What score do I need on one specific remaining assignment?

How we calculated this

This is the same target-solving math used across this site's course-grade tools, applied to one specific assignment. Using the example values above (64 points already locked in, a 20% weight assignment, an 85% target), the assignment needs 105%, which is above 100% and therefore not reachable through ordinary scoring alone.

Limitations

"Known contribution" must already account for everything else in your course besides this one assignment. If other future work is still unknown too, use Average Needed Across Remaining Assessments instead.

Common mistakes

A common error is entering the known contribution as your current overall grade rather than the specific points that grade contributes toward the target once the assignment's own weight is set aside; the two numbers look similar but are not interchangeable in this calculation.

Frequently asked

What if the target is already secured?

The result explains that your target is already met by the rest of your course alone, regardless of this assignment's score.

Can extra credit help if the number is over 100%?

Only if your course explicitly allows extra credit on this assignment; this tool does not assume that unless you account for it separately.

What counts as "this one assignment" versus a whole category?

Whatever weight you enter defines the scope; use a single assignment's weight for a specific answer, or a whole category's weight if you want the combined requirement across everything in it.

How is this different from Category Grade Target?

The math is the same target-solving approach; Category Grade Target frames it around an entire grading category instead of one assignment.

Next decision

Once you have a target percentage, see Points Needed on a Test to convert it into an exact point total.