Alolan_Apples
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This is my final entry to the StarFall Press for the month. After blogging every day, November became my second month that I blogged every single day.
Back on my 60th entry, I already planned ahead for this month. Today's entry is supposed to be on grades, and the facts on how to get good grades. I figured out the ratio of how many answers you can get right or wrong to pass.
Just for a recall, here are what the grades mean:
A - you did very well. Not only you passed, but you passed with a very high grade. It shows that you know more about the assignment or the material. Even if you missed a few problems, you still did good enough. A's are earned if you make a 90% or higher.
B - you were doing great. B's are good grades to get on a school assignment. However, it's also the lowest grade you can get before you start getting in trouble. You don't want to get only B's, but they are good enough to the point where you can pass with a high GPA. B's are earned if you make any grade in the 80's range (80%-89%).
C - now this is where you start getting in trouble. Depending on who raises you, C's are different. You did okay somehow, but some families don't tolerate C's. They're also not good for college grades. C's are earned if you make any grade in the 70's range (70%-79%).
D - you're getting closer to the danger point. D's are bad grades to get. If you get a D, you're doing awful. In fact, make any grade lower, and you fail. In fact, this is more of a failing grade in college. They may be okay for high school, but not okay for college. D's are earned if you make any grade in the 60's range (60%-69%).
F - you have failed the assignment. One F won't hurt, but if you're going to continuously get F's, you're going to fail the class. You can't continue if you are going to get F's. They are earned if you make any grade less than 60%, but it depends on where you are.
Now I will go over the ratio of the maximum problems you can miss in order to get a certain grade.
To get an A:
To get an A+, you need to simply get every answer on the assignment or test right. To get a grade over a 100%, you need to do the same AND answer the extra credit part correctly.
But in order to get an A in general, I will go over the maximum problems you can miss. It's okay to miss a few if you don't know, but studying is important.
The formula of calculating how many answers you can get wrong to get an A is this:
#of questions / 10 = maximum # of answers you can get wrong
If you get a decimal, regardless of how high the decimal is, you must round down. So, according to the formula, here's how to get an A.
And the list will continue on when more points are there. So if there are 500 points on a project, you can only lose 50 points or less to get an A.
To get an B or higher:
Getting a B requires a different form of calculation. While A's are on the ranges from 0 to 9 in each ten's range (like 50's or 80's), B's are more for the ranges from 5 to 9 on one range to 0 to 4 on the next range. So, in order to get a B or higher, here is the formula:
#of questions / 5 = maximum # of answers you can get wrong
And so on. Let's go back to the 500 point project. While you cannot lose anymore than 50 points to get an A, 100 points is the maximum you can lose to get a B.
To get a C or higher:
Now the formula is actually tricky. Remember when I had the formula where you have the number of problems divided by a simple number. It halves down as you keep going down in order to get the maximum number of problems you can miss.
Back to my grading scale, if you miss anymore problems than what the B can tolerate, here are the maximum you can miss:
Now here is another hint. In the one's digit of the number of questions, 4 is the lucky number. In each range, if you get to a number that ends with a 4, you can only miss one more in order to get a C or higher. For example, you can only miss 5 or less questions more than the maximum you can miss to get a B if there are 47 to 56 problems. If there are 54 problems, then you can only miss 6 or less above the maximum of what the B can tolerate. In that case, 14 questions is the maximum you can miss if there are 54 questions to get a C or higher.
To pass the assignment:
The D is the lowest grade you can get in order to pass. If you miss anymore than what a C can tolerate, here are the maximum number of questions you can miss.
Just like the C, there are lucky numbers where if you miss more than what the C can tolerate. 3, 5, and 6 are the lucky numbers this time, so if you miss one more than the maximum number you can miss in each range (if you miss more than the maximum you can miss for a C), you still get a D. So let's say that you have 68 to 77 questions on a test. Miss anymore than the maximum you can miss to get a C or higher, 7 is the maximum of questions you can miss anymore to get a D or higher. But if there are 73, 75, or 76 questions, 8 is the maximum. So if there are 75 questions on a test, the maximum number of questions you can miss in order to get a D or higher is 30 questions.
Application example:
So let's say that you're taking a test. There are 52 questions, and 52 points is the highest you can get on the test. To get a certain grade, here's what you can miss:
That's all about the tips of grading.
Back on my 60th entry, I already planned ahead for this month. Today's entry is supposed to be on grades, and the facts on how to get good grades. I figured out the ratio of how many answers you can get right or wrong to pass.
Just for a recall, here are what the grades mean:
A - you did very well. Not only you passed, but you passed with a very high grade. It shows that you know more about the assignment or the material. Even if you missed a few problems, you still did good enough. A's are earned if you make a 90% or higher.
B - you were doing great. B's are good grades to get on a school assignment. However, it's also the lowest grade you can get before you start getting in trouble. You don't want to get only B's, but they are good enough to the point where you can pass with a high GPA. B's are earned if you make any grade in the 80's range (80%-89%).
C - now this is where you start getting in trouble. Depending on who raises you, C's are different. You did okay somehow, but some families don't tolerate C's. They're also not good for college grades. C's are earned if you make any grade in the 70's range (70%-79%).
D - you're getting closer to the danger point. D's are bad grades to get. If you get a D, you're doing awful. In fact, make any grade lower, and you fail. In fact, this is more of a failing grade in college. They may be okay for high school, but not okay for college. D's are earned if you make any grade in the 60's range (60%-69%).
