How To Calculate ASVAB Practice Test Scores

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Your AFQT score, or Armed Forces Qualifying Test score, is the military term for the commonly referred to “minimum ASVAB score” enlistment requirement. Four areas of your ASVAB will be used to calculate your AFQT score: 

• Word Knowledge (WK)
• Paragraph Comprehension (PC)
• Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) 
• Mathematics Knowledge (MK)

To find out what AFQT score you need to qualify to enlist in a specific military branch, visit this article about military requirements for ASVAB scores categorized by military branch. It is impossible to calculate your AFQT score using a practice test because each Mathematics Knowledge and Arithmetic Reasoning question is worth 1-3 points depending on it’s level of difficulty. The amount of points each math question is worth is only known by the Department of Defense. Below is information on how AFQT Percentile scores are typically calculated. However, each branch calculates scores differently so it is important to get the numbers for each branch directly from the military.

However, the best way you can study before taking the actual ASVAB is to averageyour score on each test (just like you would a normal test) and simply study the area that you score low on. For example, if there are 30 Arithmetic Reasoning question and you get 15 correct then your average score in Arithmetic Reasoning is 50%. You will want to study more to get your score up to at least 70% on ASVAB Practice Tests. This will ensure you get a high enough AFQT score to qualify for the military.

First, the military determines your Verbal Expression (VE) score as it makes up part of your AFQT score. To compute your VE score from ASVAB practice test results, add the number of correct (1 point per correct answer) questions from the Paragraph Comprehension (PC) and the Word Knowledge (WK) sections. Then find what your overall weighted VE Score would be according to the following table.

Table for Calculating VE Score

Standard Scores (PC + WK)	Weighted VE Score
50	62
48–49	60
46–47	58
44–45	56
42–43	54
40–41	52
38–39	50
36–37	49
34–35	47
32–33	45
30–31	44
28–29	42
26–27	40
24–25	38
22–23	36
20–21	34
18–19	32
16–17	31
14–15	29
12–13	27
10–11	25
8–9	22
6–7	22
4–5	21
0–3	20

Second, the military uses the following formula to calculate your AFQT score: 2VE + AR + MK.  Here are step-by-step directions:

1. Double the VE score (VE score x 2)
2. Then they add the result of step 1 to the Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) and Math Knowledge (MK) totals (1-3 point per correct answer).
3. Your results are turned into an AFQT percentile score based on the below table. This is your AFQT Percentile Score that will be used to see if you meet minimum military enlistment requirements.

Score	AFQT Percentile	Score	AFQT Percentile
229	99	189	60
228	98	187–188	59
227	97	186	58
226	96	185	57
225	95	183–184	56
224	94	182	55
223	93	181	54
222	92	179–180	53
221	91	178	52
220	90	176–177	51
219	89	175	50
218	88	173–174	49
217	86	172	48
216	85	170–171	47
215	84	168–169	46
214	83	166–167	45
213	82	165	44
212	81	163–164	43
211	80	161–162	42
210	79	159–160	41
209	78	157–158	40
207–208	77	155–156	39
206	76	154	38
205	75	151–153	37
204	74	149–150	36
203	73	147–148	35
202	72	145–146	34
201	71	143–144	33
200	70	140–142	32
199	69	138–139	31
198	68	135–137	30
197	67	132–134	29
195–196	66	128–131	28
194	65	125–127	27
193	64	124	26
192	63	123	25
191	62	122	24
190	61	121	23

Note: For points of 120 or lower,  keep reducing by one.

 

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