Alberta - Grade 12 diploma course

Math 30-1 tutoring for Alberta students

Math 30-1 is the Alberta course for students heading to programs that need calculus, and its diploma exam is worth 30% of the final mark. Our tutors teach the course content and train the exam format: machine-scored questions and written responses.

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What every programme includes

✓ Transformations, function operations and composition
✓ Exponential and logarithmic functions
✓ Polynomial, radical and rational functions
✓ Trigonometry: radians, the unit circle, identities and equations
✓ Permutations, combinations and the binomial theorem
✓ Written-response technique and diploma practice tests

Lesson times in your time zone

Weekdays 3pm-9pm after school · Weekends 8am-8pm, your local time. Pick the slot when you book.

The diploma exam

The diploma exam is worth 30% of the final course mark; the school-awarded mark is the other 70%. In the current information bulletin the exam has 32 machine-scored questions (24 multiple choice and 8 numerical response on paper) worth 75%, and 3 equally weighted written-response questions worth 25%.

The exam is designed to be finished in 3 hours, and all students may use up to 6 hours.

What the exam tests

Relations and Functions carry 53-58% of the exam, Trigonometry 27-33%, and Permutations, Combinations and the Binomial Theorem 14-18%. Questions are split across conceptual (about 34%), problem-solving (36%) and procedural (30%) levels, so practice needs to go beyond routine questions.

2026-27 exam dates

Mathematics 30-1 diploma exams are written on Tuesday 3 November 2026, Wednesday 20 January 2027, Thursday 8 April 2027 and Thursday 17 June 2027. Most students write in January or June at the end of their semester.

Math 30-1 diploma exam

Part	Questions	Weight
Machine scored	32 (24 multiple choice, 8 numerical response)	75%
Written response	3, equally weighted	25%
Relations and functions	-	53-58%
Trigonometry	-	27-33%
Permutations, combinations, binomial theorem	-	14-18%

From the 2025-2026 information bulletin; the exam is 30% of the final course mark.

Towards a January or June diploma exam

1
First half of the semester
Weekly sessions on each unit as the class covers it.
2
6 weeks out
Mixed practice across all units; first timed practice test.
3
3 weeks out
Written-response technique and the directing words (justify, determine, sketch).
4
Final week
Short timed sets and review of the most frequent errors.