How do I weigh test scores when calculating final grade?
It’s actually quite easy. For the sake of argument, let’s suppose that you had the following grades: General test 1: 76 General test 2: 82 General test 3: 80 General test 4: 92 Midterm: 88 Final: 81 The four general tests count for 60% of your grade – let’s start out by finding the average score on the 4 general tests: add the four scores and divide the total by 4 – that’s 82.5% So now we have a general test score: 82.5%, a midterm score: 88, and a final score: 81. Because the general tests make up 60% of your grade, take the 82.5 average for the four tests and multiply that by .6 (remember .6 is the same thing as 60%). 82.5 x .6 = 49.5 The midterm is worth 15%, so we’ll multiply the midterm score of 88 by .15 88 x .15 = 13.2 And the final is worth 25%, so we’ll multiply your 81 grade on the final by .25 81 x .25 = 20.25 Let’s add ’em up: 49.5 + 13.2 + 20.25 = 82.95 There’s your final grade – 82.95%, or rounded to make even some sense, 83%. Hope this helps – you use the same process no
