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Alberta Math 30-1 diploma exam prep, 2026 to 2027

The Mathematics 30-1 diploma exam is one sitting of three hours that decides 30 per cent of a Grade 12 student’s final mark in Alberta’s calculus-track course. It is written on a computer, except for the written responses, which go on paper and are marked by Alberta teachers against a published scoring guide. This page collects what Alberta Education and Childcare has published for 2026 to 2027, works two written responses the way the scoring guide rewards, and lays out an eight-week plan. We teach alongside the student’s Math 30-1 class; we do not grant provincial credits.

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In short

The Alberta Math 30-1 diploma exam is designed for three hours (three more are allowed), has 32 machine-scored and 3 written-response questions, and counts for 30 per cent of the final mark. In 2026 to 2027 it runs on 3 November 2026 and 20 January, 8 April, 17 June and 5 August 2027. Modern Age Coders prepares students for it in live online classes, one to one or in a batch, within the Western Canada Grade 12 Math course.

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Three courses for the diploma year

The first is built around Math 30-1 and its written responses. The others widen the base for students who want more room.

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Western Canada Grade 12 Math

Grade 12. Math 30-1 outcomes in order, with timed mixed sets and full written responses marked against the scoring guide.

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Precalculus

Grades 10 to 12. Functions, exponentials and trigonometry with a second set of problems to practise on.

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High school mathematics

Grades 9 to 12. For gaps in factoring and algebra that slow every 30-1 written response.

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The 2026 to 2027 schedule

Every Math 30-1 diploma sitting, November 2026 to August 2027

Alberta publishes one schedule a year in its General Information Bulletin for the Diploma Examinations Program. For 2026 to 2027 it lists five administrations of Mathematics 30-1, each in the same three-hour morning slot that Mathematics 30-2 shares.

Mathematics 30-1 diploma exam dates, 2026 to 2027, from Alberta’s General Information Bulletin schedule pages (read 22 October 2026)
AdministrationDay and dateOfficial time
November 2026Tuesday 3 November 20269 AM to 12 PM
January 2027Wednesday 20 January 20279 AM to 12 PM
April 2027Thursday 8 April 20279 AM to 12 PM
June 2027Thursday 17 June 20279 AM to 12 PM
August 2027Thursday 5 August 20279 AM to 12 PM

Reading the schedule

Under each month Alberta adds the same line: “All students are provided with up to double the official time noted above if they require it.” So the 9 AM to 12 PM slot is the designed time, and a student may keep working past noon. The June page also notes “No exams scheduled on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day.”

January and June are the large administrations. The bulletin says some subjects “may have two distinct forms” then, both equated to the same baseline, and that each school receives one form per subject.

Who registers whom

Alberta’s writing page is clear on registration: “School staff will register students enrolled in diploma exams courses for the first time.” A student repeating the exam is different: “Students who retake courses will not automatically be registered”, and they register online through myPass.

The student guide confirms the five writing sessions for Math 30-1 (November, January, April, June and August), so a student who misses one sitting or wants another attempt has several choices in the same school year.

What happened in January 2026. Alberta’s overview page records that “Alberta’s government has cancelled the January 2026 diploma examinations and Grade 9 Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs).” Students could write the missed exam in April or June 2026 instead; those who chose not to “will receive their school-awarded mark as their final official course mark”, and “A notation will be added to transcripts confirming that no diploma exam was written.” The 2026 to 2027 schedule above restores a January sitting, on 20 January 2027.

Sources: Alberta Education and Childcare, 2026-2027 diploma exam schedule (General Information Bulletin, pages 11 to 15), Diploma exams: Overview and Writing diploma exams, read 22 October 2026. The overview page still labels its schedule link 2025/26; the dates above come from the 2026-2027 bulletin itself. We are not connected with Alberta Education and Childcare.

The 70 and 30

How the diploma exam changes the final Math 30-1 mark

Alberta states the rule in two sentences: “70% of the final mark comes from course work. The remaining 30% comes from the diploma exam.” It adds that the weighting “returned to 30% effective September 1, 2023”, and that “To pass a diploma exam course, you must earn a final combined mark of at least 50%.”

