Instructional Video

Find a Final Exam Score to Receive a Specific Grade Using Weighted Averages (Example)

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Your final exam is the final opportunity to shine. A short YouTube video teaches viewers how to determine what score individuals must receive on the final exam to get an A for the course. It shows how to set up an equation using weighted averages and how to solve for the required final exam score.

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CCSS: Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
  • Provide learners with their own scores to calculate the necessary final exam score for a desired grade
Classroom Considerations
  • Note that there is another video, Determine How a Final Exam Score Affect a Course Grade Using the TI84, which shows the same example, but it uses a graphing calculator
  • Pupils should be able to write and solve linear equations
  • Video assumes knowledge of weighted averages
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Shows each step of the solution process
Cons
  • Covers only one example of the type of the problem
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