I personally favor total points, because it’s easier to raise grades-everything counts and impacts your grade. For example, I have a 100 in the homework portion of my geometry grade, but about a 92 in assessment, leading to a 93. It makes no difference that I do all the homework.
I prefer point systems because weighted systems make it harder to get a good grade, especially in math where tests are worth 80% of my grade 
I prefer point systems to weighted systems because it makes doing homework more valuable. What I don’t like about weighted systems is that I end up spending hours on homework that won’t affect my grade at all.
Homework does impact your grade… If it’s worth 10% your grade would be 83 if you didn’t do it…
I favor percentage grading.
It’s kind of interesting, because it only affects your grade when you DON’T do it. It’s a fascinating paradox.
I hate percentage grading. If you bomb a midterm or final, you get a C, regardless of your chapter test scores and homework record
Why aren’t they equivalent? I’m taking a class where homework is worth 100 points, the midterm is worth 100 points, and the final exam is worth 200 points. I thought it was the same as 25% midterm, 25% homework, and 50% final.
@halcyonheather Say each homework assignment is worth 10 points, and you have 5 homework assignments. You have a 100% on the homework of the class. Your test is worth 100 points. You get a 75, because that test was HARD. Your grade is (10+10+10+10+10+75)/(10+10+10+10+10+100)=83%. You turn in another 5 homeworks. 100+75=175, over 200 equals about 88 percent.
In a percentage system, you do the same. HW=33% and tests=67%, so your grade immediately afterwards is still an 83. You turn in the homeworks, and get a 100 on all five of those. Your grade is unchanged.
Percent system:
(.331) + (.67.75) = 0.8325
Point system:
(50+75)/(50+100) = 0.83333333333
The difference is due to rounding. It looks like you’re dividing by 200 when you should divide by 150.
Edit: I think I understand better what you were saying. The first example has homework 50%, test 50%. The second example has homework 33%, test 67%. If homework were worth 33% in the first example, you’d get the same result.
@halcyonheather lol yes I trust your math wayyyyy more than I do mine. But in percentage, it only makes a difference if you DON’T do it, which is super frustrating to me. But nice correction on math!