Most families start looking for maths help when something has gone wrong: a Klassenarbeit, a worrying report, an exam that is suddenly close. That is also when it is hardest to judge what a tutor's price buys. This page sets out what makes maths tutoring cost more or less, which official tests and exams in Germany actually matter and when they are in 2026/27, how many weeks of help are really left before an exam, and how our own monthly fee works.
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In short
The cost of a maths tutor in Germany depends on the level (Grundschule, Klasse 5 to 10 or Oberstufe), one to one or group, how many months remain before an exam such as the ZP10 or the Abitur, and how often lessons run. Modern Age Coders tutors maths live online in English, in a group or one to one, for one monthly fee covering eight classes; that fee is displayed in euro further down and billed in US dollars.
Maths courses on the monthly fee
Three maths courses for three stages of German school
The same monthly fee at every level. What changes is the maths, and how close the next exam is.
Why does one maths tutor in Germany cost more than another?
Tutoring prices in Germany are not collected in any official statistic we could find, and this page never prints what other tutors or companies charge. What it can show is which choices push any price up or down, ours included.
What changes the cost of maths tutoring, and what to check (our analysis)
Driver
Why it moves the cost
What to check
One to one or group
The tutor's hour is shared, or it is all yours
How many pupils, and whether they are at the same level
Level
Oberstufe and Leistungskurs maths need a tutor who knows that maths well
Has the tutor taught this Klasse and this exam?
Time before an exam
Few weeks means more lessons per week, or less covered
How many teaching weeks are really left (see below)
Frequency and length
Two hours a week costs more than one, and achieves more
Live minutes per month, not the number of sessions
At home, centre or online
Travel time costs someone, the tutor or the family
Who travels, and is travel time charged?
Continuity
A tutor who stays learns where the pupil goes wrong
Will it be the same person every week?
Terms
Packages, fixed terms or monthly plans
Notice period, and what happens to unused lessons
Table: our own analysis of maths tutoring. Without an official source for tutoring prices, the page gives no market figures.
The comparison that works
Work out what each offer charges for sixty minutes of live time with the tutor, then ask how many pupils share those minutes. A cheap hour shared with nine others and a dear hour alone can be equally good value; they buy different things.
Add travel. An hour at home with a tutor who drives forty minutes each way is rarely priced as one hour of work, and an hour at a centre costs the family a journey too.
The comparison that misleads
Comparing package prices without counting the hours, or the cost of a first month without the notice period. A package of twenty lessons bought in March is worth less than it looks if the exam is in May and half of April is Osterferien.
Comparing grades promised. No honest tutor can promise a mark, and we do not.
Official dates 2026/27
Which maths tests and exams in Germany are worth paying a tutor for?
Not all of them. Germany has comparison tests that carry no mark at all, and leaving exams that count for a certificate. Knowing which is which saves money.
Maths tests and exams in the 2026/27 school year, with the dates the official sources give
Test or exam
Klasse
Date
Does it count?
VERA-3
3
Test window 12 April to 26 May 2027
No: not graded, no school or Land rankings
VERA-8
8
Test window 8 February to 25 March 2027
No: not graded, no school or Land rankings
ZP10 Mathematik, Nordrhein-Westfalen
10
Thursday 20 May 2027; resit date Thursday 3 June 2027
Yes: part of the Klasse 10 leaving certificate
Mittlerer Schulabschluss, Berlin
10
Set in the Land's exam plan
Yes: the MSA is reached after Klasse 10
Abitur Mathematik, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Q2
Wednesday 5 May 2027, Leistungskurs and Grundkurs
Yes: a written Abitur exam
Sources, read 2 and 3 November 2026: IQB, VERA-3 and VERA-8 pages and the VERA page of its Bildungsstandards section; Ministerium für Schule und Bildung NRW, Standardsicherung, Zentrale Prüfungen 10, Termine 2027 (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gesamtschule, Sekundarschule, Primusschule, Gymnasium with a Klasse 10 and other school types), and Zentralabitur 2027; Senatsverwaltung für Bildung Berlin, Prüfungen und Abschlüsse. Other Länder set their own Klasse 10 and Abitur dates.
VERA: a check-up, not an exam
VERA-3 and VERA-8 are compulsory comparison tests, run every year in every Land, sometimes under other names such as KERMIT or Lernstandserhebungen. The IQB, which develops them, states that the results are not graded and that no rankings between schools or Länder are made.
