Ms. Williams asks Nick to read for one minute; he reads 180 words with 12 errors. What is Nick's Words Correct Per Minute (WCPM)?

Ms. Williams asks Nick to read for one minute; he reads 180 words with 12 errors. What is Nick's Words Correct Per Minute (WCPM)?

• A. 168 WCPM
• B. 180 WCPM
• C. 192 WCPM
• D. 150 WCPM

Answer: (D)

WCPM measures how many words are read correctly per minute, so you combine speed with accuracy. Count how many words were read in the minute and subtract the ones read incorrectly to get the number of correctly read words. Here, Nick read 180 words in one minute and made 12 errors. The number of correct words is 180 minus 12, which equals 168. Since the time is one minute, WCPM is 168. So the WCPM reflects both how fast he read and how many of those words were correct.

WCPM measures how many words are read correctly per minute, so you combine speed with accuracy. Count how many words were read in the minute and subtract the ones read incorrectly to get the number of correctly read words.

Here, Nick read 180 words in one minute and made 12 errors. The number of correct words is 180 minus 12, which equals 168. Since the time is one minute, WCPM is 168. So the WCPM reflects both how fast he read and how many of those words were correct.