Total marks allocated in exam vs. total marks on grade distribution

[Juddinator]

Hey guys,

I was looking through the Grade Distributions for 2009 and the total marks allocated in exams is less than the total marks the exam.

For example, the Maths Methods Exam 1 was out of 40 marks. However in the grade distribution it is out of 80.

Can someone please explain as to why this is occurring?

Thanks

[m@tty]

Papers are marked twice, and as half marks are aesthetically ugly they give a final score out of twice the marks actually available in each paper. So to find out the actual score required for each grade just halve the mark.

For example, Methods exam 1 A+ was 74/80 (I think). So this equates to 37/40, ie. a loss of three marks.

[Juddinator]

Papers are marked twice, and as half marks are aesthetically ugly they give a final score out of twice the marks actually available in each paper. So to find out the actual score required for each grade just halve the mark.

For example, Methods exam 1 A+ was 74/80 (I think). So this equates to 37/40, ie. a loss of three marks.

So you're pretty much losing three marks for nothing?

[akira88]

It's when they crossmark, and they combine your score together- all you have to do is halve it to see how you went!
What do you mean that you are losing three marks for nothing? m@tty gave an example that if your score was 74/80, halved it would be equivalent to 37/40

[Juddinator]

It's when they crossmark, and they combine your score together- all you have to do is halve it to see how you went!
What do you mean that you are losing three marks for nothing? m@tty gave an example that if your score was 74/80, halved it would be equivalent to 37/40

Yeah sorry bout that, I wasn't exactly thinking straight as I was probably paying more attention to eating my pasta than thinking about what I was actually writing

[akira88]

LOL pasta is good

[Juddinator]

LOL pasta is good

damn right it is, hence the attention it was receiving from me