SUMMATIVE TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10 FOURTH QUARTER

NAME:_______________________________ SECTION: _____________ SCORE:_______

_____1. Which measure divides the data set or distribution into one hundred equal parts?
A. Median B. Quartile C. Decile D. Percentile
_____2. The second quartile of the data set is equal to the ______.
A. Fourth decile B. 50th percentile C. 25th percentile D. 75th percentile
_____3. Using Tukey’s method, what is the first quartile for the following set of scores?
9, 11, 8, 9, 9, 14, 6, 5, 3, 16
A. 5 B. 5.5 C. 6 D. 7
_____4. From the given data set in item#3, using Mendenhall and Sincich Method, what is the
first quartile?
A. 5 B. 5.5 C. 6 D. 6.5
_____5. Which of the following measures where exactly 25% of the distribution or data set are
below it?
A. First Quartile B. Second Decile C. Third Quartile D. Seventh Decile
For items 6 to 9, refer to the following set of scores obtained by the students in a Mathematics
test.
45, 50, 23, 34, 67, 81, 45, 11, 99, 86, 78, 17, 45, 34, 87, 56, 45
_____6. What is the 𝐷1 in the distribution?
A. 11 B. 17 C. 23 D. 34
_____7. How many scores are higher than the 𝐷3?
A. 5 B. 8 C. 11 D. 12
_____8. How many scores are lower than the 𝐷7?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 11 D. 12
_____9. What is the 𝑃36 in the distribution?
A. 34 B. 45 C. 50 D. 56 22
_____10. How many scores are lower than the 𝑃60?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
_____11. Among the list of top ten countries with the fastest internet speed (arranged in
ascending order), Taiwan’s internet speed 85.02 Mbps is the ninth decile. What does this mean?
A. Taiwan has the fastest internet speed.
B. Another country has the fastest internet speed.
C. Taiwan has the slowest internet speed among the ten countries.
D. Taiwan’s internet speed surpassed only one country’s internet speed.
_____12. Among the list of selected forty-five countries (arranged in ascending order), UK’s social
media usage penetration which is 66% is the fifth decile. United States’ 70% social media
penetration is the sixth decile. The Philippines has 67% social media usage penetration. What
does this mean?
A. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than 22 counties.
B. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least 22 counties.
C. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than 23 counties.
D. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least 23 counties.
For numbers 13 to 21, refer to the table below.
A group of Grade 10 students were asked to write down all the Philippine National Heroes
that they know in 5 minutes. The following distribution contains the number of heroes they were
able to recall in 5 minutes. The Class Intervals contain the numbers of heroes the students were
able to recall. The Frequency is the number of students.

_____13. How may Grade 10 students were asked to recall our Philippine National Heroes?
A) 13 B) 15 C) 30 D) 60
_____14. What is the size of the class interval?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
_____15. What is the 𝑄3 of the distribution?
A) 20.5 B) 25.5 C) 30.5 D) 35.5
_____16. Which of the following is the 𝐷4 class?
A) 1-5 B) 6-10 C) 11-15 D) 16-20
_____17. What is the less than cumulative frequency (<cf) of the class interval containing the Q1?
A. 3 B) 7 C) 17 D) 32
_____18. What is the 𝑄1 of the distribution?
A) 14.5 B) 16.5 C) 17.5 D) 18.5
_____19. What does it mean if 𝑄2 is 19.83?
A) 50% of the students were able to recall 20 heroes.
B) 19 students were able to recall 50% of the heroes.
C) 50% of the students were able to recall more than 20 heroes.
D) 50% of the students were able to recall less than or equal to 20 heroes.
______20. What is 𝑃65 of the distribution?
A) 22 B) 22.5 C) 23.19 D) 23.21
_____21. What does it mean if 𝑃75 is 25.5?
A) 75% of the students were able to recall 26 heroes.
B) 75% of the students were able to recall more than 26 heroes.
C) 75% of the students were able to recall less than or equal to 26 heroes.
D) None of the above.
_____22. Quartiles divide the distribution into ________ equal parts.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
_____23. Which of the following describes the term ‘frequency’?
a) It indicates the chance of occurrence of a data in a distribution.
b) It tells how many times a particular data occurs in the whole distribution.
c) It is the sum of the frequencies from the bottom up to the frequency of a certain category.
d) It is the sum of the frequencies from the top down to the frequency of a certain category.
_____24. Which of the following illustrates a frequency?
a) Salary increase
b) Rate of interest of an investment
c) Number of students enrolled in a statistics class
d) Areas of specialization for sophomore students.
_____25. It was reported that two schools have equal reading performance since they have equal
number of learners who are independent readers in oral reading, silent reading and listening
comprehension. Which of the following can justify if the report is valid or not?
a) The report is valid since the two schools have equal number of learners who are
independent readers.
b) The report is only valid if the number of independent readers in each school is at least
1,000 learners.
c) The report is invalid because the basis of comparison is frequency and not the
percentage of independent readers.
d) The report is invalid since the exact numbers of independent readers from the two
schools are not mentioned in the report.
_____26. Which of the following levels of measurement has a “true zero” value?
a) Nominal b) Ordinal c) Interval d) Ratio

