Grading
"No sooner do we come into this world than bits of us start to drop off." -- Gustave Flaubert
How are your grades computed?
Let's keep this simple. Say you have four assignments and each is worth 25 percent of the grade (not true in this class, of course).
Assignment one: 25 percent
Assignment two: 25 percent
Assignment three: 25 percent
Assignment four: 25 percent
ADDS UP TO: 100 percent
Let's call this final percentage breakdown your "overall class percentage." However, you did not get a 100 percent on each assignment (which would be a full 25 points in this case). You earned a 70 percent on the first assignment, then an 80, 90, and an 85. These grades are also out of 100. But how do you change a specific percentage grade on one assignment into a percentage that makes sense in terms of your "overall class percentage"?
Here's how: In the first assignment, you earned a 70 percent. To get the correct percentage for the class scale, you multiply 70 X .25 (all you do is move the decimal point--25.00--to the left by two space--.25). Do the same with the other three grades as well.
70 X. .25 = 17.5
80 X .25 = 20
90 X .25 = 22.5
85 X .25 = 21.25
ADDS UP TO: 81 percentage. On the below grading scale, that percentage would be reported as a "B-"
100-93 = A
92-90 = A-
89-87 = B+
86-83 = B
82-80 = B-
79-77 = C+
76-73 = C
72-70 = C-
69-67 = D+
66-63 = D
62-60 = D-
59-00 = F