Question

Mrs. Arellano wanted to prevent students from guessing on a multiple-choice test. She graded 5 points for a correct answer, 0 points for no answer, and -2 pts for a wrong answer. Gerardo answered 12 questions correctly, left 3 blank and had 4 wrong answers. What was Gerardo final score?

Answer 1

Gerardo's final score is 52 points.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate Gerardo's final score, we need to multiply the number of correct answers by 5, the number of blank answers by 0, and the number of wrong answers by -2. Then, we sum up the results.

Number of correct answers: 12 x 5 = 60 points

Number of blank answers: 3 x 0 = 0 points

Number of wrong answers: 4 x (-2) = -8 points

Final score = 60 + 0 - 8 = 52 points