The 70 and 30 rule applied to sample marks (our arithmetic; Alberta’s own example is the first row)
School-awarded markDiploma exam mark0.7 × school + 0.3 × diplomaWhat it shows
68%60%47.6 + 18 = 65.6, given by Alberta as 66%Alberta’s worked example on its overview page
80%60%56 + 18 = 74%A 20-point gap costs 6 points
72%72%50.4 + 21.6 = 72%Equal marks leave the result unchanged
90%70%63 + 21 = 84%A strong school mark absorbs a weaker exam
75%85%52.5 + 25.5 = 78%A strong exam lifts the mark, but only by 30% of the gap
55%35%38.5 + 10.5 = 49%Under the 50% Alberta requires to pass the course

What the arithmetic tells a student

Each point on the diploma exam moves the final mark by 0.3 of a point; each point of school mark moves it by 0.7. So the exam cannot be ignored, but neither can the term. A student who coasts through the units and hopes to rescue the year in June is working against a 70 per cent weight.

The table is arithmetic, not a forecast. Nobody can honestly promise a diploma mark in advance, and we do not. What we can do is make sure the student walks in having practised the format, the timing and the written responses until none of them is a surprise.

Rescores and rewrites

A student who doubts a result can ask for a rescore through myPass, but Alberta warns that “The mark resulting from rescoring becomes your final exam mark, even if it is lower than the original mark.” For Math 30-1 only the written responses are remarked; the machine-scored part is not rescored.

A rewrite is the other route: “You may also rewrite a diploma exam without repeating the diploma course.” Alberta’s math fact sheet adds that students rewriting Math 30-1 “must rewrite the entire exam”, and the transcript keeps the highest diploma mark and highest school-awarded mark.

Sources: Diploma exams: Overview (weighting, 70 and 30, the 68 and 60 example, the 50% pass rule) and Writing diploma exams (rescores, rewrites), read 22 October 2026. The calculations in the table are ours.

On the day

What the Math 30-1 exam looks like on screen and on paper

Alberta has moved its provincial assessments to a digital platform: students “write diploma exams and provincial achievement tests in a digital environment rather than pencil and paper.” Math 30-1 is a hybrid. The 32 machine-scored questions are answered on screen; the three written responses are written on printed answer sheets that the school scans and uploads afterwards.

The Math 30-1 instructions page and student guide, summarized (Alberta Education and Childcare, 2026 to 2027)
ItemWhat Alberta says
Time“This closed-book examination was developed to be completed in 3 hours; however, you may take an additional 3 hours, should you need it.”
Machine-scored32 questions, 75% of the exam mark, each worth one mark: four-choice questions and numerical responses typed in a box
Written response3 questions, 25% of the exam mark: “Written-response questions are worth five marks each in Math 30-1”
Formula sheetShown on screen under the Resources icon; “a paper version of the formula sheet is also permitted”
CalculatorOne approved graphing calculator, which the supervisor clears and sets up both before and after
Other tools“A ruler, protractor, and highlighter may be used for math exams.” Scrap paper comes from the supervisor and earns no marks
BringPens, HB pencils, the approved calculator and photo ID
AfterResults on myPass “approximately 3 weeks after writing”; the exam itself “will be fully secured and will not be released”

Numerical responses have their own rules

For a numerical-response question the student types a number, rounded “to the nearest tenth or nearest hundredth, as specified in the question.” Two instructions trip people up. First, for a value between 0 and 1, “record the 0 before the decimal place”. Second, “Students should retain all decimals throughout the question, and rounding should occur only in the final answer.”

We drill both with every calculator question in class: the student says the rounding instruction aloud before pressing a key, and stores intermediate results in calculator memory instead of copying a rounded value back in.

The calculator rules for 2026 to 2027

Alberta’s August 2026 calculator document lists approved graphing models, among them the TI-84 Plus CE, the TI-Nspire CX II and the Casio fx-9750 GIII “(must be in Examination Mode)”; the TI-Nspire CX II CAS is allowed only with “CAS must be disabled”.

Prohibited properties include “symbolic manipulation capabilities”, the “ability to provide trigonometric calculation exact values” and the “ability to simplify radicals and rationalize denominators”. In other words, the calculator will not hand a student the exact value of cos(π/6). That has to come from the unit circle.

Sources: Mathematics 30-1 Information Bulletin 2026-2027 (instructions page, machine-scored questions, security); Alberta’s Guide for Students: Mathematics 30-1 / 30-2; 2026-27 Calculator Information and Rules; Diploma exams overview. Read 22 October 2026.

How written responses are marked

The scoring guide and the directing words

The written responses are a quarter of the exam, and they are where a well-prepared student pulls ahead. Each of the three questions has two parts, and the bulletin publishes the general scoring guide the markers start from.

