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10 out of 40 in IELTS Academic Reading: what band is it?

10 out of 40 in IELTS Academic Reading is band 4.0. 3 more correct answers would make it 4.5. It is the lowest score IELTS publishes a band for.

Band 4.0 covers 10 to 12 correct answers. This row comes from the table printed with Cambridge’s official practice tests. It fits the four cut-offs IELTS publishes (15, 23, 30 and 35 marks), but no official IELTS page prints it, so treat it as an estimate.

Correct answers

/ 40

Your Academic Reading band: 4.0

Your Academic Reading band

10 of 40 correct

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3 more correct answers would make it 4.5.

10/40 in IELTS Academic Reading is about band 4.0.

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10 out of 40 in the other papers

  • IELTS Academic Reading4.03 more correct answers would make it 4.5.
  • IELTS Listening–
  • IELTS General Training Reading–

What 4.0 in Reading meets

None of the universities with verified requirements accepts 4.0 as the minimum for a single skill. Search university requirements

From 10/40 to every band

Correct answersBandFrom 10
39–409.0+29
37–388.5+27
35–368.0+25
33–347.5+23
30–327.0+20
27–296.5+17
23–266.0+13
19–225.5+9
15–185.0+5
13–144.5+3
10–124.0Your score
0 to 9No band published−1

Frequently asked questions

What band is 10 out of 40 in IELTS Academic Reading?

Band 4.0. In the table, 10 to 12 correct answers are band 4.0.

How many more correct answers do I need for band 4.5?

3 more. Band 4.5 starts at 13 correct answers out of 40.

What is 10 out of 40 in the other IELTS papers?

IELTS Listening: no band is published for 10 correct answers. IELTS General Training Reading: no band is published for 10 correct answers.

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