how do we find one's GPA-grade point average?plzz help!!!!?

Question

does anyone know how the gpa is found?do we have to take the average of all subjects?

Answer 1

Both of these answers above are correct, for high school classes.

For regular classes,
A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1

For honors classes, an extra point is added to the A, B, and C scores, making the grades worth:

A=5
B=4
C=3
D still is 1 point.

Take the sum of your grades for each class, and divide by your number of classes.


HOWEVER, if you are not referring to high school, and you are referring to college credits, the situation gets trickier. Because different classes have different numbers of credit hours, the grades are weighted.

In this instance, multiply the grade (A=4, B=3, etc.) by the number of credit hours (classes are worth 1-5 credit hours, with most classes being 3 credit hours). Then divide this total by the number of credit hours you are taking, for your "weighted" GPA.

Bear in mind that honors classes in college are *not* worth the extra grade point that high school honors classes have.

Answer 2

You must make every grade you have worth a point total
an A is worth 4, a B is worth 3, a C is worth 2, a D 1 and an F 0.
Then you add up all the points you have for all of your classes, and divide by the number of classes you have
You shouldn't get a number higher than 4.

Answer 3

Ken is right, except in one respect. It is possible to get an average greater than 4.0. Many schools offer honors classes, whose grades they place at a higher level than other courses. So, for example, if a student made an "A" in honors English, it may be assigned a value of 4.5 on the grading scale. I have a niece who is an honors student at a high school in a neighboring town, who is ranked very highly in her class, and I believe her GPA is more than 4.0.