Math 30-1 written response: the general scoring guide in brief (from the 2026 to 2027 bulletin)
Score2-mark part3-mark part
0The response does not address the question or is invalidThe response does not address the question or is invalid
1“basic mathematical understanding”, finding a partial solution“minimal mathematical understanding”, completing initial stages of a solution
2“complete mathematical understanding”, a complete and correct solution“good mathematical understanding”, a partial solution
3Not used“complete mathematical understanding”, a complete and correct solution
Half marks0.5 and 1.5 available0.5, 1.5 and 2.5 available
TotalThe two parts are scored separately and “combined for a total of 5 marks”
Eight of Alberta’s mathematics directing words, quoted from the bulletin (bolded on the exam)
Directing wordAlberta’s definitionWhat a marker looks for (our reading)
Algebraically“Using mathematical procedures that involve variables or symbols to represent values”A complete algebraic process; a calculator answer alone does not qualify
Compare“Examine the character or qualities of two things by providing characteristics of both that point out their mutual similarities and differences”An explicit statement of what is alike and what differs, with evidence
Determine“Find a solution, to a specified degree of accuracy, to a problem by showing appropriate formulas, procedures, and/or calculations”Every step written, rounding as asked
Evaluate“Find a numerical value or equivalent for an equation, formula, or function”A value, correctly substituted
Justify“Indicate why a conclusion has been stated by providing supporting reasons and/or evidence that form a mathematical argument”A position stated, then reasons
Prove“Establish the truth or validity of a statement by giving factual evidence or logical argument”A general argument, not one checked case
Sketch“Provide a drawing that represents the key features or characteristics of an object or graph”Scaled axes, intercepts, asymptotes, end behaviour
Verify“Establish, by substitution for a particular case or by geometric comparison, the truth of a statement”One case checked; not the same as prove

Partial marks are real marks

The bulletin tells teachers to encourage students “to try to solve the problems in both parts because an attempt at a solution may be worth partial marks.” On a 5-mark question, a correct setup that stalls can still earn 1 or 1.5 on each part. A blank earns nothing.

Alberta’s math fact sheet puts the other side plainly: “Students will not be able to obtain full credit for a response without supporting work.” A correct final number with no work beside it is not a full-mark response.

The words markers keep writing about

In the commentary, markers say many students did not show they know “the directing word algebraically requires students to demonstrate a complete algebraic process or procedure”, or that compare needs an explicit statement of similarities and differences. Determine means every step.

We teach the directing words the way a language teacher teaches verbs: each one with a short example response, then a question where the student has to say which word is in bold before writing anything.

Worked responses, ours

Two written responses, set out the way the scoring guide rewards

Both questions are ours, written for this page in the diploma’s two-part shape. They are not Alberta Education questions, and they do not adapt any released or secured item. Each targets a weakness Alberta’s commentary names: specific terms of a binomial with non-linear terms, and counting with several constraints.

Response 1. Part 1 (3 marks): determine the term containing x7 in the expansion of (x2 − 2/x)8. Part 2 (2 marks): justify whether the expansion has a constant term.

  1. Write the general term. tk+1 = 8Ck (x2)8−k (−2/x)k. Keep the minus sign inside the second term; dropping it is the commonest sign error.
  2. Collect the powers of x. (x2)8−k gives x16−2k, and (1/x)k gives x−k, so the term is 8Ck (−2)k x16−3k.
  3. Solve for k. 16 − 3k = 7, so k = 3. The term wanted is t4, the fourth term, because the general term is numbered k + 1.
  4. Evaluate. 8C3 = 56 and (−2)3 = −8, so the term is −448x7. That completes part 1.
  5. Part 2: state the position, then the reason. There is no constant term. A constant term needs 16 − 3k = 0, which gives k = 16/3, and k must be a whole number from 0 to 8. Since no whole number works, no term is free of x.

Response 2. Part 1 (3 marks): using the digits 1 to 7 with no repetition, determine how many four-digit even numbers greater than 5000 can be formed. Part 2 (2 marks): explain why the count cannot be found with one product of choices.

