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Instructions for grade calculator and example

This is an example of grades that can be put into the grade calculator.
Imagine a student who received the following grades on the homeworks

W1
W1
W2
W2
W2
W2
W3
W3
W4
W4

HW1
HW2
HW1
HW2 Q1-6,Q10, and Q14
HW2 Q7-9 and Q11-13
HW2 total
HW1
HW2
HW1
HW2

Raw score
6/8
5/9
5/7
6/8
1/6
6.33
6+0.331
8+0.336 = 9.98
5/6
6/9
4/6
3/7

Percentage
75%
55.6%
71.4%
N/A
N/A
63.4%
83.3%
66.7%
66.7%
42.9%

Table 1: Example grades

What is their percentage on HW1 scores? Well we average their percentages over the four HW1
scores:
75% + 71.4% + 83.3% + 66.7%
= 74.1%
4
What is their percentage on HW2 scores? Well we average their percentages over the four HW2
scores:
55.6% + 63.4% + 66.7% + 42.9%
= 57.1%
4
Homework 1 counts for a total of 20% of the grade (5% for each HW1). Homework 2 counts for a
total of 40% of the grade (10% for each HW2). Therefore, with just the homeworks, the student
has the grades (note the maximum is 60%):
0.2 74.1% + 0.4 57.1% = 37.7%
In order to get a certificate, the student needs 60% total score after the final exam. The final
exam is worth 40% of the grade. How well does the student need to do on the final exam to get a
certificate? Well they need 60% 37.7% = 20.3% more total grade. This means that they need to
get the following percentage on the final exam:
Percent needed on final exam to get certificate: =

67.7% 37.7%
= 55.8%
0.4

In other words, the student needs to get a bit more than half of the final exam correct to get a
certificate. Since the final exam will contain more qualitative questions than quantitative ones,
based on the students current homework grades it is likely they will achieve the certificate.