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By how much are our marks raised with our practicals, orals etc.?

  • 07-06-2015 06:52PM
    #1
    Tet2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭


    For example, I think I may have received 62% in my Geography exam, the project is worth 25% and let's say I get 18%.

    Would that raise my 62% grade up to 80% or is there a different way of calculating the raise?


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  • #2
    skippy1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭skippy1977


    From the way I am reading it....you got 62% of the Geography exam....that is 62% of 75%
    That's 46.5 marks for your Geography and the 18 marks for your portfolio....so that's 64.5% over all.

    Good practice for the Maths exam.


  • #3
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,434 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    The exams and projects are marked using marks, not percentages.
    Is the project not worth only 100 marks (20%)?


  • #4
    Tet2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Tet2015


    skippy1977 wrote: »
    From the way I am reading it....you got 62% of the Geography exam....that is 62% of 75%
    That's 46.5 marks for your Geography and the 18 marks for your portfolio....so that's 64.5% over all.

    Good practice for the Maths exam.

    Wow! Really? :eek::confused: that's barely anything, I might as well not have done a project and spent those 3 months studying! Thanks though!


  • #5
    skippy1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭skippy1977


    spurious wrote: »
    The exams and projects are marked using marks, not percentages.
    Is the project not worth only 100 marks (20%)?

    Yeah meant % you get my drift. I think you might be right about 20% for the project.


  • #6
    Tet2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Tet2015


    spurious wrote: »
    The exams and projects are marked using marks, not percentages.
    Is the project not worth only 100 marks (20%)?

    Yeh you're right, 20% (was thinking of French). But yeah, if it were with marks then: total = 420 (320 from exam and 100 from project) and out of the exam I would have received about 205/320 so in addition to 90/100 (18% of project) = 295/400 x 100 = 70.24% :eek:


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  • #7
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,434 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    62% would be 248 marks (of the 400 for the paper)
    18 out of 25 would be roughly 72 (of 100 for the project)
    Total 320 out of 500 would be a C2, very close to a C1.


  • #8
    Tet2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Tet2015


    spurious wrote: »
    62% would be 248 marks (of the 400 for the paper)
    18 out of 25 would be roughly 72 (of 100 for the project)
    Total 320 out of 500 would be a C2, very close to a C1.
    Tut, dissappointing, thanks Spurious!


  • #9
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,434 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Tet2015 wrote: »
    Tut, dissappointing, thanks Spurious!

    It's not a million miles off a B either - people often mark themselves too hard. Don't worry anyay, nothing to be gained by worrying now.


  • #10
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Tet2015 wrote: »
    Wow! Really? :eek::confused: that's barely anything, I might as well not have done a project and spent those 3 months studying! Thanks though!
    Well then you would have got 0 out of 100, and basically be marked out of 400 or 80%

    So assuming you're somewhat accurate in saying you got 62% or 248 marks in the paper, that would translate to 49.6% overall!

    So yes, it was worth your while submitting your project! ;)


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