Making math for everyone

Anyone can thrive with the right instruction. I've spent twenty years teaching to prove it: thousands of students in the classroom and in tutoring, and now millions more online.

Tim Ricchuiti, math teacher and founder of polymathematic
Tim Ricchuiti
Math teacher and test-prep coach
Tim Ricchuiti teaching two students at a whiteboard

From the channel

New math most weeks: short videos on TikTok and Instagram, longer ones on YouTube. Puzzles, strategies, the occasional argument about pi. If you came here from one of them, welcome.

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Courses

Upper Level ISEE prep now, SAT on the way, and a free course on how to take any standardized test. Taught the way I teach the students in front of me.

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Play

Free interactive apps: a unit circle you can drag, a function-graphing game, a puzzle about perfect squares, and an experiment about where a million belongs. No login, no ads.

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Free course

How to Take a Standardized Test: a short guide, a video walkthrough and a quiz. The first thing I teach every student, whatever the test.

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From students and parents

“Tim is a genius who, through humor, kindness, and unbelievable teaching skills caused both of our middle school-aged children to LOVE math. After his classes, both felt competent and confident in their skills to approach any problem.”

Stephanie Baker

Parent

“I've struggled deeply with math my entire life. Mr. Ricchuiti's lessons made the subject understandable and engaging, and I improved my math sub-score drastically. His lessons led to a 110-point improvement in my SAT score.”

Humberto Gallego

Student

“He has an astute ability to distill complex concepts into bite-sized pieces. Quick to encourage yet measured in his tone. To put it succinctly: Ricchuiti is a really, really good teacher. The one you recall years later.”

Ashley Januszewski

Parent