Grading Students -

At HackerLand University, a passing grade is any grade 40 points or higher on a 100 point scale. Sam is a professor at the university and likes to round each student’s grade according to the following rules:

If the difference between the grade and the next higher multiple of 5 is less than 3, round to the next higher multiple of 5
If the grade is less than 38, don’t bother as it’s still a failing grade

Automate the rounding process then round a list of grades and print the results.

Constraints

$$1 \le n \le 60$$ $$0 \le grade \le 100$$

Sample Input

[73, 67, 38, 33]

Sample Output

[75, 67, 40, 33]

Explanation

The first grade, 73 is two below the next higher multiple of 5, so it rounds to 75. 67 is 3 points less than the next higher multiple of 5 so it doesn’t round. 38, like 73, rounds up to next higher multiple of 5, or 40 in this case. 33 is less than 38, so it does not round.

Solution Java 7

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class StudentsGradeCalculator {

  private List<Integer> compute(List<Integer> grades){
    List<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
    for(Integer grade: grades){
      if(grade >= 38 && grade % 5 >= 3){
        grade = grade + 5 - grade % 5;
      }
      result.add(grade);
    }
    return result;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args){
    List<Integer> grades = Arrays.asList(73, 67, 38, 33);
    List<Integer> result = new StudentsGradeCalculator().compute(grades);
    assert 4 == result.size();
    assert 75 == result.get(0);
    assert 67 == result.get(1);
    assert 40 == result.get(2);
    assert 33 == result.get(3);
  }

}

Explanation

Observe what happens when we increment grades by one and then we get modulus by 5.

So that is why we are verifying grade % 5 >= 3 in our if conditional

This solution kind is O(N) since the algorithm performance will grow linearly and in direct proportion to the size of the input data set.

Let’s consider the Java 8 version using lambda

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class StudentsGradeCalculator {

  private List<Integer> compute(List<Integer> grades){
    return grades
      .stream()
      .map(it -> (it >=38 && it % 5 >=3) ? it + 5 - it % 5 : it)
      .collect(Collectors.toList());
  }

  public static void main(String[] args){
    List<Integer> grades = Arrays.asList(73, 67, 38, 33);
    List<Integer> result = new StudentsGradeCalculator().compute(grades);
    assert 4 == result.size();
    assert 75 == result.get(0);
    assert 67 == result.get(1);
    assert 40 == result.get(2);
    assert 33 == result.get(3);
  }

}

To Download the code:

git clone https://github.com/josdem/algorithms-workshop.git
cd grading-students

To run the code:

javac StudentsGradeCalculator.java
java -ea StudentsGradeCalculator

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