  1. List the constraints. There are three: the first digit must be 5, 6 or 7 (greater than 5000), the last digit must be 2, 4 or 6 (even), and no digit repeats.
  2. Spot the clash. The digit 6 appears in both lists. If 6 is used first, it cannot also be last, so the number of choices for the last digit depends on the first. That is the signal to split into cases.
  3. Case A: the first digit is 6. The last digit is 2 or 4: 2 choices. The middle two places use any 2 of the 5 remaining digits in order: 5P2 = 20. Case A gives 1 × 20 × 2 = 40.
  4. Case B: the first digit is 5 or 7. The last digit is 2, 4 or 6: 3 choices. The middle again has 5P2 = 20 arrangements. Case B gives 2 × 20 × 3 = 120.
  5. Add the cases. 40 + 120 = 160 numbers. (We confirmed the count by listing every arrangement in a short program.)
  6. Part 2. A single product would treat the choices for the first and last digits as independent, giving 3 × 3 × 20 = 180, which counts numbers such as 6 _ _ 6 that repeat a digit. The cases remove those 20 impossible numbers.

Notice the shape of both responses: a position or formula first, one step per line, and a final sentence that answers the question in words. That shape is what Alberta’s written-response instructions ask for when they say responses “must be presented in a well-organized manner” and “must address all aspects of the question.”

A short mock, ours

Eight questions in the diploma format, with answers

Seven numerical-response questions and one written response, all ours and none taken from Alberta Education. Give yourself 25 minutes, follow the rounding instructions exactly, and use a calculator only where the question allows it.

  1. Numerical response, no calculator. Evaluate log248 − log23.
  2. Numerical response, calculator. Solve 52x = 40. Record x to the nearest hundredth.
  3. Numerical response. The graph of y = x3 is stretched vertically by a factor of 2. How many invariant points are there?
  4. Numerical response. Record the period of y = 4cos(3x) − 1, in radians, to the nearest hundredth.
  5. Numerical response. A committee of 3 is chosen from 7 students, and one named student must be on it. How many committees are possible?
  6. Numerical response. Record cos(π/3) to the nearest hundredth.
  7. Numerical response. In the expansion of (a + b)9, how many terms are there?
  8. Written response. Part 1: algebraically determine the zeros of P(x) = 2x3 + x2 − 13x + 6. Part 2: sketch y = P(x), labelling the intercepts.
  1. 4. The quotient law gives log2(48/3) = log216 = 4.
  2. 1.15. 2x = log 40 / log 5, so x = 1.1460..., which rounds to 1.15. Rounding log 40 to 1.6 too early gives a different answer.
  3. 1. A vertical stretch leaves only points with y = 0 unchanged, and y = x3 crosses the x-axis once, at the origin.
  4. 2.09. The period is 2π/3 = 2.0943..., or 2.09.
  5. 15. With the named student placed, choose 2 more from the other 6: 6C2 = 15.
  6. 0.50. cos(π/3) is exactly 1/2. To the nearest hundredth it is recorded as 0.50, with the 0 before the decimal place, as Alberta instructs.
  7. 10. An expansion to the power n has n + 1 terms.
  8. Zeros 2, 1/2 and −3; y-intercept 6. P(2) = 16 + 4 − 26 + 6 = 0, so x − 2 is a factor. Dividing gives 2x2 + 5x − 3 = (2x − 1)(x + 3). For the sketch: positive leading coefficient and odd degree, so the graph falls to the left and rises to the right, crossing at x = −3, 1/2 and 2, and meeting the y-axis at 6.

An eight-week plan, ours

Eight weeks to the June 2027 diploma

This is our plan, built backward from Thursday 17 June 2027; move every row by the same number of weeks for the November, January, April or August sittings. It assumes the student is still finishing the course at school, so it adds about three focused hours a week rather than replacing class.

Countdown to Thursday 17 June 2027 (ours)
Week startingFocusDone when
Monday 19 April 2027Diagnostic: one mixed set under time, every mistake logged by unitThe error log names the two weakest units
Monday 26 April 2027Weakest unit, part 1, from the student’s own notesTen questions in that unit done without notes
Monday 3 May 2027Weakest unit, part 2, plus directing wordsEvery directing word defined from memory
Monday 10 May 2027Written responses: three per week, scored with the general guideThe student can score their own response within half a mark
Monday 17 May 2027Second weakest unit, plus numerical-response roundingNo rounding mistakes in a set of ten
Monday 24 May 2027Full three-hour mixed practice, on screen, with the approved calculatorFinished inside three hours
Monday 31 May 2027Mistakes from the full practice, then a second full practiceError log shorter than in April
Monday 7 June 2027Light review: formula sheet, unit circle, the error logNothing new learned after Tuesday 15 June

Exam-day checklist

The night before: calculator charged or fresh batteries, HB pencils, pens and photo ID packed. Check the calculator is an approved model, because a student may bring only one, and the supervisor clears and configures it before and after.

