Grade Calculator
Assignments & Exams
Range: 0 - 100
Range: 0 - 100
Range: 0 - 100
Range: 0 - 100
Range: 0 - 100
Range: 0 - 100
Range: 0 - 100
Range: 0 - 100
Current Grade
83.3%
B (60% completed)
Projected Final
50.0%
F (if pending = 0)
Pending Work
40%
of total grade
What Do I Need?
Range: 0 - 100
You need on remaining work (40%)
100.0%
Grade Scale
Tips
- Toggle "Graded" to mark an assignment as complete (allows 0% scores)
- Ungraded assignments are treated as pending work
- Make sure your weights add up to 100%
About the Grade Calculator
The Grade Calculator determines your overall course grade by combining weighted categories such as homework, quizzes, exams, projects, and participation according to the percentages listed in your syllabus. You enter each category's weight and your score in it, and the tool multiplies each score by its weight, sums the results, and reports your current standing as a percentage and corresponding letter grade. This mirrors how instructors compute final marks at the end of a term.
Beyond reporting your current grade, the tool can solve the more useful what-if question: given your scores so far and the weight of a remaining assignment or final exam, what score do you need to reach a target grade. It rearranges the weighted-average formula to isolate the unknown score, telling you, for example, that you need an 88 on a final worth 30 percent to finish with an A-. This makes it a planning instrument as much as a record keeper.
Students rely on it to track standing mid-semester, prioritize studying across courses, and decide whether a borderline grade is realistically recoverable before drop deadlines. Teachers use it to model grading schemes and confirm category weights total 100 percent. Once you know your letter grade for a course, you can feed it into the GPA Calculator to see its effect on your overall average.
For accurate results, make sure your category weights sum to exactly 100 percent and that you enter scores on a consistent scale, usually percentage points rather than raw points unless every assignment is out of the same total. Watch for dropped lowest scores, extra credit, and rounding rules in your syllabus, since these can shift the final outcome by a letter step. If a category has no graded work yet, leave it out so it does not distort the weighted average prematurely.
Frequently asked questions
- How does weighted grade calculation work?
- Each category score is multiplied by its weight as a decimal, the products are summed, and the total is your overall percentage; weights must add up to 100 percent.
- What grade do I need on the final to pass?
- The tool reverses the weighted-average formula using your current scores and the final's weight to compute the minimum score required for any target grade.
- What if my category weights do not add up to 100 percent?
- The result will be skewed; double-check your syllabus and adjust the weights so they total exactly 100 percent before calculating.
- Can I include extra credit?
- Yes, add it as additional points or a small extra category, but be aware extra credit can push a category or the total above 100 percent, which the tool will reflect.
- Does this convert my percentage to a letter grade?
- Yes, it maps your final percentage to a letter grade using a standard scale, though your school's exact cutoffs may differ slightly.