{
  "id": "sat-score",
  "version": "4d6171c1ed8c",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "SAT Score Calculator",
  "question": "What SAT score would I get?",
  "summary": "Converts the number of correct answers in each module of a digital SAT practice test to Reading and Writing and Math section score ranges and a total score range, with College Board’s conversion table for Practice Test #4 (paper version).",
  "category": "education",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/education/sat-score-calculator",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/education/sat-score-calculator.md",
  "kind": "function",
  "method": "section raw score = correct answers in module 1 + module 2; section score range from the conversion table; total = sum of the lower values to sum of the upper values",
  "assumptions": [
    "The table is College Board’s for the paper (linear) version of digital SAT Practice Test #4, where each Reading and Writing module has 33 questions and each Math module 27.",
    "The adaptive test in Bluebook scores with item response theory, not a fixed table, so a score from this table is an estimate for other tests.",
    "A section score is a range because the paper scoring method is a simplified version of the one used on the real test (College Board)."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "rwModule1": {
        "title": "Reading and Writing, module 1",
        "description": "Correct answers in Reading and Writing module 1 (0 to 33).",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 33
      },
      "rwModule2": {
        "title": "Reading and Writing, module 2",
        "description": "Correct answers in Reading and Writing module 2 (0 to 33).",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 33
      },
      "mathModule1": {
        "title": "Math, module 1",
        "description": "Correct answers in Math module 1 (0 to 27).",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 27
      },
      "mathModule2": {
        "title": "Math, module 2",
        "description": "Correct answers in Math module 2 (0 to 27).",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 27
      }
    }
  },
  "outputs": {
    "total": {
      "label": "Total score",
      "description": "The total score range: the two lower section scores added, to the two upper section scores added.",
      "format": "text"
    },
    "totalLower": {
      "label": "Total, lower",
      "description": "Lower Reading and Writing score + lower Math score (400 to 1600).",
      "format": "integer"
    },
    "totalUpper": {
      "label": "Total, upper",
      "description": "Upper Reading and Writing score + upper Math score (400 to 1600).",
      "format": "integer"
    },
    "rw": {
      "label": "Reading and Writing",
      "description": "The Reading and Writing section score range from the conversion table (200 to 800).",
      "format": "text"
    },
    "math": {
      "label": "Math",
      "description": "The Math section score range from the conversion table (200 to 800).",
      "format": "text"
    },
    "rwRaw": {
      "label": "Reading and Writing raw score",
      "description": "Correct answers in Reading and Writing modules 1 and 2 (0 to 66).",
      "format": "integer"
    },
    "mathRaw": {
      "label": "Math raw score",
      "description": "Correct answers in Math modules 1 and 2 (0 to 54).",
      "format": "integer"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "rwModule1": 22,
      "rwModule2": 22,
      "mathModule1": 18,
      "mathModule2": 18
    },
    "outputs": {
      "total": "1,110 to 1,160",
      "totalLower": 1110,
      "totalUpper": 1160,
      "rw": "560 to 580",
      "math": "550 to 580",
      "rwRaw": 44,
      "mathRaw": 36
    },
    "text": "With 44 correct in Reading and Writing and 36 in Math, the estimated SAT total is 1,110 to 1,160."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "rwModule1": 22,
        "rwModule2": 22,
        "mathModule1": 18,
        "mathModule2": 18
      },
      "expect": {
        "rw": "560 to 580",
        "math": "550 to 580",
        "total": "1,110 to 1,160",
        "totalLower": 1110,
        "totalUpper": 1160
      },
      "source": "College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test #4, conversion table: RW raw 44 → 560–580, Math raw 36 → 550–580; College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test #4 (raw score conversion table). https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/scoring-sat-practice-test-4-digital.pdf"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "rwModule1": 33,
        "rwModule2": 33,
        "mathModule1": 27,
        "mathModule2": 27
      },
      "expect": {
        "rw": "790 to 800",
        "math": "790 to 800",
        "total": "1,580 to 1,600"
      },
      "source": "College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test #4, conversion table: RW raw 66 → 790–800, Math raw 54 → 790–800; College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test #4 (raw score conversion table). https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/scoring-sat-practice-test-4-digital.pdf"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "rwModule1": 0,
        "rwModule2": 3,
        "mathModule1": 4,
        "mathModule2": 2
      },
      "expect": {
        "rw": "200",
        "math": "200",
        "total": "400",
        "totalLower": 400
      },
      "source": "College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test #4, conversion table: RW raw 3 and Math raw 6 → 200; College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test #4 (raw score conversion table). https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/scoring-sat-practice-test-4-digital.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "College Board, Scoring Your Paper SAT Practice Test #4 (raw score conversion table). https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/scoring-sat-practice-test-4-digital.pdf"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-09-28",
      "note": "The score ranges use a thousands comma, for example 1,110 to 1,160."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-29",
      "note": "Worked examples name a published reference for their rule."
    }
  ]
}