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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – Module 1
(Week 1)
Illustrating Measures of Position:
Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles

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About the Module
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master in illustrating measures of position: quartiles, deciles and percentiles.
The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning
situations. The language used recognizes your diverse vocabulary level. The lessons
are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which
you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

This module is divided into three lessons, namely:

Lesson 1 – Measures of position: Quartiles (Ungrouped and Grouped Data)
Lesson 2 – Measures of position: Deciles (Ungrouped and Grouped Data)
Lesson 3 – Measures of position: Percentiles (Ungrouped and Grouped Data)

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 Define and illustrate the measures of position of quartiles, deciles and
percentile,
 Calculate the specified measures of position.

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 What I Know (Pre-Test)
Instructions: Read and analyze each item carefully. Encircle only the letter
of the correct answer.
1. When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score point
that describes the distribution is called a _______________.
A. Percentile B. Decile C. Quartile D. Median
2. The median score is also the _________________.
A. 75th Percentile B. 5th Decile C. 3rd Decile D. 1st Quartile
3. It is a measure of position that divides the distribution into ten equal parts.
A. Decile B. Quartile C. Percentile D. Median
4. The lower quartile is equal to ____________________.
A. 50th Percentile B. 25th Percentile C. 2nd Decile D. 3rd Quartile
5. After solving the D8 of Lance’s scores in Mathematics for the third quarter,
he got the score 20. What does it mean?
A. 8% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
B. 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 22.
C. 88% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
D. 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
6. John belongs to 5th decile in a Mathematics test. What does this mean?
A. John performed better than the 50 % of the students who took the Math
test.
B. John performed better than the 70 % of the students who took the Math
test.
C. John performed better than the 60 % of the students who took the Math
test.
D. John performed better than the 80 % of the students who took the Math
test.
7. Arrange the following scores in ascending order , 5, 7, 3, 6, 4, 7, 8, 9.
A. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9 C. 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8
B. 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 D. 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9
8. Given the scores of 10 students in Science. Find D8.
7, 8, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15
A. 14 B. 15 C. 13 D. 12
9. 25th percentile means?
A. 25% scored below this point.
B. 25 % scored above this point.
C. 75% scored below this point.
D. 80 % scored above this point.
10. In a 70 item test Melody got a score of 50 which is the 3 rd quartile. This
means that:
A. she got the highest score
B. her score is higher than 25 % of her classmates
C. she surpassed 75% of her classmates
D. 75 % of the class did not pass the test
11. The first quartile of the ages of 250 Grade Ten students is 16 years old.
Which of the following statement is true?
A. Most of the students belongs to 16 years old.
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 B. 75 % of the students are 16 years old and above.
C. 25 % of the students are 16 years old.
D. 150 students are younger than 16 years
12. What measures of position divides the distribution into 4 equal parts?
A. Quartiles B. Percentiles C. Deciles D. Range
13. The 50 percentile is referred to as the ___________________.
th

A. First decile B. Second decile C. Fifth decile D. Fourth decile

14. Jenny’s score in a particular test is at the 99th percentile. How should we
interpret this information?
A. Jenny scored better than 99% of the people who took the test.
B. Jenny got 99% of the questions correctly.
C. Jenny scored worse than 99% of the people took this test.
D. Jenny got 99% of the questions incorrectly.
15. The third quartile means_____________.
A. 25% scored above this point.
B. 25% scored below this point.
C. 75% scored above this point
D. 70% scored below this point.

Lesson Measures of position of

1 Quartiles (Ungrouped and
Monday
Grouped Data)
What I Need to Know
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
 Define and illustrate quartiles,
 Calculate the specified measures of position.

What’s In
One hundred applicants applied for Summer Job positions
offered by a local fast food chain. Of that number, 13% got the
job right away. Meanwhile 12% were considered in the waiting
list.
What percentage of the applicants got the job?

Can you explain

why?

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 What’s New
Look at this given expression.

