On Jeopardy, you get 15 points for each correct answer and you lose 20 points for each incorrect answer. Jeremy the Trivia Whiz answered 8 questions correctly and 4 questions incorrectly. What was his score?
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Jeremy answered 8 questions correctly, so he earned 15 points for each correct answer: 8 x 15 = 120 points Show more…
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