From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication ...

In this math problem illustrated by Gergely Dudás, a cartoon bear sits in front of a fill-in-the-blank equation, which requires figuring out which symbols go between the four numbers.

PEMDAS stands for parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division, and addition and subtraction. It demonstrates the right order in which to solve a math equation like this one.

AI is accelerating a conversation around how math instruction should put more emphasis on using numbers to solve real-world problems.