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One student, one tutor, one hour.
- Any level, from elementary math to AP Calculus BC
- Pick the times that suit your week
- Ask for a favourite tutor, or we'll match one
$24.99 a lesson · $19.99 each for 4+
Book a lessonLive on Zoom · Grades 3 to 12
Hard problems.
Patient tutors.
Real progress.
Private lessons, small semester classes and free camps, taught live by AIME-qualified high school tutors. Every time is shown in your time zone, and homework and feedback live in one place.
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From $19.99 a lesson.
Free cancellation 48 hours ahead.
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Every tutor qualified for the AIME.
One team behind your student.
The AIME is the invitation-only exam for the top few percent of AMC takers. Our tutors are San Francisco high schoolers who got there, and they teach the way they wish they'd been taught.
Meet the tutorsWhat we offer
Three ways to learn with us.
Start with a private lesson, join a small class for six weeks, or apply for our free summer camp. All of it is live on Zoom.
Spring 2027
Group Classes
6 weeks with the same small group.
- 90-minute classes: a 1-hour lesson, then 30 minutes of practice
- Homework and feedback in your dashboard
- Priced to cover our costs, nothing more
$100 for 6 weeks
See classesSummer 2027
Summer Camp
A short, free competition-math camp.
- Daily problem solving and a mock contest
- Free, by application (a few short questions)
- An optional $15 donation at the end keeps it free
Free · by application
About campsHow it works
Booked in about two minutes.
No account needed to start. Pay once and your family account is ready, with every session, Zoom link and piece of homework in one place.
- 01
Pick a time
Choose a subject and the times that work for you. Everything is shown in your own time zone.
- 02
Pay securely
Checkout runs on Stripe (card, Apple Pay or Google Pay). Your SFMA account is created for you automatically.
- 03
Sign in with a code
No password to remember: we email you a 6-digit code. Your dashboard shows the next session, the Zoom link, homework and feedback.
RemindersThe student, the parent and the tutor all get an email 24 hours and 1 hour before every session.
Your dashboard
Everything after booking, in one place.
Parents and students sign in with a code sent by email, so there's no password to forget.
- The next session, front and centre
- With the Zoom button 15 minutes before it starts.
- Homework and feedback
- Typeset problems, photo hand-ins, and notes from the tutor.
- Every child in one place
- Siblings, classes and private lessons on one page.
- Book or cancel yourself
- The refund policy is applied for you, no emails needed.
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Grade 6 · AMC 8 prep
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Problem of the week
Try one. We won't tell anyone.
This is the kind of problem our AMC 8 students work on. Hand it to your kid, or try it yourself.
AMC 8 level · about 3 minutes
A frog starts at 0 on a number line. Each jump moves it either 3 to the right or 2 to the left. What is the fewest number of jumps it needs to land exactly on 7?
Pick an answer
Say the frog makes a jumps right and b jumps left. It lands at 3a−2b, so we need 3a−2b=7 with a+b as small as possible.
With three jumps the frog lands at 5a−6, which is never 7, and fewer jumps can't reach it either. Four works: three jumps right to 9, one jump back to 7. The answer is (B) 4.
From our students
This math program has overall prepared me for AMC 8 way more than before. I will be reviewing these materials again.
The camp was amazing, and I believe every person learned something new here. The instructors are really nice and make the concepts easy to understand.
FAQ
Questions parents ask.
Something else? Email sfmathopen@gmail.com. A real person reads every message.
Who are the tutors?
High school students from the Bay Area who qualified for the AIME, the invitation-only exam for the top few percent of AMC takers. Several have perfect AMC 8 scores.
Do I need an account before booking?
No. Book and pay as a guest, and we'll create your family account automatically. You'll get an email with a sign-in link, and you can use it for every future booking.
Can my child have their own login?
Yes. Add your child's email when you book (or later in settings) and they can sign in to see their sessions, homework and feedback. Parents always see everything for their kids.
What if we need to cancel?
Cancel from your dashboard more than 48 hours before a lesson for a full refund. Inside 48 hours we refund everything except a $5.99 fee. Joining more than 15 minutes late counts as a missed lesson.
We're not in California. Does that matter?
Not at all. Every time on the site, and in our reminder emails, is shown in your own time zone.
Ready when you are
Book one lesson.
Tell us what's tricky.
We'll take it from there, with a tutor who teaches that subject and a plan for the next few weeks.