# Question Weighting

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-weighting/190763>\
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**Created:** [June 14, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-weighting/190763 "2006-06-14T15:29:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robbe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/robbe/32/2016_2.png) [@Robbe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Robbe)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-weighting/190763/1 "2006-06-14T15:29:23Z")

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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Question Score Weight.[/SIZE][/FONT]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]How can I handle Question Score Weight?[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I thought of one way, but it seems a long way around the issue.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Ultimately I’d like to be able to change the weight of a question (for scoring). I’d like it to be transparent where no matter how many questions I add - and fix weight for - the total is still a max 100%.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]If a question is weighted at 1 or undefined, the question will automatically have a weight of 1 for scoring purposes.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]If the weight is greater than 1 the weight will be multiplied by the weight score.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]If the total number of questions is 10, and they each have a weight score of 1 - then the weight would equal.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]100/10 - or 10% for each question.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Total Percent = 10% x 10 [/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]If all ten are answered correctly, then Total Score would be 100%.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]In a case where the number of correct answers is 9 and there is one incorrect answer:[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]100/10 - or 10% for each question. Total Percent = 10% x 9 - or 90%[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]And so on.[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]In a case where weighting comes in, if a question had a weight of 2 - The total number of questions is increased by 2, to 12[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]100/12 - 8.333[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The weight factor of 2 would be figured as such:[/FONT][/SIZE]  
[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The total number of questions is decreased by 2, to 8[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]100/8 - 12.5[/FONT][/SIZE]  
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[FONT=‘Times New Roman’]The total correct are added up to make total score.[/FONT]