An important question about the SAT's, blank questions don't count?

Test Preparation
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<p>So let's say, just for example - wise kinda stuff</p>

<p>that there is 500 questions on a test, right?</p>

<p>and i answer 400 of them ALL CORRECTLY 100%</p>

<p>and leave the other 100 blank</p>

<p>do i get a 800/800 or a 700/800</p>

<p>? cuz i read that if u dont fill it in u get no points deducted?</p>

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<p>If you answer 80% of the questions, you will not get an 800.</p>

<p>For every question you get right, you get a point. For every question you get wrong, you lose 1/4 of a point. If you don’t answer a question, you don’t get or lose any points. When your score is determined, however, it is not based on how many you got right out of the questions you answered. It is based on the number of points you picked up compared to the maximum number you would get if you were to answer every single question correctly.</p>

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<p>so if i don’t know an answer, and im completely clueless</p>

<p>do i guess or do i leave it blank?</p>

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<p>Well you get 1/4 point off, but that goes away if the points you lose don’t add up to an integer value. If you can eliminate some of the answer choices, then it’s worth it to guess.</p>

<p>If I were you, I would read the Official SAT Study Guide. They have all the stuff I’m telling you and more.</p>

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<p>Let’s put it this way. If you do not answer the question, you get -1</p>

<p>If you answer the question, but incorrectly, you get -1.25</p>

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<p>not really, yankeedoodle…</p>

<p>if you get a question wrong, you get -1
but if you answer the question, you get-1 and -1/4 for guessing.</p>

<p>say there are 25 questions. you leave 4 blank and you get 4 wrong.
your raw score will be # of questions right - (1/4 times # of questions wrong). The # of questions right has already deducted 4 raw point for the 4 questions you got wrong and another 4 raw points for the 4 you left blank.
For this example, the raw score would be 17 - ((1/4) * 4) = 17 - 1 = 16 so you would have 16 raw points out of 24
does that make sense?</p>

<p>(it is better guessing than leaving blank but only if you can eliminate answers and narrow down your choices)</p>