They measure, a year early, how far a class has come towards the KMK standards for Klasse 4 and Klasse 9. That makes a VERA result useful information for a family. It is not a reason to pay for weeks of test practice.
Where tutoring pays
Klasse 10 exams such as the ZP10 in Nordrhein-Westfalen count towards a leaving certificate, and the written Abitur counts towards the final grade. The KMK's maths standards for the Erster and Mittlerer Schulabschluss have been one combined document since 2022, binding in all Länder, so the content is broadly shared even when the papers differ.
The longer the gap that has opened, the earlier help should start. A pupil who has struggled with fractions since Klasse 6 needs months, not a fortnight before the ZP10.
We teach alongside school. We do not set or mark German exams and we award no German qualification; the school course and the Land's exam are the ones that count. Past ZP10 papers are published by the NRW ministry for schools (a login is required), and the IQB publishes past Abitur pool tasks, so pupils can practise on the real thing through their school.
A planning project
How many weeks of maths tutoring are left before the exam?
This decides how many months a family pays for, and the first answer most people give is too high. Our students check it in Python for a Klasse 10 pupil in Nordrhein-Westfalen who starts on Monday 9 November 2026.
The plan
The ZP10 maths paper in Nordrhein-Westfalen is on Thursday 20 May 2027. Tutoring starts on Monday 9 November 2026. How many weeks of help are there?
The quick answer divides the days by seven.
What the quick answer forgets
School holidays. The KMK table for 2026/27 gives Nordrhein-Westfalen Christmas holidays from 23 December 2026 to 6 January 2027, Easter holidays from 22 March to 3 April 2027, and a free day on 18 May 2027, two days before the exam.
Many families travel or rest in those weeks, and planning as if they were teaching weeks overstates the time left.
Version 1: divide by sevenPython
from datetime import date
start = date(2026, 11, 9) # first tutoring week
exam = date(2027, 5, 20) # ZP10 Mathematik, Nordrhein-Westfalen
weeks = (exam - start).days // 7
print("Weeks until the exam:", weeks)
It prints Weeks until the exam: 27.
Twenty-seven weeks sounds comfortable. But 192 days divided by 7 is 27.4, and the floor division quietly drops the part-week before the exam, while every holiday week is still counted as a week of work. Version 2 treats the time as a set of days. It builds the set of school weekdays before the exam, subtracts the set of holiday days for each break, and then asks which calendar weeks still contain at least one school day.
Version 2: subtract the holidaysPython
from datetime import date, timedelta
start = date(2026, 11, 9)
exam = date(2027, 5, 20)
ferien = [(date(2026, 12, 23), date(2027, 1, 6)), # Weihnachtsferien NRW
(date(2027, 3, 22), date(2027, 4, 3)), # Osterferien NRW
(date(2027, 5, 18), date(2027, 5, 18))] # Pfingstferien NRW
def days(first, last):
return {first + timedelta(n) for n in range((last - first).days + 1)}
schooldays = {d for d in days(start, exam - timedelta(1)) if d.weekday() < 5}
for first, last in ferien:
schooldays -= days(first, last)
weeks = {d.isocalendar()[:2] for d in days(start, exam - timedelta(1))}
open_weeks = {d.isocalendar()[:2] for d in schooldays}
print("Calendar weeks before the exam:", len(weeks))
print("Weeks with no school day:", len(weeks - open_weeks))
print("Weeks left for tutoring:", len(open_weeks))
It prints Calendar weeks before the exam: 28, Weeks with no school day: 3 and Weeks left for tutoring: 25.
Going further: from weeks to monthsPython
classes = 2 * len(open_weeks)
print("Classes at two a week:", classes)
print("Months of eight classes:", classes / 8)
It prints Classes at two a week: 50 and Months of eight classes: 6.25.
Three whole weeks have no school day at all: the week after Christmas and both weeks of Osterferien. That leaves 25 weeks, or 50 classes at two a week, which is just over six months of a plan with eight classes a month. Run with the NRW maths Abitur date, Wednesday 5 May 2027, the same program prints 26 calendar weeks, 3 without a school day and 23 left. For a family the useful number is the last one: it tells you how many months of help you are really buying and when they need to start.
Ages 10 to 12, with a calendar. Count the Mondays from 9 November 2026 to 17 May 2027, then cross out those that fall in your Land's holidays.
Ages 13 to 15, Python. Run Version 1 and Version 2 and explain the difference between 27 and 28 in one sentence.
