Code Challenge 3.3 - Letter Grade Curve Calculator

Code Challenge 3.3 - Letter Grade

Objective

Create a program that evaluates student scores and assigns letter grades according to the following grade curve rules:

Letter grade is A if the score is within 10 points of the highest score. i.e. score >= best_score - 10
Letter grade is B if the score is within 20 points of the highest score. i.e. score >= best_score - 20
Letter grade is C if the score is within 30 points of the highest score. i.e. score >= best_score - 30
Letter grade is D if the score is within 40 points of the highest score. i.e. score >= best_score - 40
Letter grade is F otherwise.

Skills to Practice

Assigning elements to a collection
Traversing a collection
Finding the max value in a collection

Challenge Tasks

Create a console project named Challenge 3-2.
Prompt the user to input the total number of students.
Prompt the user to input a score for each student.
Find the highest score among the students.
Display the letter grades for each students based on the grade curve rules above.

Sample Output

Enter the number of students: 4
Enter score for student 1: 78 [Enter]
Enter score for student 2: 85 [Enter]
Enter score for student 3: 92 [Enter]
Enter score for student 4: 67 [Enter]

Student 1 score is 78 and grade is B
Student 2 score is 85 and grade is A
Student 3 score is 92 and grade is A
Student 4 score is 67 and grade is C