I have been a math tutor for five years. I also worked as a middle school math teacher in a high needs school for one year. I believe in the UPS - check method of solving problems. That is:U - Understand the problem - what is being askedP - Plan how you are going to solve the problemS - Solve the problemCheck - Check your solution, particularly for reasonablenessI believe in giving the students the background so that they can understand how and why certain solution methods work. This en
