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Originally posted by SAEactive
88*0.40 = 35.2
89*0.50 = 44.5

Subtotal = 79.7

With exactly a 100% score on your homework, you'd get a score of 89.7% overall, which undoubtedly would give you an A- with a rounded grade. If one assumes that a B+ is defined as 87% or higher (which is typical), then you would have needed 87 - 79.7 = 7.3 out of the 10% possible for homework (i.e. a minimum homework score of 73%). Anyway, you did say "My homeworks were okay, but not great," so if your homework score was less than 73%, then you did, in fact, earn not a B+, but a regular B. On the other hand, if your homework score was at least a 73%, then perhaps you have room to argue. Teachers do have some latitude in assigning grades, but ultimately it's the student who earns the grade.

That's assuming the class was using the normal grading scale . . . I've had some where 92 or even 94 is the cut-off for an A.