Pass Or Fail Calculator

Work out pass or fail instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Pass Or Fail Calculator

The verdict compares the score against the pass mark and reports the margin, plus the score as a percentage of both the paper total and the pass mark itself. A two-mark pass and a thirty-mark pass are very different situations, so the margin matters as much as the verdict when planning what to do next.

Formulas

Margin

margin = score - pass mark; pass when the margin is zero or positive

Percentage

percentage = score / total marks x 100

Worked example

With the default values below, Pass Or Fail Calculator returns Result of Pass. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Score achievedminimum 0: 42
Pass markminimum 1: 40
Total marksminimum 1: 100

Results

Result: Pass
Marks above or below the pass mark: 2.00
Score as a percentage: 42.00%
Score as a share of the pass mark: 105.0%

Step by step

1Values used
2Margin
3Percentage
4Result= Pass
5Marks above or below the pass mark= 2.00
6Score as a percentage= 42.00
7Score as a share of the pass mark= 105.0

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Pass Or Fail figure worked out?

margin = score - pass mark; pass when the margin is zero or positive. The verdict compares the score against the pass mark and reports the margin, plus the score as a percentage of both the paper total and the pass mark itself.

Why does this matter?

A two-mark pass and a thirty-mark pass are very different situations, so the margin matters as much as the verdict when planning what to do next.

What do I need to enter?

Enter score achieved, pass mark, total marks. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.