Sophie111 Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Hey everyone So I've always been struggling with math and I am pretty sure I failed my paper two maths SL. So I was wondering how exactly will it be graded? I know I have to have at least a two as my final result but what if I passed Paper 1 with 2 points and failed paper two with 1 point and my IA was okay? If I fail one paper in my exams, will I fail the whole subject or will every grade be count together? I am pretty sure I failed the whole subject, but as I asked the Ib coordinator he wasn't sure and one of my friends who did Ib a while ago said it will be taken the average so even if I failed paper 2 I might still pass everything. Get what I mean? Thanks for any answers even after finishing, this Ib stuff is still so confusing to me Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 You can think of IB grades as a weighted average, but another way is to think of it as redempting tickets at a carnival for prizes. Your raw scores (out of 100% each) in each assessment are the tickets. For example if you get 100% on your IA, you may get 20 tickets. Then maybe you took paper 1 and 2 and from which you took another 40 points/tickets. So what IB does is look at the 60 altogether and say that's a level 4 prize. It doesnt matter what the IA 20 tickets by itself get you, but only the final number of tickets count. With that said, each of paper 1 and 2 is weighted twice as much as IA. So in the carnival analogy, that means a 100% on IA contributes the same number of marks (tickets) as 50% on one of the papers. With that said a final grade of 32% (32 tickets) is almost guaranteed a level 3 (prize). One way to get 32 final is 8/20 (40%) on IA and 27/90 (30%) on each of the two papers. There are two ways to get the final score and they come out to be the same. Calculate using raw marks (8 and 27): Final score = IA raw grade + (Paper 1 raw grade + Paper 2 raw grade)*4/9 Calculate using percentage:(40 and 30) Final score = (IA percentage + 2*(Paper 1% + Paper 2%)) all divide by 5 Varies by year, but 0 to15 is often level 1, 16-31 is level 2, 32-42 is level 3. 3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophie111 Posted May 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 Thank you so much! So that means that with a bit of luck I can still pass with a two even though I have only 1 point in paper two? I don't know my IA grade yet so all I have left is hoping for the best Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshiewonga Posted May 7, 2017 Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 (edited) Everything is weighted by: 40% of paper 1 40% of paper 2 and 20% of you IA So don't worry I screwed up my IA Edited May 7, 2017 by joshiewonga Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel12 Posted Thursday at 08:57 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:57 AM Hey, if I failed paper 1 and 2 in ib math hl (with a grade 2 or 3 in each paper) will i be able to make up for it in the IA and paper 3 and pass with a 4? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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