Grade Calculator
Calculate a course percentage by totaling points earned and points possible.
Result
Current grade: 84.12%
This result is exact only when the course uses raw total points without category weights.
- Points earned
- 143
- Points possible
- 170
- Points not earned
- 27
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Academic results are arithmetic estimates based on the values you enter. Your syllabus, school policies, transcript and official degree audit control actual grades and progress. Confirm important figures with your instructor, adviser or registrar. Read the full disclaimer
How to use the Grade Calculator
- Add each graded assignment, quiz, project or exam.
- Enter the points earned and points possible for every item.
- Check the total-points percentage and compare it with your official gradebook.
Raw-points grading
This calculator adds points before dividing:
current grade = total points earned ÷ total points possibleThat method is correct only when the course is points based. If an exam is worth 100 points and a quiz is worth ten, the exam contributes ten times as much. Do not use this method when your syllabus instead says homework is 20%, projects are 30% and exams are 50% regardless of their point totals.
Blank or ungraded assignments should normally be left out until the instructor assigns a score. Enter zero only when the gradebook treats the item as a zero. Extra credit can be represented by points earned above points possible, but the official syllabus controls whether that is permitted and how it is applied.
With your numbers
- Points earned = 143
- Points possible = 170
- Current grade = earned ÷ possible = 84.12%
Quick reference
This result is exact only when the course uses raw total points without category weights.
| Example | Current grade |
|---|---|
| 143 points earned from 170 | 84.12% |
| Single score of 90 from 100 | 90% |
| Two equal-point assessments | 85% |
| Different point totals | 71.82% |
| Extra-credit score above possible | 105% |
| Decimal assignment points | 90.56% |
Common questions about the Grade Calculator
- Why are larger assignments worth more here?
- This is a raw-points calculator. An assignment worth 100 points contributes ten times as much as one worth 10 points.
- Can earned points exceed possible points?
- Yes, when extra credit is awarded inside an assignment. The result may then exceed 100%.
- What if my syllabus weights exams and homework separately?
- Use the weighted grade calculator. Adding raw points is wrong when categories have fixed percentage weights.
- Does this convert the result to a letter grade?
- No universal letter scale exists. Compare the percentage with the thresholds in your syllabus.