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Boys tends to perform better at multiple-choice questions
Performance in mathematics, by gender, by proportion of multiple-choice questions
Boys
Girls
0%
40%
30%
20%
10%
5%
45%
35%
25%
15%
Percentage of correct answers
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
42.34%
42.34%
43.44%
43.44%
44.55%
44.55%
42.7%
42.7%
42.59%
42.59%
40.67%
40.67%
41.08%
41.08%
41.57%
41.57%
39.76%
39.76%
38.47%
38.47%