, a first part on the fundamentals and a second at examination level, with a full worked solution for every question. This is the kind of French-language resource you cannot buy in a bookshop in New York. Each chapter also has a revision sheet answering one question: what loses marks on this chapter, and what gesture avoids each loss. Everything reads in the browser, free and with no sign-up, in French.

Corrected exercise sets → Revision sheets → English exercises →

Frequently asked questions

Do you teach French-curriculum mathematics in New York?

Yes, online, on the official French syllabus from Sixieme to Terminale. I work with students at the French schools of the area and with children in American schools following the French syllabus independently or through the CNED. Sessions run in English or in French.

Do you cover AP Calculus AB and BC?

Yes, preferably at the same time as the French Mathematics speciality, since the two share most of their content. Handling them together halves the workload. What is trained separately is the format, the English vocabulary and the French requirement for a written proof.

And IB mathematics?

Yes: Analysis and Approaches as well as Applications and Interpretation, at standard and higher level, including the assessed exploration.

Do you prepare SAT Math?

Yes. A French-curriculum student is comfortably above the required level but stumbles on the format: short questions, a tight clock, multiple choice and English vocabulary they have never used. A few targeted sessions install those reflexes.

What time do sessions run?

Whatever suits you: New York and Montreal are in the same Eastern zone and change clocks on the same days. The most requested slot is 4:30 pm to 7 pm, right after school, and Saturday morning for longer sessions.