How to Calculate Your GPA for a Car Insurance Discount
- 1). Find the number of credit hours you've earned for one grade. For example, if you took five classes, you could have earned a B in three of them and an A in two. If the total credit hours of those three courses equals nine credit hours, then you have nine credit hours of B credits. If the total credit hours of the A courses is seven, then you have seven credit hours of A credits. You have a total of 16 credit hours.
- 2). Multiply the credit hours of the course times the numerical equivalent of the grade you received. In most cases, an A is a 4.0, a B is a 3.0, a C is a 2.0, a D is a 1.0 and F is 0. Therefore, if you took nine credits with a B average, the total is 27. If you took seven credits with an A average, the total is 28.
- 3). Add all of the totals together. For example, 27 plus 28 is 55.
- 4). Divide your total by the total number of hours. In the example, you had 16 credit hours total. Divide 55 by 16 to find a total GPA of 3.44.