VALENCIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS 10
WORKSHEETS IN MEASURES OF POSITION
FOURTH QUATER
Name:____________________________________ Section:________________________Score:__________

General Instruction: Write all your answer in a ½ Length-wise

I. FILL IN THE BLANKS:
Directions: read carefully and choose the correct answer in the box

1. The nine score point which divide a distribution into ten 8. LB means ____________
equal parts is called _______________
2. The measures of position that divides the distribution into 9. f Dk means ____________
four equal parts is called __________
3. the measures of position that divides the distribution into 10. Cf b means ______________
ninety-nine equal parts is called _________
4. Second Quartile is al so called __________ 11. i means ________________
5. Frist quartile is also called ______________ 12. f Qk means _______________
6. Third quartile is also called ____________ 13. f Pk means _______________
7. n means _________________

Quartile total frequency frequency of the Dk class frequency of the Pk

class
Median Upper quartile Cumulative frequency before class
Decile Lower boundary size of the class interval
Percentile Lower quartile frequency of the Qk class
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Direction: Write the letter and the answer

Illustrates the following measures of position: quartiles, deciles and percentiles.

(M10SPIVa-1)
Items: 1-10

14. Which of the following formula is used in finding the location of D8 of the ungrouped data?
8(n) 8(n+1) 80(n+1) 80(n)
A. L= B. L= C. L= D. L=
10 10 10 10
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15. Which of the following is equivalent to 75 ?
A. 1st quartile B. 3rd quartile C. 7.5th decile D. both b and c
16. Which of the following represents the smallest value?
A. The 6th decile B. The 3rd quartile C. The 60th percentile D. The median
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17. Which of the following formula is used in finding the location of 32 of the ungrouped data?
32(n) 32(n+1) 320(n+ 1) 320(n)
B. L= B. L= C. L= D. L=
100 100 100 100
18. The median is also equivalent to __________.
A. 50th decile B. 3rd quartile C. 2nd quartile D. 5th percentile
19. In solving for the measure of position of a given grouped data, which of the following is NOT part of the
formula?
A. upper boundary B. cumulative frequency C. frequency D. class size
20. How many deciles does a data set have?
 A. 4 B. 9 C. 10 D. 100

Calculates a specified measure of position (e.g. 90th percentile) of a set of data.

(M10SPIVb-1)
Items: 11-35

21. What is the upper quartile in this distribution: 80 85 86 90 93 95 96?

A. 85 B. 90 C. 95 D. 96
22. What is the median in this distribution: 80 85 86 90 93 95 96?
B. 85 B. 90 C. 95 D. 96
23. Find the 3rd decile or D3 of the following test scores of a random sample of ten students: 27, 15, 18, 25, 12,
16, 24, 22, 23, 24.
A. 16 B. 18 C. 22 D. 25
24. Find the 50th percentile of the following test scores of a random sample of ten students: 27, 15, 18, 25, 12,
16, 24, 22, 23, 24.
A. 22 B. 23 C. 24 D. 25

For items 25 to 30, consider the score distribution of the 15 students given below.
83 72 87 79 82 77 80 73 86 81 79 82 79 74 74

25. What is the middle quartile?

A. 82 B. 80 C. 79 D. 73
26. What is the lower quartile?
A. 72 B. 74 C. 79 D. 86
27. What is the value of the 2nd decile?
A. 74 B. 85 C. 72 D. 83
28. What is the value of the 50th percentile?
A. 80 B. 82 C. 73 D. 79
29. What is the value of the 75th percentile?
A. 80 B. 82 C. 73 D. 79
30. What is the value of the 5th decile?
A. 80 B. 82 C. 73 D. 79

For items 31 to 38, refer to the table below.

