Learning guide
How Weighted Grades Work
Weighted grading assigns different importance to categories or assessments. The safest calculation uses each score multiplied by its weight and divides by total entered weight.
Method
- List each category score.
- Enter the matching category weight.
- Multiply each score by its weight.
- Add weighted values and divide by total weight.
Worked example
Homework 90 at weight 40 contributes 3,600 weighted points.
Exams 80 at weight 60 contributes 4,800; 8,400 divided by 100 = 84%.
Notes
- Weights do not need to total exactly 100 in Lynara.
- Check whether your gradebook excludes ungraded categories.
- Rounding rules can differ.
Continue with the related tools
This guide explains the method; use the calculator or tool pages for your own inputs and scenarios.
- Final Grade Calculator — Calculate the score needed on a final exam to reach a target grade, or project your final course grade from an expected exam score.
- Grade Percentage Calculator — Convert points earned and points possible into a percentage, letter grade and number of missed points.
- Semester Grade Calculator — Estimate a semester grade from multiple term scores and an optional final-exam score with its own weight.