---
title: "Check your homework answer for mistakes · Lenexa Learn"
description: "After working a graded homework problem on their own, a student asked Claude to check it. It caught a mistake."
url: https://www.lenexa.ai/learn/use-cases/check-your-homework-answer-for-mistakes/
site: "Lenexa Learn"
---

Research & Learning

# Check your homework answer for mistakes

After working a graded homework problem on their own, a student asked Claude to check it. It caught a mistake.

**Caution.** Follow your school's AI rules.

## Steps

1. Solve it yourself first.
2. Ask for a check, not the answer.
3. Fix the mistake yourself.

## Prompt you can copy

```
Here's my solution to this problem: [paste]. Don't give me the answer; tell me if there's an error and where to look.
```

## Tools

- Claude

For Students. Added October 12, 2026.

## Source

[hn](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43634527) · April 2025

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