_____27. Which of the following levels of measurement can assign a quantitative value in each
observation with no natural order?
a) Nominal b) Ordinal c) Interval d) Ratio
_____28. Which of the following is NOT an example of a ratio variable?
a) amount of money b) shoe size c) temperature in °F d) distance
_____29. Which of the following sets of data has an outlier?
a) 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 b) 7, 8, 9, 10,12 c) 7, 8, 9, 10, 30 d) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
_____30. Which of the following measures of central tendency is appropriate for nominal
variables?
a) Mean b) Median c) Mode d) None of these
_____31. Which of the following uses mean for its average?
a) math 10 final grades b) blood type c) internet provider d) military rank
_____32. Which of the following is a CORRECT statement about measures of variability?
a) Lower variability means individual data is lower as compared to the average of the data.
b) Lower variability in quiz scores means lower performance.
c) Lower variability means more consistent data.
d) Lower variability means not good result.
_____33. What does a standard deviation of 2 units indicate?
a) The values in the set of data are close to each other.
b) The values in the set of data are 2 standard deviation units away from the central value.
c) The values in the set of data are at most 2 standard deviation units to the right from the central value.
d) The values in the set of data are at most 2 standard deviation units away from the central value.
_____34. The following are the means and the measures of variability of the math scores of 3
randomly picked learners in their formative tests during the third quarter of a school year.
Which of the following could be the best interpretation of the data?
Mean Range Variance Standard Deviation
Student A 6.8 5 3.16 1.78
Student B 6.8 2 0.56 0.75
Student C 6.8 9 6.96 2.64
a) Student A performed more consistently that student B.
b) Student B is the most consistent among the three students.
c) Student C is the most consistent among the three students.
d) Scores of the students in their formative tests are exactly equal.
_____35. Which of the following is a CORRECT statement about measures of position?
a) 50% is equivalent to the mean. c) 95% is equivalent to the 95th percentile.
b) 25% is equivalent to the 1st quartile. d) 75th percentile means 75% of the data are below it.
_____36. John’s percentile rank in the General Scholastic subtest in the NCAE is 85th. What
does this mean?
a. There are 85% of the examinees who scored lower than John in the General Scholastic subtest.
b. There are 84% of the examinees who scored lower than John in the General Scholastic subtest.
c. John answered 85% of the items in the General Scholastic subtest correctly.
d. John answered 84% of the items in the General Scholastic subtest correctly.
_____37. It is recorded in your health card that your height falls in the 90th percentile among the
Grade 10 learners. What does it mean?
a. You are taller than 90 Grade 10 learners. c. You are taller than 90% of the Grade 10 learners.
b. You are taller than 89 Grade 10 learners. d. You are taller than 89% of the Grade 10 learners.
_____38. Which of the following does not describe a Descriptive Research?
a. It can answer the question “what?” c. It can answer the question “how?”
b. It can answer the question “when?” d. It can answer the question “why?”
_____39. Which of the following is an example of a research problem under descriptive research?
a. Why do the Grade 10 Learners in Bail National High School procrastinate?
b. What is the level of academic procrastination of the Grade 10 Learners in Bail National
High School?
c. Is there a significant difference between the academic procrastination of male and
female Grade 10 learners in Bail National High School?
d. Is there a significant correlation between the academic procrastination and quality of
outputs submitted by the Grade 10 learners in Bail National High School?
_____40. Which of the following is not a part of the Methodology?
a. Explanation how to obtain results. c. Description of participants.
b. Procedure on how to gather data. d. Interpretation of results.