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khris le

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My course work is worth 60% and the exam is worth 40%
I got 58.25% (I think this is out of 100% because I failed an coursework) in course work (223 out of 400). What's the minimum I did to make in the exam to pass the course?

I'm sorry if I did not explain this correctly, I've confused my own self.
 
khris le said:
My course work is worth 60% and the exam is worth 40%
I got 58.25% (I think this is out of 100% because I failed an coursework) in course work (223 out of 400). What's the minimum I did to make in the exam to pass the course?

I'm sorry if I did not explain this correctly, I've confused my own self.
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First, 223/400 = 55.75%
Second, what's the passing mark?
 
BigBeachBanana said:
First, 223/400 = 55.75%
Second, what's the passing mark?
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On the report it had 58.25%, not sure if the extra marks were for participation or something. I don't know what the passing mark would be. I assume half of the total 100 percent made up from the final exam (40%) and coursework (60%).
 
khris le said:
On the report it had 58.25%, not sure if the extra marks were for participation or something. I don't know what the passing mark would be. I assume half of the total 100 percent made up from the final exam (40%) and coursework (60%).
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You don't know what grade you need to pass the course then how are we supposed to know?
 
Let's just say the pass mark is 50% overall as you suggest - this may NOT be the case in reality. Some courses may require you to "pass" the exam and the coursework separately, some courses may have a 60% pass mark cutoff. It can vary widely. Personally, I wouldn't want to consult a surgeon who "passed" his/her surgery subject with 50%.

But let's assume an overall 50% cutoff here. And given that the exam: coursework split is 40 : 60.

You have 58.25% (not sure where that came from??) on coursework, so effectively you have 58.25% of 60 = 34.95 marks so far.

To get to 50 marks (out of 100), you need another 15.05 marks out of the remaining 40 ie 37.6%.

But I wouldn't count on it! Just do your very best.
 
Harry_the_cat said:
Let's just say the pass mark is 50% overall as you suggest - this may NOT be the case in reality. Some courses may require you to "pass" the exam and the coursework separately, some courses may have a 60% pass mark cutoff. It can vary widely. Personally, I wouldn't want to consult a surgeon who "passed" his/her surgery subject with 50%.

But let's assume an overall 50% cutoff here. And given that the exam: coursework split is 40 : 60.

You have 58.25% (not sure where that came from??) on coursework, so effectively you have 58.25% of 60 = 34.95 marks so far.

To get to 50 marks (out of 100), you need another 15.05 marks out of the remaining 40 ie 37.6%.

But I wouldn't count on it! Just do your very best.
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Thank you so much....I plan on doing my best regardless. This is really important for me and math is clearly not my strong point, I guess I was just looking for some slight encouragement so thank you...
 
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