Try this!
Which of the following formula is for
ungrouped data? Grouped data?
𝑁
𝑁+1 −𝑐𝑓b
𝑄1 = ; 𝑄1 = X LLB + 4 b 𝑖
4 B fQ1
Q1

A B
What Is It
UNGROUPED DATA
In descriptive statistics, the quartiles of a ranked set of data are the points that
divide the data into four equal groups, each group comprising a quarter of the data.
 The first quartile (Q1) is the middle value between the smallest
value and the median of the data set.
 The second quartile (Q2) is the median of the data.
 The third quartile (Q3) is the middle value between the median
and the highest value.
In applications of statistics such as epidemiology, sociology and finance, the
quartiles of the ranked set of data are the four subsets whose boundaries are the
three quartile points. Thus an individual item might be described as being part of a
quartile.

For the ungrouped data, if there are N observations in a set of data, then Q1 can be
𝑁+1 th 3(𝑁+1) th
identified as the observation, and Q3 as the observation.
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Examples:
1. The owner of the supermarket recorded the number of customers who came
into his store each day during the first eleven days of the month. The results
were 120, 80, 100, 70, 150, 30, 60, 70, 120, 80 and 90. Find the lower
quartile and upper quartile from the data.
Solutions:
The number of observations in n=11. Arrange the data as an array as follows:
30, 60, 70, 70, 80, 80, 90, 100, 120, 120, 150
Determine: a. the lower quartile, and
b. the upper quartile

𝑁+1 th
The lower quartile is Q1 = observation
4
11+1 th
Q1 = observation
4
12 th
Q1 = observation
4
Q1 = 3rd observation
Q1 = 𝟕𝟎 𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔
This means that, 25 % of the data are below Q 1 which is 70 customers.

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 3(𝑁+1)
The upper quartile is Q3 = th observation
4
3(11+1)
Q3 = th observation
4
3(12)
Q3 = th observation
4
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Q3 = th observation
4
Q3 = 9th observation
Q3 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔
Thus, 75% of the data are below Q3 which 120 customers.

2. The following amounts were the daily collections from a Ponding Pinoy
Campaign in a particular school: 19, 26, 25, 37, 32, 28, 22, 23, 29, 34, 39,
and 31. Determine the first quartile and third quartile the amount collected.

Solutions:( This is another way of solving Q1 and Q3.)

The number of observations is n=12. Arrange the data as an array as follows:
19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 39
Since n= 12 is even, divide the distribution into two equal pairs.

For the lower half of the distribution: 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, the first quartile
23+25
is = 24 pesos.
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For the upper half of the distribution: 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 39 the third
32+34
quartile is = 33 𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑠.
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GROUPED DATA

Note that the steps in the computation of the median are also followed in the
computation of Q1 and Q3. In computing the median for the grouped data, the
median class is determined first. In the same manner, the Q1 class and the Q3 class
must be determined before computing for Q1 and Q3. The Q1 class is the class
𝑁
interval where the th score is contained, while the class interval that contains the
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3𝑁
th score is the Q3 class.
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Formula for Computing Quartiles of Grouped Data

Where LB = lower boundary of the Qk class

N = total frequency
cfb = cumulative frequency before the Qk class
fQk = frequency of the Qk class
i = size of the class interval
k = the nth quartile, where n= 1, n=2, and n=3

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Examples:
1. Given the table below, compute the quartiles of the height of 50 Filipino
children 7 to 12 years of age.
Class Interval ( height
in cm) f cf
134-139 10 50
128-133 9 40 Q3 Class
122-127 8 31 Q2/ Median Class
116- 121 1 23
110-115 5 22
104-109 2 17
. 98-103 9 15 Q1 Class
92-97 5 6
86-91 1 1
N= 50
a. First Quartile (Q1 )
Solution:
Q1 Class Interval: 98-103

𝑘𝑁 50
Q1 Class: = = 12.5
4 4
12.5−6
Q1 = 97.5 +( )6
LB = lower limit -0.5 9
= 98-0.5 = 97.5
Q1 = 101. 83
cfb = 6
fQ1 = 9
i =6

b. Second Quartile (Q2 )

Solution:
Q2 Class Interval: 122-127
𝑘𝑁 2(50)
Q2 Class = = = 25
4 4

LB = 122-0.5 = 121.5
cfb = 23 25−23
fQ1 =8 Q2 = 121.5 +( )6
8
i =6
Q2 = 123
c. Third Quartile (Q3 )
Solution:
Q3 Class Interval: 128-133
3𝑁 3(40)
Q3 Class= = = 37.5
4 4

LB = 128-0.5 = 127.5 37.5−31

cfb = 23 Q3 = 127.5 +( )6
9
fQ3 =8
Q3 = 131.83
i =6

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This means that 25% of the data is below Q1 = 101.83, 50% of the data is
below Q2= 123, and 75% of the data is below Q3=131.83.

