Turn an Academic Reading score out of 40 into a band
Enter how many of the forty answers were correct. This table is for Academic Reading; General Training needs more correct answers for the same band.
BAND SCORE—
This one is an estimate. IELTS changes how many correct answers a band needs from paper to paper, so that a harder test does not punish you, and they do not publish the table. The figures here are the widely used ones, and different sources disagree by a mark or two around some bands. Treat it as close, not exact.
| Correct answers | Band |
|---|---|
| 39-40 | 9.0 |
| 37-38 | 8.5 |
| 35-36 | 8.0 |
| 33-34 | 7.5 |
| 30-32 | 7.0 |
| 27-29 | 6.5 |
| 23-26 | 6.0 |
| 19-22 | 5.5 |
| 15-18 | 5.0 |
| 13-14 | 4.5 |
| 10-12 | 4.0 |
| 8-9 | 3.5 |
| 6-7 | 3.0 |
| 4-5 | 2.5 |
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