You were smarter than AI at math only a few years ago. Yes, even you.

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Don Raines and Nadya Maklary, first graders at Woodland Park Magnet, work on match questions. Woodland Park first grader Treasure Wilson works on math. Xavier Collins and Camari Hammitt work on first ...