The heights of fifteen children is below 101.83 cm; thirty one children are 123 cm
tall and below; forty children are 131.83 cm tall and below.

2. Compute for Q1 and Q3 of the number of games won by 40 Filipino boxers.

Class No. of Wins f cf

70-79 2 40
60-69 6 38
50-59 10 32 Q3 CLASS
40-49 9 22
30-39 8 13 Q1 CLASS
20-29 5 5

a. First Quartile (Q1 )

Solution:
Q1 Class Interval: 30-39
𝑘𝑁 40
Q1 Class: = = 10
4 4 10−5
Q1 =29. 5 +( ) 10
8
LB = 30-0.5 = 29.5
cfb =5 Q1 = 35.75
fQ1 =8
i = 10

b. Third Quartile (Q3 )

Solution:
Q1 Class Interval: 50-59
3𝑁 3(40)
Q1 Class = = = 30
4 4
LB = 50-0.5 = 49.5
30−22
cfb = 22 Q3 = 49.5 +( ) 10
10
fQ3 = 10
i = 10 Q3 = 57.5

This means that 25% of the data is below the first quartiles which is 35.75 and 75% of the data is
below the third quartile 34.14.
25% of those who won the game has 35 number of wins and below. 75% has 57 wins and below.

What’s More
Activity 1:
A. Compute for the three quartiles for each of the following data.
1. 98, 97, 96, 98, 99, 98, 98, 95, 98
2. 61, 60, 76, 67, 69, 62, 69, 58, 76, 62
3. 11, 16, 19, 24, 13, 12, 9, 14, 10, 11

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B. Compute and interpret the 3rd quartile for the sets of data below.
1. In an agricultural experiment, the lengths of 124 ears of corn were measured.
The data obtained are expressed in the following table.

Length (mm) Number of ears of corn cf

61-70 5 124
51-60 25 119 Q3 Class
41-50 50 94
31-40 35 44
21-30 8 9 Q1 Class
11-20 1 1

What to Remember
Write your learnings/insights of the lesson being studied.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Lesson Measures of position of

2 Deciles (Ungrouped and
Tuesday
Grouped Data)
What I Need to Know
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
 Define and illustrate deciles,
 Calculate the specified measures of position.

What’s In
Joseph is doing an experiment with chemicals. In order to
produce a certain solution, he needs to mix 30% of the
volume of chemical B, and 90% of chemical C. Help Joseph Can you
perform the experiment by filling the appropriate amount of explain
chemical .
why?

A B C
In relation to Statistics, what does this percentage imply in
the distribution of data?

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 What’s New
Look at this given expression.

Try this!
Can you spot the difference?

; ; ;

;…

; ;

What Is It
Ungrouped Data
The deciles are the nine score points which divide the distribution into ten equal
parts denoted as D1, D2, D3, …, D9 and are computed in the same way that the
quartiles are calculated.

Formula:
Examples:

1. Find the 3rd and 7th decile of the following test scores of a random sample of
ten students:
35, 42, 40, 28, 15, 23, 33, 20, 18 and 28.

Solutions: 15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40, 42
𝑘 𝑘
a. D3 = (𝑁 + 1) b. D7 = (𝑁 + 1)
10 10
3 7
D3 = (10 + 1) D7 = (10 + 1)
10 10
D3 =3.3 ≈ 3 D7 =7.7 ≈ 8
D3 is the 3rd element D7 is the 8th element equal
equal to 20. to 35.

Grouped Data
The deciles are the score points that divide a distribution into ten equal parts. The
deciles are computed in the same way that the median and the quartiles are
calculated. For instance, the following are the formulas for computing nine deciles.

