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What Does a 105 IQ Mean?

A 105 IQ is in the average range. About 63 in 100 people score lower than 105. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 105 Average.

Percentile
63.06
How rare
1 in 3 score 105 or higher
WISC-V wording
Average
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Average
Distance from 100
0.33 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 105
On an SD 24 test
about 108
Our test's usual range here
93 to 117 (90%)
Where 105 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 105. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 105 is at the 63.06th percentile.70100130105

What does a 105 IQ mean?

A score of 105 is 0.33 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 105 is 5 points away.

105 sits near the top of the 90 to 109 band, 5 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 105.

What percentile is an IQ of 105?

A score of 105 is at the 63.06th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 105, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 110 is at the 74.75th percentile. Five points lower, 100 is at the 50th percentile. Across those ten points around 105, the percentile moves by 24.75.

How rare is an IQ of 105?

About 1 in 3 people score 105 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 37,000 would score 105 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 95 score exactly 105. These figures for 105 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 105 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 105 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 105 is about 105. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 108. 105, 105 and 108 all mean the same percentile.

Is 105 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 105; it places one result among other people’s results. 105 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 105 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 105 describes some kinds of reasoning on one test, on one day, and leaves out a great deal that matters, such as effort, knowledge and character.

How close is 105 to the average?

105 is 5 points above the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.33 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.

What does an online result of 105 mean?

An online result of 105 is an estimate. When our test shows 105, the estimated range next to it is usually about 93 to 117. That range for 105 is provisional: it comes from our scoring model and a simulation, not yet from real test takers. Our methodology shows how the range is made.

An unsupervised online 105 may also run a little high: a large review found a gap of about 3 IQ points. Taking the same kind of test again usually raises a score like 105 a little, mostly on the first retakes. Our guide are IQ tests accurate covers this in depth.

To see where your own result falls next to 105, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 105

  • 103 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 57.93rd percentile.
  • 104 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 60.51st percentile.
  • 106 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 65.54th percentile.
  • 107 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 67.96th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 105, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 105 IQ?

A score of 105 is at the 63.06th percentile. That means about 63.06 percent of people score lower.

Is 105 IQ average?

Yes. 105 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.

How many people have an IQ of 105?

On a whole-number scale, about 2.5 percent of people score exactly 105. About 1 in 3 people score 105 or higher.

Can an online test show 105?

Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 105 usually comes with an estimated range of about 93 to 117.