An engineering student took five courses last semester. The credit hours and the
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Question
An engineering student took five courses last semester. The credit hours and the grades for these courses are listed in Table 1. Table 2 provides the grade point associated with each letter grade (per each credit hour).
Table1: Credit Hours and Grades
Course
1
2
3
4
5
Credit Hours (xi)
3
4
5
3
3
Grade
C
B+
A
C-
D
Table 2: Grade Points Per Credit Hour Associated with Letter Grades
Grade
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D+
D
D-
F
Points (yi)
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0
Eq-1
where xi is the credit hours of course i and yi is the points associated with the grade for course i.
Calculate the student
Course
1
2
3
4
5
Credit Hours (xi)
3
4
5
3
3
Grade
C
B+
A
C-
D
Explanation / Answer
Grade point average = Total Grade point / total credit hours
SGPA = (3C + 4(B+) + 5A + 3(C-) + 3D) / (3+4+5+3+3)
SGPA = (3*2 + 4*3.3 + 5*4 + 3*2 + 3*1) / (18) = 2.678