Reading Speed (Words Per Minute) Calculator

Enter each course grade and credit, get GPA on the 4.3 scale (HKU / CityU / HKUST / PolyU) or US 4.0 scale.

Pick core and elective grades to see Best 5, 4C+1X and 4C+2X — the three weighting formulas used by JUPAS programmes.

Given your current course grade and the weight of the final exam, find the exam score you need to hit a target overall grade.

Estimate how long a piece of text takes to read from word count and words-per-minute, with presets for silent reading, reading aloud, proofreading and audiobook narration.

Enter correct answers and total questions to get the percentage and letter grade — supports US A–F, US plus/minus, and UK honours (1st / 2:1 / 2:2 / 3rd).

Enter a percentage (or score out of total) and map it to a letter grade and GPA across four standard scales — US 4.0 with +/−, US 10-point, UK Honours, and IB 1–7.

Translate a class or cohort rank into percentile rank using all three common conventions (CDF, mid-rank, inclusive) plus quartile / decile / top-X% labels — for college applications, scholarships and standardized-test comparisons.

Enter classes attended, classes missed and total classes in the term to see your current attendance %, the maximum classes you can still skip, or how many you must attend to reach your target (default 75 %).

Paste text to instantly count words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, average word length and estimated reading time.

Paste an English passage and instantly get the Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level scores — the standard readability metrics used by US schools, MS Word and government plain-language guidelines.

Enter your Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking scores to get the IELTS overall band using the official rounding rule (.25 rounds up to .5, .75 rounds up to the next whole band).

Estimate how many pages a piece of writing will fill from word count, font size and line spacing.

Enter your six IB subject grades (HL/SL) plus the EE/TOK bonus matrix to compute your total IB Diploma score out of 45.

Enter A-Level, AS, EPQ, IB or BTEC grades to compute your total UCAS Tariff points and see how they line up against AAA / AAB / ABB conditional offers.

Enter an SAT total or ACT composite score and instantly see the equivalent score range using the official 2018 College Board / ACT concordance table.

Enter an IELTS, TOEFL iBT, Cambridge English Scale or TOEIC score and instantly map it to a CEFR level (A1 – C2).

Combine your current cumulative GPA and total credits with this term’s GPA and credits to see the updated cumulative GPA and how much it moved.

Convert between TOEFL iBT total scores (0-120) and IELTS Academic Band scores (4.5-9.0) using the official 2018 ETS concordance.

Convert numbers into English words and Chinese cheque-style capital form (壹貳參…) for writing cheques, contracts or homework.

Enter the total focus time you want and get the required 25-minute Pomodoro count, short/long break tally and overall wall-clock duration.

Enter a study date and ease factor and use the SuperMemo SM-2 algorithm to project the next review dates — handy for flashcards or vocabulary.

Enter characters typed, elapsed time and errors to get gross WPM, net WPM and accuracy — the standard typing-test metrics used worldwide.

Paste your paper citation counts to instantly compute the h-index, g-index, i10-index and other bibliometrics used to quantify a researcher's scholarly impact.

Enter the total exam time, number of questions and optional review reserve to get the average time per question and 25/50/75 % pacing checkpoints — ideal for SAT, GRE, HKDSE and similar timed exams.

Enter current accumulated practice hours and weekly hours available to project when you will hit the 1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000-hour mastery milestones popularised by Ericsson and Gladwell.

Enter multiple assignments (homework, quizzes, mid-term, project, final) with their scores and weights to compute the weighted-average overall grade, plus the points already locked in and the weight still to come.

Enter the memory strength S and elapsed time t to compute the retention rate per Ebbinghaus R = e^(−t/S), with a suggested next-review time (when retention drops to 80–90 %).

Enter raw class scores to compute each student's z-score, percentile and curved A–F letter grade using the classic ±0.5σ / ±1.5σ cut-offs, along with the resulting grade distribution.

Enter your word count and speaking pace to estimate how long a speech, presentation, sermon or classroom talk will take, including pause time.

Enter your enrolled credit hours and a study-per-credit ratio (the 2–3 hr/credit/week guideline used by most universities); the tool returns total weekly study time and projects total semester hours over a 14-week term — a standard time-management aid for college students.

Enter your prior cumulative GPA and credits already earned, then this term's GPA and credits attempted; the tool weights the two and reports your new cumulative GPA — the standard "what will my GPA be after this term?" planner.

Enter a child's birth date and a reference date; the tool returns the equivalent US K-12 grade (K, 1–12), UK / Hong Kong school year (Y1–Y13), IB Programme stage (PYP / MYP / DP) and the academic-year cut-off used. Useful for international families, school transfers and study-abroad planning.

Enter your current cumulative GPA and credits earned, the credits planned for next term, and the cumulative GPA you want by end of next term. The tool returns the minimum GPA you must score next term — using (target × total credits − current GPA × earned credits) ÷ next-term credits − and flags whether the target is mathematically reachable.

Enter a grade and its source scale (US 4.0, Canadian 4.3, Indian 10-point, French 20-point, European percentage, etc.); the tool maps proportionally to every other scale and shows the equivalent letter grade — handy for international study applications and cross-institution grade comparisons.

