What is the passing score for AWS Cloud Practitioner?
700 on a scale of 100 to 1000
AWS Cloud Practitioner is graded on a scaled score between 100 and 1000, and you need 700 to pass. A scaled score is not a percentage of questions answered correctly: the vendor adjusts for how hard your particular set of questions was, so two candidates with the same number of correct answers can end up with different scores.
This is why you should ignore any site that turns this into a percentage. The scale starts at 100, not at zero, and the points behind it are not distributed evenly.
What this means for your preparation
You cannot convert 700 into "answer N of 65 questions correctly", and nobody outside the vendor can. What you can do is aim well clear of the line and know which domains are dragging you down.
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1,119 practice questions with an explanation for every option — and a readiness score per domain, which is the part that tells you whether you are near the line.
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Source: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — vendor documentation. Checked September 4, 2026. Vendors change their scoring policies; verify with the vendor before you book.
