Grade on a curve

Question

The class average was 83.2 with a standard deviation of 7.6. I curved the midterm scored with a new average of 87 and standard deviation of 7. What is your curved score?

Answer 1

Previous grades Curved grades

for mean and 1 & 2 standard deviations above the mean

83.2 87

90.8 94

98.4 101

for 1,2 3, 4 & 5 standard deviations below the mean

75.6 80

68 73

60.4 66

52.8 59

45.2 52