Enter a score from any one of the three big English tests (IELTS 0–9, TOEFL iBT 0–120, Duolingo DET 10–160); the tool converts to the other two using the official / industry-recognised concordance tables — useful for study-abroad applications, CEFR level mapping and cross-test comparison.

Paste English text; the tool computes the Coleman-Liau Index (based on letter count and sentence count) to estimate US grade reading level — unlike Flesch-Kincaid, it needs no syllable counting and is easier to automate.

Enter total pages, current page and a deadline; the tool returns pages-per-day required and projected finish date. Can also invert: how many days to finish at X pages per day.

Enter the target word count and your effective writing rate (words/minute), optionally with a revision-and-proofread multiplier; the tool estimates total writing time and the words-per-day pace needed to finish before a chosen deadline.

Enter your TOEIC Listening + Reading score (0–990) or Speaking + Writing score (0–400); the tool maps it to a CEFR level (A1–C1) using the ETS official concordance — useful for immigration, study abroad and multinational job applications.

Paste a passage of English text; the tool applies the Gunning Fog formula 0.4 × ((words / sentences) + 100 × (complex / words)) to give a readability index — roughly the US grade level needed: 8 = popular writing, 12 = high school, 17 = postgraduate.

Enter the number of students and the number of teachers; the tool returns the student-to-teacher ratio (e.g. 18:1) and where it sits relative to the OECD Education at a Glance benchmarks (primary ≈ 14:1, lower-secondary ≈ 13:1) — the standard metric for parents shortlisting schools, administrators planning staffing and policy researchers comparing systems.

Enter total exam time, number of questions and (optionally) buffer minutes reserved for review; the tool returns the per-question budget (min:sec), the net working time, and the 25 % / 50 % / 75 % pacing checkpoints — useful for SAT, GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, MCAT, USMLE, BAR and most timed standardised exams.

Enter your degree credit requirement, credits already earned and average credits per term; the tool returns the remaining credits, terms required and projected graduation date — and shows your overall completion percentage. Useful for college students and adult learners.

Pick the target language category (FSI 1–5; Spanish/French are Cat 1, Japanese/Arabic are Cat 5) and daily study hours; the tool uses the US Foreign Service Institute reference (600 → 2200 hours range) to return the total study hours needed for Speaking-3 / Reading-3 fluency and the calendar time it will take at your pace.

Enter credits per term, cost per credit, number of terms and per-term fixed fees (health insurance, student services, etc.); the tool returns total tuition, per-term cost and total degree cost — useful for comparing schools or planning a major / minor load.

Following the American Academy of Pediatrics guideline that a school backpack should not exceed 10–15 % of the child‍s body weight, this tool returns the safe, caution and overload thresholds so parents can sanity-check the morning bag.

Pick a target vocabulary size (e.g. 1,000 Japanese words), how many you already know and your target date. The tool returns new words per day, plus the Anki / spaced-repetition steady-state review load and estimated minutes-per-day — with one-click presets for JLPT, TOEIC and GRE.

Enter the target word count, words written so far, deadline date and writing days per week; the tool returns the daily word target you need to hit — useful for NaNoWriMo, theses, dissertations and long-form drafts.

Enter talk length and pace (1–2 min per slide); using Guy Kawasaki's 10/20/30 rule and TED / academic-conference norms, the tool returns the recommended slide count plus average time per slide.

Enter book pages (or word count), narrator WPM and your playback speed (1.0× / 1.5× / 2.0×); the tool returns total listening time in hours and minutes.

Enter total study hours and each topic / chapter's exam weight; the tool returns hours-per-topic in proportion to weight — useful for finals, SAT, GRE, CFA and other multi-topic exams.

Enter credit count and origin system (US semester / US quarter / ECTS / UK CATS); converts among all four using Bologna + ACE transfer conventions, plus shows full-time year fraction and estimated total student workload hours.

Enter daily practice minutes and a target cumulative hour goal (e.g. 100, 1 000 or the famous 10 000 hours) to see how many days, months and years it will take.

Enter total study hours plus each exam's weight and your confidence — get hours allocated per exam, weighted by importance × how much more revision you still need.

Enter a list of scores and how many lowest grades the policy drops — the tool compares the plain average against the drop-lowest average so you can see how much a class's drop-lowest policy moves your grade.

Enter the total course hours, weeks of duration and weekly time you can commit — get the required hours per week, a feasibility check and a video / reading / assignment split.

Enter your essay total word count and the weight percentages for each section (intro, body paragraphs, conclusion, etc.) to get suggested word targets per section with a tolerance band.

Enter number of questions, options per question and scoring rule (penalty / no penalty for wrong answers) to get the expected score, standard deviation and a "should you guess" recommendation — handy for SAT / ACT / GRE / AP / IB exam strategy.

Enter a Lexile measure (e.g. 850L) to see the recommended grade range and CCSS "stretch" target band — or enter a grade to see its expected Lexile interval.