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What Does an 82 IQ Mean?

An 82 IQ is a little below the average of 100. About 12 in 100 people score lower than 82. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 82 Low Average.

Percentile
11.51
How rare
1 in 9 score 82 or lower
WISC-V wording
Low Average
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Low Average
Distance from 100
1.20 SD below
On an SD 16 test
about 81
On an SD 24 test
about 71
Our test's usual range here
up to 95 (90%)
Where 82 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 82. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 82 is at the 11.51st percentile.7010013082

What does an 82 IQ mean?

A score of 82 is 1.20 standard deviations below the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 82 is 18 points away.

82 sits near the bottom of the 80 to 89 band, 8 points below the next band up. About 16 in 100 people score from 80 to 89, the band that holds 82. The average band starts at 90, so a retest of an 82 can easily land on the other side of that line.

What percentile is an IQ of 82?

A score of 82 is at the 11.51st percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 82, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 87 is at the 19.31st percentile. Five points lower, 77 is at the 6.26th percentile. Across those ten points around 82, the percentile moves by 13.05.

How rare is an IQ of 82?

About 1 in 9 people score 82 or lower. In a town of 100,000 people, about 12,000 would score 82 or lower.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 49 score exactly 82. These figures for 82 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 82 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 82 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 82 is about 81. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 71. 82, 81 and 71 all mean the same percentile.

Is 82 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind an 82; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 82 is a little below the average of 100. What an 82 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. An 82 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 far is 82 from the average?

82 is 18 points below the average of 100, or 1.20 of a standard deviation. About 38.5 percent of people score between 82 and 100. About 11.5 percent score lower than 82. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle sits at 100 rather than at 82.

What does an online result of 82 mean?

An online result of 82 is an estimate. When our test shows 82, the estimated range next to it usually reaches below 70, the lowest score our test reports, so it is shown as “up to 95” or close to that. That range for 82 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 82 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 82 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 82, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 82

  • 80 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 9.12th percentile.
  • 81 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 10.26th percentile.
  • 83 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 12.85th percentile.
  • 84 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 14.31st percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 82, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 82 IQ?

A score of 82 is at the 11.51st percentile. That means about 11.51 percent of people score lower.

Is 82 IQ low?

82 is below the average band. About 11.5 in 100 people score 82 or lower. A single 82 is not a diagnosis.

How many people have an IQ of 82?

On a whole-number scale, about 1.3 percent of people score exactly 82. About 1 in 9 people score 82 or lower.

Can an online test show 82?

Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test an 82 usually comes with an estimated range shown as “up to 95” or close to that.