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 Where
LB = lower boundary of the Dk class
N = total frequency
cfb = cumulative frequency before the Dk
class
fDk = frequency of the Dk class
i = size of the class interval

where, 1 ≤ k ≤ 9.

Examples:
1. Compute for D2, D6, and D8 of the grouped data in the table below, about the
frequency of Mobile Phones owned by Filipinos with ages 10-44.
Ages f cf
40-44 5 30
35-39 2 25 D8 Class
30-34 7 23 D6 Class
25-29 5 16
20-24 6 11 D2 Class
15-19 2 5
10-14 3 3
N = 30

a. Second Decile (D2)

Solution:
D2 Class Interval: 20-24
2𝑁 2(30)
D2 Class: = =6 D2 =19. 5 +(
6−5
)5
10 10
6
LB =20-0.5 = 19.5
cfb = 5 D2 = 20.33
fD2 = 6
i =5

b. Sixth Decile (D6)

Solution:
D6 Class Interval: 30-34
6𝑁 6(30)
D6 Class: = = 18
10 10

18−16
LB= 30-0.5 = 29.5 D6 =29. 5 +( )5
7
cfb = 16
fD6 = 7 D6 = 30.93
i =5
c. Eighth Decile (D8)

Solution:
D8 Class Interval: 35-39
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 8𝑁 8(30)
D8 Class= = = 24
10 10

24−25
LB = 35-0.5 = 34.5 D8 =34. 5 +( )5
2
cfb = 23
fD8 = 2 D8 = 37
i =5

2. Given the table below, compute for D3, D6, and D9.
Height of Children 7-12 years of age
Class Interval ( height cm) f cf
134-139 10 50 D9 Class
128-133 9 40
122-127 8 31 D6 Class
116-121 1 23
110-115 5 22
104-109 2 17
98-103 9 15 D3 Class
92-97 5 6
86-91 1 1
N = 50

a. Third Decile (D3)

Solution:
D3 Class Interval: 98-103
3𝑁 3(50)
D3 Class: = = 15
10 10
6−5
D3 =97. 5 +( )5
6
LB = 98-0.5 = 97.5
cfb =6 D3 = 103.5
fD3 =6
i =6

b. Sixth Decile (D6)

Solution:
D6 Class Interval: 122-127
6𝑁 6(50) 30−23
D6 Class: = = 30 D6 =121. 5 +( )5
10 10 8
LB = 122-0.5 = 121.5
cfb = 23 D6 = 126.75
fD6 = 8
i =6

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 c. Ninth Decile (D9)

Solution:
D9 Class Interval: 134-139
𝑁 9(50)
D9 Class: = = 45
10 10

45−40
LB = 134- 0.5 = 133.5 D9 =133. 5 +( )5
10
cfb = 40
fD9 = 10 D9 = 136.5
i =6

What’s More
Activity 2: Refer to the set of data below and identify the following.
Class Interval f cf
1. Class interval of D2 class_________
98-100 2 40
95-97 1 38 2. Frequency of D7 class ________
92-94 1 37 3. cf below D5 class ________
89-91 6 36 4. Class interval of D8 ______
86-88 6 30 5. cf above D3 ________
83-85 5 24 6. Lower boundary of D2 ______
80-82 9 19 7. Upper boundary of D6 class ______
77-79 2 10 8. cf below D4 ________
74-76 3 8 9. Class interval above D6 ____
71-73 5 5 10. D8 _______
N = 40

What I Need to Remember

Write your learnings/insights of the lesson being studied.

__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Lesson Measures of position of

3 Percentile(Ungrouped and
Wednesday
Grouped Data)
What I Need to Know
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
 Define and illustrate percentile,
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  Calculate the specified measures of position.

What’s In
Pat had always been the Top 1 in her batch until a new student
transferred to their school who became the Top 1. Pat then, became
the Top 2. Can you
If there are 100 students in her batch, is there any difference
between Pat Being the Top 1 and now that she’s the Top 2? If so, explain
what does it imply if: a. Pat became Top 2?
b. Pat remained Top 1? why?

What’s New
Look at this given.