F - you have failed the assignment. One F won't hurt, but if you're going to continuously get F's, you're going to fail the class. You can't continue if you are going to get F's. They are earned if you make any grade less than 60%, but it depends on where you are.
Now I will go over the ratio of the maximum problems you can miss in order to get a certain grade.
To get an A:
To get an A+, you need to simply get every answer on the assignment or test right. To get a grade over a 100%, you need to do the same AND answer the extra credit part correctly.
But in order to get an A in general, I will go over the maximum problems you can miss. It's okay to miss a few if you don't know, but studying is important.
The formula of calculating how many answers you can get wrong to get an A is this:
#of questions / 10 = maximum # of answers you can get wrong
If you get a decimal, regardless of how high the decimal is, you must round down. So, according to the formula, here's how to get an A.
- <10 questions - you cannot miss a single question.
- 10 to 19 - miss only 1
- 20 to 29 - miss 2 or less
- 30 to 39 - miss 3 or less
- 40 to 49 - miss 4 or less
- 50 to 59 - miss 5 or less
- 60 to 69 - miss 6 or less
- 70 to 79 - miss 7 or less
- 80 to 89 - miss 8 or less
- 90 to 99 - miss 9 or less
And the list will continue on when more points are there. So if there are 500 points on a project, you can only lose 50 points or less to get an A.
To get an B or higher:
Getting a B requires a different form of calculation. While A's are on the ranges from 0 to 9 in each ten's range (like 50's or 80's), B's are more for the ranges from 5 to 9 on one range to 0 to 4 on the next range. So, in order to get a B or higher, here is the formula:
#of questions / 5 = maximum # of answers you can get wrong
- <5 questions - you cannot miss a single question.
- 5 to 9 - miss 1 or less.
- 10 to 14 - miss 2 or less.
- 15 to 19 - miss 3 or less.
- 20 to 24 - miss 4 or less.
- 25 to 29 - miss 5 or less.
- 30 to 34 - miss 6 or less.
- 35 to 39 - miss 7 or less.
- 40 to 44 - miss 8 or less.
- 45 to 49 - miss 9 or less.
And so on. Let's go back to the 500 point project. While you cannot lose anymore than 50 points to get an A, 100 points is the maximum you can lose to get a B.
To get a C or higher:
Now the formula is actually tricky. Remember when I had the formula where you have the number of problems divided by a simple number. It halves down as you keep going down in order to get the maximum number of problems you can miss.
Back to my grading scale, if you miss anymore problems than what the B can tolerate, here are the maximum you can miss:
- <7 questions - you cannot miss a single question.
- 7 to 16 - miss 1 or less.
- 17 to 26 - miss 2 or less.
- 27 to 36 - miss 3 or less.
- 37 to 46 - miss 4 or less.
- 47 to 56 - miss 5 or less.
- 57 to 66 - miss 6 or less.
- 67 to 76 - miss 7 or less.
- 77 to 86 - miss 8 or less.
- 87 to 96 - miss 9 or less.
Now here is another hint. In the one's digit of the number of questions, 4 is the lucky number. In each range, if you get to a number that ends with a 4, you can only miss one more in order to get a C or higher. For example, you can only miss 5 or less questions more than the maximum you can miss to get a B if there are 47 to 56 problems. If there are 54 problems, then you can only miss 6 or less above the maximum of what the B can tolerate. In that case, 14 questions is the maximum you can miss if there are 54 questions to get a C or higher.
To pass the assignment:
The D is the lowest grade you can get in order to pass. If you miss anymore than what a C can tolerate, here are the maximum number of questions you can miss.
- <8 questions - you cannot miss a single question.
- 8 to 17 - miss 1 or less.
- 18 to 27 - miss 2 or less.
- 28 to 37 - miss 3 or less.
- 38 to 47 - miss 4 or less.
- 48 to 57 - miss 5 or less.
- 58 to 67 - miss 6 or less.
- 68 to 77 - miss 7 or less.
- 78 to 87 - miss 8 or less.
- 88 to 97 - miss 9 or less.
Just like the C, there are lucky numbers where if you miss more than what the C can tolerate. 3, 5, and 6 are the lucky numbers this time, so if you miss one more than the maximum number you can miss in each range (if you miss more than the maximum you can miss for a C), you still get a D. So let's say that you have 68 to 77 questions on a test. Miss anymore than the maximum you can miss to get a C or higher, 7 is the maximum of questions you can miss anymore to get a D or higher. But if there are 73, 75, or 76 questions, 8 is the maximum. So if there are 75 questions on a test, the maximum number of questions you can miss in order to get a D or higher is 30 questions.
Application example:
So let's say that you're taking a test. There are 52 questions, and 52 points is the highest you can get on the test. To get a certain grade, here's what you can miss:
- A - 0 to 5.
- 52 divided by 10 equals 5.2. Remember to round down. In that case, you get 5.
- B - 6 to 10.
- 52 divided by 5 equals 10.4. Remember to round down. In that case, you get 10.
- C - 11 to 15.
- 10 is the maximum you can miss in order to get a B. In the 47-56 range, you can only miss five more after the B's maximum. 10+5 equals 15.
- D - 16 to 20.
- 15 is the maximum you can miss in order to get a C. In the 48-57 range, you can only miss five more after the C's maximum. 15+5 equals 20.
- F - 21 to 52.
That's all about the tips of grading.
