Can ChatGPT Pass the 2023 Chinese High School Math Exam? Full Score Breakdown

Earlier we asked ChatGPT to write a high‑school essay; now we challenge it with the 2023 national new high‑school mathematics exam (Paper I), which is used in provinces such as Hubei, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang.

Because ChatGPT cannot currently process chart information, questions 10 and 18 (which contain diagrams) were omitted from its attempt.

Single Choice Questions

Reference answer: C

Reference answer: A

Reference answer: D

Reference answer: D

Reference answer: A

Reference answer: B

In this section ChatGPT missed questions 5 and 8, answered the remaining six correctly, earning a total of 30 points.

Multiple Choice Questions

Reference answer: BD

Reference answer: ABC

ChatGPT answered all multiple‑choice questions correctly (except the omitted question 10), earning 15 points.

Fill‑in‑the‑Blank Questions

Reference answer: 13 – 64; 14 – (incorrect); 15 – {2,3}; 16 – (not shown)

ChatGPT missed only question 14, scoring 15 points for this section.

Answer (Essay) Questions

These six questions required written explanations, proofs, or calculations (total 70 points). The images below show the questions; the reference answers are provided in the original source.

Reference answers are included in the original images.

ChatGPT failed to answer sub‑question 2 of question 22 correctly; assuming this sub‑question is worth 6 points, the model earned 52 points for the essay section.

Overall Performance

Excluding the two omitted diagram questions (5 points for Q10 and 12 points for Q18), the full exam totals 133 points. ChatGPT scored 112 points, which is about 84 % of the available marks.

Considering that the model is primarily trained on English data, its performance could improve by roughly 10 points on a 150‑point paper.

Thus, ChatGPT’s estimated total would be around 132 points, comparable to the average mathematics scores of students admitted to top Chinese universities (approximately 130 points). Depending on the province, such a score could qualify for admission to schools like Sun Yat‑sen University (Guangdong), Nanjing University (Jiangsu), Xiamen University (Fujian), Hunan University, Shandong University, or Zhejiang University.