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If there is a GCSE with 60% coursework and 40% tests what would you need to get in both to get an A star overall

If there is a GCSE with 60% coursework and 40% tests what would you need to get in both to get an A star overall

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It's about how it balances. Most of these qualifications have a mark of 200 overall (UMS) and 180 is needed for A*.

Coursework is worth 120 marks.
Exam is worth 80 marks.

This means that you could get full UMS in the exam and get an A* with 100 UMS on coursework (this is an A).

On the other hand, you could get full UMS in the coursework and get an A* with 60 UMS on the exam (this is a B).

As long as your marks total to over 180 UMS, you have an A*.

So if i got 60% in my coursework i would need 30% in my exams.

That's not really how it works. You need to treat each component separately. You need 90% UMS to get an A* on a component.

For example, in a physics exam

54/75 = A* in raw marks.
54 is not 90% of 75 so UMS is used.

144/160 (160 is max UMS for this component) is given to anyone who got 54/75. This clarifies that they have an A* in this component because it is 90% of the UMS marks. 144 is 90% of 160.

If there is a GCSE with 60% coursework and 40% tests what would you need to get in both to get an A star overall