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For English G10 and G12

 The easiest way to get a quick assessment of your reading speed is


by setting a timer for one minute, hit go, and start reading. Once the
timer ends, count how many words you read in that minute. The
basic formula is the number of words read divided by the minutes it
took to read.

1. To calculate word per minute more accurately, you can first convert your
time into seconds to get a precise decimal calculation.
2. To calculate this, you take the number of whole minutes you read,
multiply it by 60, then add the extra number of seconds.

(Whole Minutes Read x 60 + Extra Seconds Read = Total Seconds Read)

Then you simply divide the number of words you read by the total number of
seconds read.

(Number of Words Read / Total Seconds Read = Words Per Second.)

You now have words per second, so you multiply your answer by 60 to get
your final words per minute speed.

(Words Per Second x 60 = Words Per Minute)

EXAMPLE:

You read a 550-word article in 2 minutes, (Whole Minutes) and 29 seconds,


(Leftover Seconds.)

2 x 60 + 29 = 149  Total Seconds Read

550 / 149 = 3.69 Words Per Second

3.69 x 60 = 221.47 Words Per Minute

221.47 is an average (wpm) reading speed.


Reading Words Per Minute By Grade Level
The below stats are the words per minute for youth without any vision issues.

1st Grade - Less than 81


2nd Grade - 82 - 108
3rd Grade - 109 - 130
4th Grade - 131 - 147
5th Grade - 148 - 161
6th Grade - 162 - 174
7th Grade - 175 - 185
8th Grade - 186 - 197
9th Grade - 198 - 209
10th Grade - 210 - 224
11th Grade - 225 - 240
12th Grade - 241 - 255

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