In the room: read every written-response question before starting the machine-scored ones, so the brain works on them in the background. Flag hard questions and come back. Answer every machine-scored question; there is no reason to leave one blank.

Where the practice material lives

Alberta posts practice tests on its digital assessment platform, and the writing page links released items and the written-response information document. Use them in the final weeks, timed, in the same digital format.

We never copy Alberta’s items into our classes. Students sit the official practice on Alberta’s own platform; our lessons use original questions written to the same outcomes, so the official material stays fresh for timed rehearsal.

Our part, and the clock

What we do, what the school does, and Alberta time

Families sometimes ask whether a tutor can stand in for the course. For Math 30-1 the answer is no, and the reason is structural.

Who does what

The school teaches the course, awards the 70 per cent and grants the credit. Alberta sets, administers and marks the diploma exam that supplies the other 30 per cent. We do neither: we teach alongside the student’s Math 30-1 class and we do not grant provincial credits.

What we add is time with one teacher who knows the format: worked responses marked against the guide, practice timed to the sitting, and a student who arrives knowing exactly what each directing word asks for.

Alberta time and India time

Alberta does not change its clocks: it sits at UTC-6 through the whole year (IANA tz release 2026e), so a class booked for a Saturday morning in Calgary or Edmonton keeps the same local time in November and in June.

Our teachers keep India time, which runs 11 hours 30 minutes ahead of Alberta in every month. A morning class in Alberta is evening in India, which is why weekend mornings are easy to schedule.

How ready is your teen?

Four stages of diploma readiness

Our own stages, used to decide where the remaining weeks should go.

Diploma readiness in Math 30-1 (ours)
StageSigns of it
1. UnfamiliarHas not seen the on-screen format, the formula sheet or a written-response answer sheet
2. FamiliarKnows the format and the directing words but runs out of time on a full set
3. FluentFinishes a mixed set in three hours and scores own written responses close to the guide
4. Exam-readyError log is short, rounding is automatic, and the last week is review only

For parents

Ask to see one written response your teen wrote this month. If you can follow every step without asking a question, a marker probably can too.

A stage 1 student two months out is not in trouble. A stage 1 student two weeks out needs a narrower plan, not a longer one.

For students

Say the directing word aloud before you write. Determine, justify and verify ask for three different things.

Do one full three-hour practice before the real day. The third hour feels different, and it is better to learn that early.

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Questions about the diploma

Math 30-1 diploma exam: common questions

When is the Math 30-1 diploma exam in 2027?

Alberta's 2026 to 2027 schedule lists Wednesday 20 January, Thursday 8 April, Thursday 17 June and Thursday 5 August 2027, each from 9 AM to 12 PM, after a first sitting on Tuesday 3 November 2026.

How long is the Math 30-1 diploma exam?

It is designed to be completed in 3 hours, and every student may take 3 more hours if needed, for a total of 6 hours at most.

How much is the diploma exam worth?

Thirty percent of the final course mark. Alberta says the weighting returned to 30 percent on 1 September 2023, with the other 70 percent coming from the school-awarded mark. The combined mark must be at least 50 percent to pass the course.

How many questions are on the Math 30-1 diploma?

For 2026 to 2027 there are 32 machine-scored questions worth 75 percent of the exam and 3 written-response questions worth 25 percent. Each written response is worth 5 marks and has two parts.

Is the Math 30-1 diploma exam written on a computer?

Mostly. Alberta now runs diploma exams on a digital platform, so the machine-scored questions are answered on screen. The written responses are written on printed answer sheets that the school scans and uploads after the exam.

Which calculator can I use on the Math 30-1 diploma?

One approved graphing calculator, cleared and configured by the supervisor before and after. Alberta's 2026 to 2027 list includes the TI-84 Plus CE and the Casio fx-9750 GIII in Examination Mode. Calculators that give exact trigonometric values or simplify radicals are not allowed.

Can I rewrite the Math 30-1 diploma exam?

Yes. Alberta lets students rewrite a diploma exam without repeating the course, the whole exam must be rewritten, and the transcript keeps the highest diploma mark. Students who retake must register themselves through myPass.

Should I ask for a rescore?

Think carefully first. Only the written responses are remarked, and Alberta says the rescored mark becomes the final exam mark even if it is lower than the original.

Do you grant credit for Math 30-1?

No. Our lessons run alongside the school's course, and we do not grant provincial credits. The school grants the credit and Alberta marks the diploma exam.

When can my teen take classes from Alberta?

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