GPA assumes a grading scale of A, B, C, D, F. Each grade is assigned a number of grade points. An A grade receives 4 points, a B=3, a C=2, a D=1, and an F=0. The process is the same whether you are working on secondary or college grades.f you take a three unit class and receive an A grade, you receive 3 units times 4 points (for the A), which gives a total of 12 grade points for the course.
Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.
Costs to Society. The following estimates are based on 2010 CDC data and refer to people age 10 and over. 2. 1  Suicide costs society over $44.6 billion a year in combined medical and work loss costs. 2  The average suicide costs $1,164,499. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among Americans. 2  More than 40,000 people died by suicide in 2012. 3  More than 1 million people reported making a suicide attempt in the past year. 4  More than 2 million adults reported thinking about suicide in the past year.