Sitemap Open in app Sign up Sign in Medium Logo Write Search Sign up Sign in Mastodon Cantor’s Paradise · Follow publication Medium’s #1 Math Publication Follow publication Member-only story GPT-4 is Amazing but Still Struggles at High School Math Competitions Its greatest strength is its biggest flaw Russell Lim 7 min read · Mar 24, 2023 -- 4 Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Image created by author with screenshots from chat.openai.com GPT-4 is the latest version of the GPT architecture developed by OpenAI, released on 14 March 2023. We are told on the landing page that GPT-4 “surpasses ChatGPT in its advanced reasoning capabilities”, and presented with some impressive results for the USA Bar Exam and Biology Olympiad. Press enter or click to view image in full size Screenshot (by author) from openai.com The GPT-4 Technical Report contains many other simulated exams used to test the reasoning and problem solving ability of GPT-4. When it comes to Mathematics, GPT-4 ranked in the top 11% of scores on the SAT Math Test (a significant improvement from GPT-3.5). Press enter or click to view image in full size But if you’ve ever sat the SAT, or ever seen the SAT, you’ll know the SAT Math questions are quite predictable and formulaic. Most of them just require the application of a pre-defined set of skills — solving equations, trigonometry laws, index laws, etc. -- -- 4 Follow Published in Cantor’s Paradise 41K followers · Last published Dec 23, 2025 Medium’s #1 Math Publication Follow Written by Russell Lim 3.3K followers · 63 following I teach high school mathematics in Melbourne, Australia. I like thinking about interesting problems and learning new things. Responses ( 4 ) See all responses Help Status About Careers Press Blog Privacy Rules Terms Text to speech