Year 7 student Alex focused on calculating areas of irregular shapes and explored measurements for various 2D and 3D figures.

In Year 9, Emily worked through algebra fundamentals including simplifying linear equations and also practiced graphing linear relationships using coordinate grids.

For Year 11, Lucas tackled advanced financial mathematics topics such as compound interest calculations and declining balance depreciation, working through practical examples drawn from past exam questions.

A Year 9 student working on linear equations often left solutions only partially set out, making it tough to trace errors—he tends to write steps out of order, which makes checking harder.

In senior years, a student tackling HSC-level finance questions struggled with reading complex multi-part problems carefully; key details were missed because steps weren't written as the question unfolded.

Meanwhile, a Year 11 trigonometry student relied heavily on memorised rules rather than understanding when and why to use formulas.

When it came time for exam revision, forgotten homework and incomplete practice meant test feedback couldn't be fully acted upon.

One Comberton tutor noticed a real shift with Andrea, a senior student who used to miss where she went wrong in exams—last week, she not only spotted her errors herself but also explained why another approach would work better.

Laaibah, in Year 11, previously hesitated to show working for tricky network diagrams but now draws and solves them without prompting, handling critical path and floating time questions on her own.

Meanwhile, a Year 5 student who struggled to convert rates between units now sets up these problems independently and checks their answers before moving on.