Real-Life Math
A new message pops up in your e-mail inbox. Marianne, a music education student at Tundra University, is e-mailing you with an inquiry. She is moving south this year, and wants to complete her degree at Cerus University.
"Do I have the right credits, and will my courses transfer?" she asks in the message.
"The grading system is different at a lot of universities," says Sandy Ho, a university admissions officer. "We use math to figure out the different grade point averages."
Below are music classes that Marianne has taken at Tundra University. This university uses the 9-point grade system, which means a class is marked out of 9 instead of 10. Two of her courses, music 300 and music 301, are marked out of 9. The other 2 of her courses haven't been converted to the 9-point system.
Look at Marianne's course results and convert them all into percentages. In order for her courses to be transferable to Cerus University, she must have a Class 2 percentage in each course.
- Which of her courses are transferable?
Marianne's grades:
Music 300: 5.9
Music 301: 6.0
Music elective (philosophy 101): 80 / 130
Class instrument studies: 75 / 125
Cerus University standards:
Class 1: 80 percent
Class 2: 65 percent to 79 percent
Pass: 50 percent to 64 percent
- Universities give credits for each course that is completed. If Marianne obtains 6 credits for each course that is transferable, how many credits will she start Cerus University with?
- If she needs 54 credits in total over the next 2 years (including her transferred credits), how many more courses does she need to take?