2006-06-22 09:56:32 · 10 answers · asked by John C 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It is not just adding up the words to get a total and then dividing by the minutes. There has to be a way to figure in any errors.
2006-06-22 10:07:42 · update #1
I think it's actually the number of 5-character sets typed per minute.
I thi/nk it/'s ac/tuall/y the/ numb/er of/ 5-ch/aract/er se/ts ty/ped p/er mi/nute./ ==> 14 words
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2006-06-22 10:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by scott_d_webb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calculating Typing Speed
2016-12-08 20:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a long time ago: Count the letters, including commas, stop and spaces etc in a passage of a book. Get a few paragraphs and when you have the total, divide by five for the number of 'words'. Time yourself for the passage and calculate the number of 'words' against the time. For every mistake, you deduct five words. You end up with so many words per minute.
2006-06-22 10:03:59 · answer #3 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
formula? i thought it was just like typing for five minute lets say the counting how many words there are and dividing by 5 minutes. that would give you an average on how many words a minute. for me it is about 8 lol!
2006-06-22 10:01:26 · answer #4 · answered by TONY B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average word is 5 letters and one space. That is how speed is determined: Count the characters and divide by 6.
2006-06-22 10:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WPM, words per minute. The words total divided by the The total time in minutes.
2006-06-22 09:59:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about typing in notepad for a minute, saving the file, checking the size of it in bytes, and dividing it with 60?
Then you will get bytes per second, that is almost the same as key presser per second, except for some signs, like the new row sign that takes not one but two bytes. Then else you can measure it in bytes per minute if you want to.
2006-06-22 10:07:01 · answer #7 · answered by User1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A letter size of paper is 8-1/2" X 11". Allowing for one inch margins top and bottom (each inch is 6 typed lines) - gives you 66 minus 12 for 54 lines of typed copy. Allowing for one inch side margins (left & right) gives you 6.5" width x - 6.5 times 12 (spaces per inch) would equal 78. If you typed a full page of 54 lines times 78 spaces per line this would equal 4212 keystrokes; if it took 5 minutes to type these 4212, you would divide 4212 by 5.0 and your average wpm would be 84.2 (less penalty for errors - which is typically 5 wpm per error) - this would then represent your average wpm.
2006-06-22 10:18:39 · answer #8 · answered by hopeless 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the formula is to "divide the number of words by the number of seconds and subtract for the number of errors."
http://www.readi.info/index.cfm?fuseaction=research
2006-06-22 10:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by bjm_116 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
words/time(minute)
2006-06-22 09:59:55 · answer #10 · answered by eric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