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Some examples:

Section
column
Column

Category 1: Exams


Exam 1

Student Grade (g)Max Points (m)Weight (w) 
8510010 

 


g / m = x / w 

85 / 100  = x / 10

x = 8.5

Exam 2

Student Grade (g)Max Points (pm)Weight (w)
305020

g / m = x / w 

30 / 50 = x / 20 

x = 12

Category 1: Exams

Assignment

 

 

 Exam 1
Column

Category 2: Quizzes

 

  Exam 2  
Column

Category 3: Homework

 


That is to say, in the example above, even though Exams are worth 50% of a student's overall grade (Exams weight 50 out of a Category weight total of 100), a grade for Exam 1 only accounts for 1/3 of that 50 weight value. (The 1/3 figure is because Exam 1 has a weight of 10, out of an Assignment weight total of 30 among the Exam assignments). That means Exam 1 is only worth 16.7% (1/3 of 50%) of a student's cumulative grade.

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