Grading Scale for 7 Questions

On a 7-question test, each question is worth 14.29%, so every wrong answer lowers the score by 14.29 percentage points. That is typical of a short quiz or exit ticket. The chart below shows the percentage and letter grade for every possible score, from 7 right down to 0.

Letter grades on a 7-question test

This summary uses the standard plus/minus scale (A from 93%, A− from 90%, B+ from 87% and so on down to D− at 60%). For a plain scale, an A needs 7 right (miss up to 0), a B allows 1 misses, a C allows 2, and a D allows 2.

Because each question is worth 14.29%, some letter grades can’t be reached at all on a 7-question test: A, A−, B+, B−, C+, C, D+, D, D−. Scores jump straight over those ranges. If that matters for your grade book, use half-point scoring in the EZ Grader (Settings → Half points).

Borderline scores to watch

No score on a 7-question test rounds up into a higher letter grade, so your rounding policy never changes a grade on a test this size (standard plus/minus scale).

Compared with a 6-question test, where each miss costs 16.67 points, a miss here costs 14.29 points, so every answer matters a little less.

Questions about 7-question tests

Grade charts for other test sizes

See every size grouped by quiz, chapter test, midterm and final exam in the grade chart library.