Ages 15 and up. Change the holiday list to your own Land's dates from the KMK table and your own exam date. How many weeks are left for you?
The programs and their output are our work, run with Python 3 on 3 November 2026. Exam dates: NRW ministry (ZP10 and Abitur 2027); holiday dates: KMK, Ferien 2026/2027.
Our fee
How does the Modern Age Coders maths fee work in Germany?
Eight live maths hours a month for a single monthly fee, with a group or alone. You will find the euro figures lower down, in the fees block.
What it buys
Eight live hours a month with one regular mentor, in English, at the pupil's level, with practice tasks written by us and short written notes on progress.
Group or alone
Either fifteen to twenty pupils working at the same stage, or a single pupil, which is dearer because the mentor gives that pupil the full hour.
What it does not buy
A grade, a pass or a place. We do not promise marks, and the school and the Land's exam decide the result.
From the first class to the monthly payment
Step
What to expect
Free first class
A short check at the pupil's level, no card
Optional priority demo
A full paid class, sooner; enrol afterwards and we deduct what you paid for it from month one
Monthly fee
Displayed in euro, charged in US dollars
Checkout
A payment gateway charge of 2.5 percent appears on a separate line, and you see it before approving
Statement
Your bank's conversion into euro, which can differ slightly
Stopping
Monthly plans; our refund page has the rules
Our own terms; the refund page decides if anything here reads differently. The euro amounts use the European Central Bank reference rate, which the ECB itself publishes for information purposes only, so a bank's rate on the day of payment will not match it exactly.
Formats
One to one or a group: which is better value for maths?
It depends on what the pupil needs, not on the price alone. Both formats are live, with the same mentor every week.
When one to one is worth it
A pupil with a specific gap, for example negative numbers or fractions, who loses confidence in front of others. A pupil in the last months before the ZP10 or the Abitur who needs exam papers marked and talked through. An Oberstufe pupil whose Leistungskurs moves faster than any group could.
In one to one the mentor can stop at the exact step that went wrong and stay there until it is secure.
When a group works better
A pupil who is broadly on track and wants steady practice, or one who learns by hearing how others solve the same problem. Groups are placed by level, so a pupil is not pulled along faster or held back for long.
In a group the pupil explains a method aloud to others, which is one of the surest ways to find out whether they really understand it.
Families can start in one format and change. A common pattern is a group through most of the year and a few months of one to one before the exam. Every class is taught in English; mentors give the German term beside every idea, Bruch beside fraction, Ableitung beside derivative, because school papers in Germany use German words.
Online or at home
Is online maths tutoring cheaper than a tutor at home?
Often, because nobody travels. But the real question is whether the pupil learns as well online, and that depends on how the lesson is run.
Travel
At home, someone pays for the tutor's journey, in the price or in fewer tutors to choose from. Online, the hour is all teaching.
Writing
Maths needs writing. A good online lesson uses a shared whiteboard or a camera on the pupil's paper, so the mentor sees every line of working.
Choice
Online, a family is not limited to the tutors who live nearby, which matters for English-speaking families and for Oberstufe maths.
Our classes are online only, live, and in English. We are a good fit for families who want that, and not for a child who needs a German-speaking tutor at the kitchen table. The trial class is the honest way to find out which kind of child yours is.
Before you pay
What should you ask any maths tutor about cost?
Seven questions to put to any tutor or tutoring company, us included. Ask in writing and keep the answers next to the price.
How many live minutes with the tutor does the fee buy each month?
Will my child have the same tutor every week?
Has the tutor taught this Klasse and this exam, in my Land? ZP10, MSA and Abitur papers differ between Länder.
How many pupils share the lesson, and are they at the same level?
What happens in the school holidays, and when a lesson is missed?
Is anything added at checkout, and in which currency is the charge made?
How do we stop, and how much notice is needed?
How we answer them ourselves: 480 live minutes a month; the same mentor each week; Klasse, Land and exam checked during the free first class; a group of fifteen to twenty at one level, or a single pupil; Ferien and missed lessons agreed with the mentor in advance; billing in US dollars, plus the 2.5 percent gateway line at checkout; a plan that runs month by month, under the rules of our refund page.
When to start
How early to start maths help before each exam
Our own rule of thumb, based on the teaching weeks the Python project counts and on how long gaps in maths take to close.
