Real-Life Math
A new message pops up in your email inbox. Marianne, a music education
student at Tundra University, is emailing 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?