Silly Question about Calculating my C.A Grade

ShaShaBear

This is the only place I could think of to post this :P

Okay, so in the module I am repeating, the grade is made up of 70% exam and 30% Continuous Assessment. The C.A is achieved over two exams in class, worth 15% each. I got 43% in the first one, and don't know what I got in the second one. What grade would I need to get (minimum) in this second test in order to give me 30% in my C.A grade (i.e 30% of the 30% if that makes sense)

im invisible

17% i worked it out the long way, i dont know why, but the easy way is

you have 43, thats 13 above what you want, so you can afford to get 13 below 30 in the second to average at 30 over the two

Yakuza

Yes, as both CA exams are equally weighted, to get an average of 30% (of the 30%), if you got 43% in the first one, 17% or over in the second one will result in a CA average of 30% (of the 30%) or over.

ShaShaBear

Oh that's alright then! Was thinking it was an average calculation, but wasn't sure about my backward math! Thanks guys!

locum-motion

ShaShaBear wrote: »

This is the only place I could think of to post this :P

Okay, so in the module I am repeating, the grade is made up of 70% exam and 30% Continuous Assessment. The C.A is achieved over two exams in class, worth 15% each. I got 43% in the first one, and don't know what I got in the second one. What grade would I need to get (minimum) in this second test in order to give me 30% in my C.A grade (i.e 30% of the 30% if that makes sense)

In most school/college situations, 40% is a passing grade, so I'm going to assume that that's the case here.

Why would you be aiming for a failing grade?

That aside, the answer to your question is as stated; 17% in the 2nd CA would give you an average of 30% across the two.

17 + 43 = 60

60 / 2 = 30

This then counts as 9% of your overall total; It's 30% of 30%

10% of 30 = 3, therefore 30% of 30 = 3 * 3 = 9

IF the overall pass grade is 40%, you'll then need to get at least 31 from the exam. But don't forget that that's 31 out of an available 70, not 31 out of 100.

SO, in the exam, you would then need to score 31 / 70 * 100 or 44.29% in order to pass.

ShaShaBear

locum-motion wrote: »

In most school/college situations, 40% is a passing grade, so I'm going to assume that that's the case here.

Why would you be aiming for a failing grade?

That aside, the answer to your question is as stated; 17% in the 2nd CA would give you an average of 30% across the two.

17 + 43 = 60

60 / 2 = 30

This then counts as 9% of your overall total; It's 30% of 30%

10% of 30 = 3, therefore 30% of 30 = 3 * 3 = 9

IF the overall pass grade is 40%, you'll then need to get at least 31 from the exam. But don't forget that that's 31 out of an available 70, not 31 out of 100.

SO, in the exam, you would then need to score 31 / 70 * 100 or 44.29% in order to pass.

The way our year head explained it is that the final grade of CA and terminal examination combined must equal 40%... But in addition to this, at least 30% must be achieved in both CA and exam components, ie I couldn't pass if I skipped both CA exams and went on to gain 100% in my exam sitting. So I was trying to figure out what grade in my second exam would add up to a minimum pass component, so I'll know if it's worth my while in the final exam.