Can AI help you solve the most-missed math problem?

posted on January 14, 2024

Khan Academy has more than 100,000 practice problems.😯 Last year, this problem was the most challenging. Millions of learners got the answer wrong.🤔 Can you get it right? Or do you need help from an AI math tutor?

Henry can write 5 pages of his novel in 3 hours.

At this rate, how many pages can Henry write in 8 hours?

How would AI solve this problem?

Type this question into an AI-powered tool like ChatGPT or Bard and it will give you the answer. 

If you use Khan Academy’s AI-powered tutor, Khanmigo, it helps you uncover the answer yourself, step-by-step. For example, Khanmigo will ask you, “What’s the first piece of information you think is important from the problem?”

Now that you’ve had a little help from Khanmigo, do you think you have the right answer? 

Scroll down to see the answer.

The answer is…

Answer: Henry can write 13 ⅓ pages in 8 hours.

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How did it go? You can get step-by-step support from Khanmigo on all 70,000 practice problems on Khan Academy.

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Just a little time studying math each day can be the boost you need. 

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