Suggested start points before exams that count (ours)
Situation
Start
Why
On track, wants practice for the ZP10 or MSA
January of Klasse 10
About four months of teaching weeks remain after Christmas
Gaps from earlier years
Autumn of Klasse 9 or 10
Old gaps take months to close
Abitur, Leistungskurs
The start of Q1 or earlier
Analysis, geometry and stochastics are all examined
Abitur, short revision
November of Q2
In NRW about 23 teaching weeks remain before 5 May 2027
After a weak VERA result
No rush
VERA is not graded; use it to plan, not to panic
For parents
Ask how many teaching weeks are left before you ask about price. The number of months is what you are paying for.
A VERA result is information. A ZP10 or Abitur date is a deadline. Spend accordingly.
For pupils
Count your own weeks with your Land's holidays taken out. It is usually fewer than you think.
Bring the Klassenarbeit you found hardest to the first class. It shows the mentor where to begin.
More maths
Nine more maths courses on the monthly maths fee
Taught live in English with a regular mentor, in a group or one to one, like every course here.
Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. Eight live maths hours a month, agreed in German time, with the same mentor.
After school
Weekday afternoons in German time.
Weekends
Saturday or Sunday mornings, good for timed papers.
Before exams
Extra one-to-one hours in the last weeks.
Working shown
Every line of working on a shared board.
German terms
Taught in English, school words in German.
Your Land
Its exams, its dates, its holidays.
Same mentor
One person all year.
Short reports
What is secure, what still slips.
Monthly
No long fixed term.
Student work
Beyond maths: what our students build
Many of our maths pupils also code. A few student projects are below; the student labs page has more.
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Fees
Our maths tutoring fees in Germany
One monthly fee buys eight live maths classes. You see it in euro, converted at the European Central Bank reference rate; the charge itself goes through in US dollars, and because your bank converts it, the euro amount on your statement may be slightly different.
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Families in Germany ask
Maths tutor costs in Germany: common questions
How much does a maths tutor cost in Germany?
It depends on the level, one to one or group, how often lessons run, whether anyone travels and how many months remain before the exam. Our own fee is one monthly amount for eight live maths classes, shown in euro on this page. We do not quote other tutors' prices.
Is one-to-one maths tutoring more expensive than a group?
Yes, because the mentor's whole hour goes to one pupil. Our groups have fifteen to twenty pupils placed by level. Both monthly amounts are shown in the fees section of this page.
Are the maths classes in German?
No. Our classes are live and taught in English only, by mentors who match the pupil's pace and accent. Mentors give the German term next to each idea, because school papers in Germany use German words.
Does my child need a tutor for VERA?
Usually not. The IQB states that VERA results are not graded and that no rankings of schools or Länder are made. A weak VERA result is useful information for planning, not a reason to pay for test practice.
When is the ZP10 maths exam in 2027?
In Nordrhein-Westfalen the written ZP10 maths exam is on Thursday 20 May 2027, with a resit date on Thursday 3 June 2027, according to the NRW ministry. Other Länder set their own Klasse 10 exam dates.
How many months of tutoring do we need before the exam?
Count the teaching weeks left once your Land's holidays are removed. For a pupil in Nordrhein-Westfalen starting on 9 November 2026, our count gives 25 weeks before the ZP10 on 20 May 2027, about six months at two classes a week.
Is anything added at checkout?
Yes: 2.5 percent for the payment gateway, listed separately so you see it before you confirm. Because the payment is in US dollars, your bank converts it, and some banks add a fee of their own for that.
When are maths classes held?
Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. Classes are agreed in German time.
Can you guarantee a better grade?
No. Nobody honest can. We teach alongside school, we do not set or mark German exams, and the school course and the Land's exam decide the result. We report what the pupil can now do that they could not before.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. The first class is free, needs no card, and includes a short check at the pupil's level. The mentor then suggests a plan to your exam date, in a group or one to one.
Elsewhere on this site
Related pages
More for families in Germany looking at maths help.
Bring the topic or the Klassenarbeit that worries you most. The mentor runs a short check at your child's level, counts the weeks to the next exam with you and suggests a group or one-to-one plan.
Live online maths classes in English, with mentors based in India. WhatsApp is the quickest way to ask about fees.
Want a class sooner? Book a priority demo
A priority demo is a full class of about 45 to 60 minutes. After the class the mentor sends a written skill report and a personal learning roadmap on WhatsApp. If you enrol, the demo fee is adjusted against your first month's fee. Share your demo Order ID with us on WhatsApp and we take it off.
