Everything You Need to Know About Desmos for the SAT

Benefits of Peer Tutoring

Why get tutored by other students?

About Certifications

Prove your mastery and get ready to tutor.

Become a Tutor

Learn, grow, and give back through tutoring.

Session Safety Measures

How we keep virtual tutoring safe.

Help Desk

Have questions? Search our FAQ.

Community Events

Game nights, product updates, and more.

Study Spaces

Stay motivated in virtual study rooms.

Leaderboards

Check out the community's impact.

Stories

Testimonials from the Schoolhouse community.

Blog

Keep up with our volunteer-run blog.

Everything You Need to Know About Desmos for the SAT

SAT Score Range

•

2 sessions

•

This series ended on August 10, 2025. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

Are you curious about how to solve math SAT problems more efficiently? Have you always wondered why people say Desmos is so useful for the SAT? Do you want to learn how to solve problems instantaneously that would take minutes to do by hand?
﻿
If so, join this series, which focuses on all the Desmos skills you'll ever need to slay the SAT! We'll cover how to graph lines from tables, how to use sliders, how to find intersection points and intercepts, and how to use Desmos to solve complex problems. I'll end every session with a quick "just for fun" mini-lesson (like how to make custom colors in Desmos) to encourage you to further explore this magnificent calculator.
﻿
Each session will be primarily a lesson about Desmos strategies, but there will be a few minutes to practice your new skills, and I'll send you home with practice problems you can use (or not) to hone your Desmos expertise.
﻿
Finally, a bit about me: My name is Leif, and I'm an experienced SAT tutor (both volunteering on Schoolhouse and doing it for pay around my town). As you can probably guess, I'm a huge Desmos nerd and have even made a couple pieces of complex Desmos art.
﻿
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
-Leif

Tutored by

Leif C 🇺🇸

Certified in 7 topics

View Profile

Hi there! My name is Leif and I'm excited to help you with anything SAT, math, or science-related! I'm a high school senior from Oregon with quite a bit of tutoring experience---both in my community and on Schoolhouse---and I also enjoy peer reviewing and especially hosting SAT BC Onboarding Sessions. At school, I participate in cross country and track, Science Bowl, and Model UN, and play the clarinet and tenor sax in the jazz band. My favorite subject is math (calculus-related is best), but I also like studying physics, biology, english, and mandarin Chinese. In my free time, I love to go on runs, read long books (my favorite is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts), cook/bake, and do portrait photography. In the great outdoors, I enjoy skiing, scuba diving, waterskiing, hiking, and traveling with family. Have a great day, and I look forward to seeing you in a session or discussion thread someday!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Since this series is just two sessions, please only sign up if you can make both. If you can't make it to this series, don't worry---I plan to host similar ones in the future!

SESSION 1

9

Aug

SESSION 1

SAT Math

Sat 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM UTCAug 9, 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM UTC

An introduction to Desmos for the dSAT! Plan to cover graphing lines from tables and using sliders, among other topics.

SESSION 2

10

Aug

SESSION 2

SAT Math

Sun 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM UTCAug 10, 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM UTC

This session will dive into more complex uses of Desmos for the kind of math problems that show up later in the SAT. We'll analyze exponential, parabolic, and more complex graphs to solidify your Desmos mastery!

Public Discussion

Please log in to see discussion on this series.

Aug 9 - Aug 10

1 week

45 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Saturday, Aug 9

4:45PM

Sunday, Aug 10

4:45PM