3 Wrong Out of 20 — What Grade?
85% — B
- Score
- 85%
- Letter grade
- B
- Questions correct
- 17 / 20
- Questions wrong
- 3 / 20
Getting 3 wrong on a 20-question test means 17 correct and an 85% score — a B. Three missed questions cost 15 percentage points because each question is worth 5%. One fewer wrong answer would lift you to 90% (A); one more would drop you to 80% (B). Try the EZ-grader table below to see every possible score at once.
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Enter the number of questions correct or wrong and instantly see your percentage score, letter grade, and a full EZ-grader reference table.
- Letter grade
- A
- Total questions
- 20
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EZ-grader reference table
| Wrong | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100% | A |
| 1 | 95% | A |
| 2 | 90% | A |
| 3 | 85% | B |
| 4 | 80% | B |
| 5 | 75% | C |
| 6 | 70% | C |
| 7 | 65% | D |
| 8 | 60% | D |
| 9 | 55% | F |
| 10 | 50% | F |
| 11 | 45% | F |
| 12 | 40% | F |
| 13 | 35% | F |
| 14 | 30% | F |
| 15 | 25% | F |
| 16 | 20% | F |
| 17 | 15% | F |
| 18 | 10% | F |
| 19 | 5% | F |
| 20 | 0% | F |
How it's calculated
The percentage score is computed as percent = (correct / total) × 100 + curvePts, clamped to the interval [0, 100]. The letter grade is then assigned using the standard five-band scale: a percentage of 90 or above earns an A, 80–89 a B, 70–79 a C, 60–69 a D, and anything below 60 an F. These cutoffs are consistent across the two authoritative references used for this calculator: the Calculator.net EZ-grader tool and the ThoughtCo grade-percentage guide. The full reference table is generated by iterating wrong from 0 to total, computing correct = total − wrong for each step, and applying the same formula to produce a row of (wrong, percent, letter) for every possible outcome.
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