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SAT Score Calculator

Scored a paper SAT practice test by hand? Enter how many questions you got right and get your section scores, total, and ACT equivalent. The conversion comes straight from College Board's scoring guide, including the score range it publishes for each raw score.

For College Board's paper practice tests: 66 Reading and Writing questions and 54 Math. Enter how many you got right in each section, counting both modules together.

0 to 66

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Fill in both sections to see your estimated score.

How to score an SAT practice test

Mark each answer against the key and count the correct ones in each module. Add the two Reading and Writing modules together, then the two Math modules. Those two totals are your raw scores.

College Board's table turns each raw score into a lower and an upper section score. Add the two lower values for the bottom of your total range and the two upper values for the top. The calculator does that and also shows the midpoint.

Raw score conversion chart

The full table for SAT Practice Test 10. Every practice test has its own.

CorrectReading and WritingMath
66800–800
65770–800
64760–780
63740–780
62730–770
61720–760
60700–740
59690–730
58680–720
57670–710
56640–700
55630–690
54620–680800–800
53610–670780–800
52600–660770–790
51590–650750–780
50580–640730–770
49570–630700–760
48550–610680–740
47540–600670–730
46530–590650–710
45520–580640–700
44510–570620–680
43500–560610–670
42490–550600–660
41480–540590–650
40470–530580–640
39470–510560–620
38460–500550–610
37460–500540–600
36450–490530–590
35440–480520–580
34430–470510–570
33420–460490–550
32410–450490–530
31400–440480–520
30400–440470–510
29390–430460–500
28380–420450–490
27370–410440–480
26370–410430–470
25360–400420–460
24350–390410–450
23350–390400–440
22340–380390–430
21330–370390–430
20330–370380–420
19320–360380–420
18310–350370–410
17300–340360–400
16280–340350–390
15270–330340–380
14260–320330–370
13250–310320–360
12250–300310–350
11240–290280–340
10240–280260–320
9230–270250–310
8230–260240–300
7220–250230–260
6220–240220–250
5210–230210–240
4210–220210–230
3210–220210–220
2210–220210–220
1210–220210–220
0200–200200–200

What to do with your score

Check your total against your target schools with the retake calculator, convert it with the SAT to ACT conversion chart, or take the 4-minute SAT diagnostic to find the section to work on first.

Frequently asked questions

How is the SAT scored?

The SAT has two sections, Reading and Writing and Math. Each is scored from 200 to 800 in 10-point steps, and your total is the two added together, from 400 to 1600. There is no penalty for wrong answers.

Why does this calculator show a range instead of one score?

Because College Board does. Its practice test scoring guides list a lower and an upper score for every raw score. The real digital SAT is adaptive: how you do on the first module decides whether your second module is harder or easier, and the same number of correct answers is worth more on the harder path. A paper practice test cannot know which path you would have been on.

I took a practice test in Bluebook. Do I need this?

No. Bluebook scores its practice tests for you and the result appears in My Practice. This calculator is for the paper practice tests College Board publishes as PDFs, which have 66 Reading and Writing questions and 54 Math questions and have to be scored by hand.

What is an SAT superscore?

A superscore adds your highest Reading and Writing score to your highest Math score, even if they came from different test dates. Each college decides whether it superscores, so check the policy at every school on your list.

How many questions can I miss and still score 1500?

On Practice Test 10, 64 of 66 correct in Reading and Writing and 51 of 54 in Math each put the bottom of your range at 750 or higher. The cutoffs move from test to test.

Sources: College Board, SAT Practice Test #10 scoring guide; 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance Tables (ACT and College Board).

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