In 2026-27, Meet 4 is scheduled for Thursday, February 25, 2027, but some schools might compete on other dates. Calculators are allowed (see the calculator rules). Each meet typically covers the same topics from year to year, so past Meet 4 contests are the best practice for the next one.
Meet 4 topics
- Round 1Mystery
- Round 2Geometry: Properties of circles
- Round 3Number Theory: Modular arithmetic; series and sequences
- Round 4Arithmetic: Percent applications; percent change; compound interest
- Round 5Algebra: Word problems (linear, including direct proportions or systems)
- Team RoundAll of the above (five questions) plus one additional question
Mystery has no published topics.
Past Meet 4 contests
The ten most recent, newest first. Each opens as a PDF on matharchive.org.
- 2025-26 Meet 4 Feb 2026
- 2024-25 Meet 4 Feb 2025
- 2023-24 Meet 4 Feb 2024
- 2022-23 Meet 4 Feb 2023
- 2021-22 Meet 4 Feb 2022
- 2020-21 Meet 4 Mar 2021
- 2019-20 Meet 4 Feb 2020
- 2018-19 Meet 4 Feb 2019
- 2017-18 Meet 4 Mar 2018
- 2016-17 Meet 4 Mar 2017
All 37 past Meet 4 contests, back to 1989-90
Videos for Meet 4
Noah Abji's video playlist for Meet 4, based on Glenn Ellison's Hard Math for Middle School.
How to use past contests
- Time yourself. Ten minutes for each individual round, fifteen for the team round.
- Do the rounds you will be entered in. At a meet each regular competes in three of the five individual rounds; ask your coach which ones.
- Check, then redo. Work through anything you missed, then try the same round from another year.