The Extraterrestrials have a score of 300. They answer four 50-point questions incorrectly, What is their new score?

1 Answer
Mar 4, 2018

It depends on the scoring rules, but probably #100#

Explanation:

It depends on the rules of scoring.

Assuming the same points are added or subtracted according to whether a question is answered correctly or incorrectly then their new score would be:

#300 - (4 xx 50) = 300 - 200 = 100#