Score Frequency Cumulative Frequency
F <cf
60 – 62 2 40
57 – 59 2 38
54 – 56 4 36
51 – 53 5 32
48 – 50 11 27
45 – 47 8 16
42 – 44 4 8
39 – 41 2 4
36 – 38 1 2
33 - 35 1 1
N = 40
31. What is the score of D3 class?
A. 42-44 B. 45-47 C. 48-50 D. 51-53
32. What is the score of P33 class?
A. 42-44 B. 45-47 C. 48-50 D. 51-53
33. What is the frequency of Q3 class?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 51
34. What is the total frequency?
A. 62 B. 50 C. 40 D. 30
35. What is the lower boundary of the score 36-38?
A. 35.5 B. 36.5 C. 37.5 D. 38.5
36. What is Q1?
A. 25.75 B. 35.5 C. 45.25 D. 55.75
37. Find the 2nd decile.
A. 34.5 B. 44.5 C. 51.6 D. 58.3
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38. Find the 10th percentile or 10.
A. 15.2 B. 25.4 C. 32.6 D. 41.5
39. The weights of the students in a class are the following: 69, 70, 75, 66, 83, 88, 66, 63, 61, 68, 73, 57, 52, 58,
and 77. What is the 15th percentile?
A. 52 B. 57 C. 58 D. 28.15
40. Find the 30th percentile or P30 of the following test scores of a random sample of ten students: 23, 38, 28,
46, 22, 20, 18, 34, 36, 35.
A. 22 B. 20 C. 18 D. 23
41. The scores of the students in their English test are 13, 20, 24, 25, 10, 7, 15, 18, 28, and 30. What is the 34th
percentile?
A. 15 B. 18 C. 10 D. 24

For items 42 to 45, consider the score distribution of the 10 students given below.
12 23 25 14 15 10 17 20 9 18
42. What is the value of the 5th decile?
A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17
43. What is the 75th percentile?
A. 15 B. 18 C. 20 D. 23
44. What is the value of the 3rd quartile?
A. 15 B. 18 C. 20 D. 23
45. What is median of the scores?
A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17

Interprets measures of position. (M10SPIVc-1)

Items: 46-50

46. Which scores lie between the first and the third quartiles in a given data set?
A. The lower 50% of the scores C. The highest 50% of the scores
B. The middle 75% of the scores D. The middle 50% of the scores
47. Which scores lie between the median and the 75th percentile in a given data set?
A. 6th decile B. first quartile C. 45th percentile D. 2nd quartile
48. If the median of a score distributions of 13 is 79, it can be interpreted as ________.
A. seven students scored above 79.
B. seven students scored below 79.
C. seven students scored below 79 and seven students scored above 79.
D. thirteen students scored below 79 and fourteen students scored above 79.
49. In a group of 75 examinees who took the 50-item test, Ricky obtained a score of 38 and 38 scores were
above her. What does his score implies?
A. at the 38th percentile C. at the 50th percentile
B. at the upper quartile D. it is below the 4th decile
50. In a 100-item test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. What does it imply?
A. The students should answer at least 75 items correctly to pass the test.
B. The students should answer at least 50 items correctly to pass the test.
C. The students should answer at most 75 items correctly to pass the test.
D. The students should answer at most 50 items correctly to pass the test.
51. You are the 5th tallest person in a group of 20, this means that ________.
A. You are at the 5th decile C. You are at the 75th percentile
B. You are at the 3th quartile D. You are at the 16th percentile
52. You were the 3rd highest scorer in a group of 20, this means that ________.
A. You are at the 3rd decile C. You are at the 70th percentile
You are at the upper quartile D. You are at the 7th percentile
53. Kyle got a score of 65 which is equivalent to 6th decile in his history exam. Which of the following is NOT
true?
A. His score is below the 4th decile.
B. He scored above 60 % of his classmates.
C. Forty percent of the class got scores of 65 and above
D. If the passing mark is the 1st quartile, he passed the exam.
54. The teacher of John told him that he scored at the 55th percentile in their final exam. What does this mean?
A. 55% of the class scored as good or worse than John did. C. John earned 55% on the exam
B. 45% of the class scored worse than John did. D. John failed the exam.
55. Niki’s score on their summative exam is on the 80th percentile, what does it mean?
A. 80% of the class scored as good than John. C. John earned 80% on the exam
B. 80% of the class scored worse than John did. D. John failed the exam.
56. Clark’s height is the median among 25 students, what does it mean?
A. 50% of the class are taller or shorter than Clark. C. 12 students are shorter than Clark
B. 12 students are taller than Clark D. Both b and c
57. If your score has a percentile rank of 50%, what does this mean?
A. You passed the exam C. Your score is worse than 50% of the class
B. Your score is better than 50% of the class D. You failed the exam.
58. If your score has a percentile rank of 70%, what does this mean?
A. You passed the exam C. Your score is worse than 70% of the class
B. Your score is better than 70% of the class D. You failed the exam.
59. If your percentile rank in an exam is 90%, what is your score’s position?
A. bottom 10% B. bottom 90% C. top 10% D. top 99%
60. If your percentile rank in an exam is 80%, what is your score’s position?
A. bottom 20% B. bottom 80% C. top 20% D. top 80%

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