# Negative Marking Score

Calculate net marks, unanswered questions and attempted accuracy.

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Category: Student & Education

Wrong answer penalties can reduce the net score even when many questions were attempted.

Enter the paper's reward and penalty rules alongside correct, wrong and unanswered counts.

## Inputs and controls

* Total questions. Allowed range: 0 to 100000
* Correct answers. Allowed range: 0 to 100000
* Wrong answers. Allowed range: 0 to 100000
* Marks per correct answer (marks). Allowed range: 0.0001 to 1000
* Deduction per wrong answer (marks). Allowed range: 0 to 1000

## How to use

* Enter total questions, correct answers and wrong answers.

* Enter marks per correct answer and deduction per wrong answer.

* Select Calculate result. Read the returned values alongside the assumptions below before copying, exporting or acting on the result.


## Why use this tool

Score and attempted accuracy stay separate, helping you review the effect of errors.


## Before relying on the result

Unanswered questions score zero. Negative net scores are retained. Enter the paper's actual penalty rules.


## Tool limitations

Unanswered questions score zero. Negative net scores are retained. Enter the paper's actual penalty rules.

## Questions

### Are unanswered questions penalised?

In this model they score zero. Use the actual paper instructions before applying the calculation.

### What should I check before using Negative Marking Score?

Check Total questions, Correct answers, Wrong answers and Marks per correct answer. Use the exact units shown beside the controls and replace any example values with your own inputs.

Source page last modified (UTC): 2026-10-04T15:55:31+00:00

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