Easy grader (EZ grader)
An easy grader turns the number wrong into a score: subtract the wrong answers from the number of questions, divide by the number of questions and multiply by 100. On a 25-question test with 3 wrong, that is (25 − 3) ÷ 25 × 100 = 88%, a B+ on the common US plus/minus scale, where B+ starts at 87%.
Set the number of questions, tap once for each wrong answer, then save and mark the next paper.
20 of 20 correct · 0 wrong
Marking paper 1 · the class average starts with the first save
Keys: W marks one wrong, U undoes, N saves the paper and starts the next, R resets this paper. They work when you are not typing in a field.
Letter scale: Common US plus/minus scale
The plus/minus cutoffs Wikipedia lists for US colleges: A+ from 97%, A 93, A- 90, B+ 87, B 83, B- 80 and so on down to D- at 60. It is not universal, so use your syllabus's cutoffs when they differ. Source: Wikipedia, “Academic grading in the United States”.
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Each letter starts at its lowest percentage and runs up to the next letter.
Rounding and decimal places
Follow your syllabus. A displayed percentage can round up while the unrounded score stays below a cutoff.
Only changes how results are shown. Extra places appear when rounding would push a score over a letter cutoff.
A letter typed as a score counts as the lowest percentage for that letter on this scale. Use the original percentage when you have it.
Check a single cutoff with the grading scale calculator.
Your grade chart
The chart uses the question count and cutoffs above. Each letter has its own color stripe.
Grading scales checked . Sources are at the bottom of the page.
From wrong answers to a percentage
Subtract wrong answers from the total, then divide the correct answers by the total. Each question must be worth the same number of points.
Score % = (questions − wrong) ÷ questions × 100
Three wrong out of 25 leaves 22 correct. That is 88%. If a half-correct response earns half credit, count it as half wrong.
For questions with different point values, enter total points instead, or use the points grade calculator for several assignments.
Set the cutoffs before marking papers
The percentage is arithmetic. The letter depends on your class scale. Choose a named scale or enter your own cutoffs under “Letter scale”; use the rounding option only if it matches your policy.
The session keeps each saved paper's score, then shows the class average, the highest and lowest score and how many papers earned each letter. Download it as a CSV for your gradebook, or send the scores to the grade curve calculator to see what a curve would change.
The downloaded chart contains wrong answers, correct answers, percentages, letters and points off. It contains no student names. Changing cutoffs in the grading scale tool is a different policy choice from a curve.