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What Grade Is 38 out of 40? (38/40)

38 out of 40 (38/40) is 95%: an A on all three common scales. That is 2 wrong answers and 4.0 GPA points on the 4.0 scale.

Percentage
95%
38 / 40 x 100
10 point letter
A
A with +/-, A on 7 point
Wrong
2
of 40 questions
4.0 GPA
4.0
for an A

One more right, one fewer: 39/40 and 37/40

One more right makes it 39 out of 40, a 97.5%: still an A on the 10 point scale. One fewer is 37 out of 40, a 92.5%, the same A (A- with pluses and minuses). Each question is worth 2.5 percentage points.

38/40 already has the top letter, an A, on every scale; only a perfect score is higher.

Right answers needed for each letter out of 40

Lowest score for each letter out of 40, from 38/40
LetterPercentRightFrom 38/40
A93 to 10038 or moreyour score
A-90 to under 9336 or more1 fewer
B+87 to under 9035 or more3 fewer
B83 to under 8734 or more4 fewer
B-80 to under 8332 or more5 fewer
C+77 to under 8031 or more7 fewer
C73 to under 7730 or more8 fewer
C-70 to under 7328 or more9 fewer
D+67 to under 7027 or more11 fewer
D63 to under 6726 or more12 fewer
D-60 to under 6324 or more13 fewer
Fbelow 6023 or fewer15 fewer

Plus and minus scale; the 10 point letter is the plain letter. Every letter can happen with whole scores out of 40.

95% on other test lengths

38/40 is exactly the same grade as 19 out of 20 and 57 out of 60: 95%, an A.

Is 38 out of 40 passing?

Yes. Where passing starts at 60%, which is 24 right out of 40, 38/40 clears it by 14 questions. It also passes where the line is 70% (28 right), as on the 7 point scale. Whether a D passes the class is a separate rule, covered in the passing grade guide.

Out of 40 grade chart with 38/40 marked

Every score out of 40, 40 to 0
ScorePercent10 pt+/-7 pt
40/40100%AAA
39/4097.5%AAA
38/4095%AAA
37/4092.5%AA-B
36/4090%AA-B
35/4087.5%BB+B
34/4085%BBB
33/4082.5%BB-C
32/4080%BB-C
31/4077.5%CC+C
30/4075%CCC
29/4072.5%CC-D
28/4070%CC-D
27/4067.5%DD+F
26/4065%DDF
25/4062.5%DD-F
24/4060%DD-F
23/4057.5%FFF
22/4055%FFF
21/4052.5%FFF
20/4050%FFF
19/4047.5%FFF
18/4045%FFF
17/4042.5%FFF
16/4040%FFF
15/4037.5%FFF
14/4035%FFF
13/4032.5%FFF
12/4030%FFF
11/4027.5%FFF
10/4025%FFF
9/4022.5%FFF
8/4020%FFF
7/4017.5%FFF
6/4015%FFF
5/4012.5%FFF
4/4010%FFF
3/407.5%FFF
2/405%FFF
1/402.5%FFF
0/400%FFF

Whole scores; the printable out of 40 chart adds a lookup and a CSV download.

How to calculate 38 out of 40 as a percentage

Divide the number right by the number of questions, multiply by 100, then find the band on your school's scale. CurveFox reads the letter from the exact percent, the same rule as the grading scale chart.

Next step: put this test into your class grade with the grade calculator, see what the final needs with the final grade calculator, or curve a whole class with the grade curve calculator.

38/40 as a percent: worked example

You get 38 right on a 40 question test. What is the percent and the letter?

  1. 38 / 40 = 0.95 (19/20 in lowest terms)
  2. 0.95 x 100 = 95%
  3. 95 is an A on all three scales (93 to 100 with pluses and minuses)

38/40 is 95%: an A on all three common scales.

From CurveFox

Is a D a passing grade?What passes in high school and college, and when you need a C or better.Read the passing grade guide

Questions and answers

Is a 38 out of 40 a good grade?

95% is an excellent score on the 10 point scale (an A). It is a full A on every scale, 2 questions from a perfect score. It passes on every common scale.

What do I need for the next letter after 38/40?

Nothing higher exists: 38/40 is 95%, an A on every scale. Only 40/40 scores more.