Is your weighted total your actual grade?

Question

Let's say your total grade is 64% but your weighted total is 74%. Is your "real" or "true" grade your weighted total or your total grade?

Answer 1

Your true grade is the weighted average

GPA's are calculated by a weighted average

You get an A and B in courses which were 4 credits and 2 credits. A=4.0, B=3.0

a simple unweighted average is 3.5, but your true GPA is 4(4) +3(2) all divided by 6 = 22/6 = 3.67

The A counted more than the B, so it needs to be weighted twice as much.