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by teachers. It is also called weighted average.You will learn
how to calculate the weighted average using a real life example
Since the final exam usually carries more weight, this encourages students to work hard to
improve their grade on the final exam
Even if students got some bad grades in the beginning, they may still pass the class with a good
grade if they ace the final exam.
This happened to me a lot and teachers love to see and reward growth
Here is how a teacher may decide to grade his class. 10% for homework assignments, 15% for
quizzes, 25% for a midterm, and 50% for the final exam
Suppose the maximum score is 100 and a student gets the following scores throughtout the
year:
Midterm: 65
Final exam: 95
40 + 50 + 60 + 50 + 40 + 30
6
270
= 45
6
50 + 60 + 20 + 50 + 40 + 80 + 30 + 70
8
400
= 50
8
As you can see, despite having lots of bad grades on homework assignments and quizzes and
failing the midterm, the student still passed.
In some cases, the weight may be given not as a percent, but a number may be assigned to
each section of the examaination
Homework assignments: 1
Quizzes: 1
Midterm: 2
Final exam: 3
1 × 45 + 1 × 50 + 2 × 65 + 3 × 95
For the same example above, weighted average =
7
45 + 50 + 130 + 285
weighted average =
7
510
weighted average = = 72.85
7
When the weight is expressed as a percent, the formula can be expressed as shown below:
When the weight is expressed as a number, the formula can be expressed as shown below:
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