Your grades in Math for the first and second trimesters are 74 and 75, respectively. What grade in the third trimester will make your average grade at least 80? Solution: Average grade for 3 semesters should be 80. Average = total grades for 3 sems / 3 Let the grade for 3rd trimester be x. So,or So you need to score in the 3rd trimester to get an average of 80. Hope this helps :) Cheers, Ramki.