Final Grade Calculator

Required = (desired − current × (1 − weight)) / weight, with weight as a decimal. The current grade must be everything except the final. This page will not divide by a zero exam weight.

Assumption: the current course grade is the aggregate of all work excluding the final exam. This is not an official institutional calculation.

Required exam score:

Current grade: · Target: · Final weight:

Worked check

Current 80%, target 85%, weight 20%: (85 − 64) / 0.20 = 105%. The exam cannot reach the target without extra credit or another policy. Current 82%, target 85%, weight 25% (the defaults) requires 94%. Article: what grade do I need on my final exam.