Predicting Your Grade

You don't have to be a magician to predict your Spanish grade. This technique can be very useful and can prevent grade problems at the last minute. You need to know all the grades you have received to this point how much each grade is worth toward your final grade. Use this technique to set a goal for yourself and maybe you can even improve your grade!

Let's say it's final exam time. So, you know all your Spanish grades exept for the final exam grade. Here are the averages for each category:

Your Spanish teacher has told you that homework is worth 15% of your total grade; quizzes are worth 25%; tests are worth 35%; and the final exam is worth 25%. Multiplying each category's average grade by the percentage that is assigned to it. Add these numbers together to find out how many points out of 100 you have earned so far.
 
 

So, you have earned 63.395 points; but 25% of your grade is not accounted for yet, because you haven't taken the final. Here's where you find out if it's possible to pull off a B.

• Subtract the points you have earned so far from the total points you want to have. For example, if you want a B in Spanish, you need at least an 86.
• 86 - 63.395 = 22.605
• You need to earn 22.605 points toward your final grade in order to get a B.
• Now, divide the number of points you need by the percent that is assigned to this portion of your grade to get the score you need to earn on your final. This is the reverse of what we did before. (We multiplied the score you earned by the percent assigned to it to get the number of points you earned.)
• 22.065/25% = 22.065/.25 = 88.26