Try this!
What does this formula imply?

where k = 1,2,3, …, 99.

What Is It
Ungrouped Data

The percentiles are the ninety-nine score points which divide a distribution into one
hundred equal parts. It is used to characterize values according to the percentage
below them. For example, the first percentile (P1) separates the lowest 1% from the
99%, the second percentile (P2) separates the lowest 2% from the other 98%, and so
on.

Formula:

Examples:

1. Find the 30th and 70th percentile of the following test scores of random sample
of ten students: 35, 42, 40, 28, 15, 23, 33, 20, 18, and 28.

Solutions: 15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40, 42

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 𝑘(𝑁+1) 𝑘(𝑁+1)
a. P30 = b. P70 =
100 100
30(10+1) 70(10+1)
P30 = P70 =
100 100
P30 = 3.3 ≈ 3 P70 = 7.7 ≈ 8

P30 is the 3rd element P70 is the 8th element

equal to 20. equal to 35.

Grouped Data

The percentiles are score-point that divide a distribution into 100 equal parts.
For instance, 10% of the distribution is below the 10th percentile (P10) while the other
90% is above P10. Likewise, 25% of the distribution is below the 25th percentile (P25)
while the other 75% is above P25, and in the same manner, 80% of the distribution is
below the 80th percentile (P80) while the other 20% is above P80.

Note that by definition P50 = Q2= D5=x; P25 = Q1; and P75= Q3. Hence, the steps for
computing the median are also the median are also followed in the computation of
the percentiles.

Obviously, it would be long and tedious to list down all the formulas for computing
the 99 percentiles. Thus, a general formula would help simplify the long and tedious
listing of formulas. For instance, the formula for finding the kth percentile is:

where k = 1, 2, 3, …, 99.

Examples:
1. Given the table below, compute for P13, P32, and P84.

Class interval height (in cm) f <cf

134-139 10 50 P84 Class

128-133 9 40

122-127 8 31

116-121 1 23

110-115 5 22

104-109 2 17
P32 Class
98-103 9 15
P13 Class
92-97 5 6

86-91 1 1

N = 50

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a. Thirteenth Percentile (P13)
Solution:
P13 Class Interval: 98-103
13𝑁 13(50)
P13 Class: = = 6.5
100 100

6.5−6
LB = 98 - 0.5 = 97.5 P13 =97. 5 +( )6
9
cfb = 6
fP13 = 9 P13 = 97.83
i =6

b. Thirty-second Percentile (P32)

Solution:
P32 Class Interval: 104-109
32𝑁 32(50)
P32 Class: = = 16
100 100

LB = 104 – 0.5 = 103.5 P32 = 103. 5 +(

16−15
)6
2
cfb = 15
fP32 = 2 P32 = 106. 5
i =6

c. Eighty-forth Percentile (P84)

Solution:
P84 Class Interval: 134-139
84𝑁 84(50)
P84 Class: = = 42 42−40
100 100 P84 = 133. 5 +( )6
10

LB = 133.5 P84 = 134. 7

cfb = 40
fP84 = 10
i =6

This means that the height of 13% of the children is below 97.83 cm; 32% of
the children are 106.5 cm tall and below; and 84% of the children are134.7
cm tall and below.

2. Compute for P19 and P97 of the grouped data in table below.

Class f <cf
P7 Class
70-79 2 40

60-69 6 38

50-59 10 32

40-49 9 22

30-39 8 13 P19 Class

20-29 5 5

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 a. Nineteenth Percentile (P19 )
Solution:
P19 Class Interval: 30-39
19𝑁 19(40)
P19 Class: = = 7.6
100 100

7.6−5
LB = 30 – 0.5 = 29.5 P19 =29. 5 +( ) 10
8
cfb = 5
fP19 = 8 P19 = 32.75
i = 10

a. Ninety-seventh Percentile (P97 )

Solution:
P97 Class Interval: 70-79
97𝑁 97(40)
P97 Class: = = 38.8
100 100

LB = 70 – 0.5 = 69.5 P97 =69. 5 +(

38.8−38
) 10
2
cfb = 38
fP97 = 2 P97 = 73.5
i = 10

What’s More
Activity 3

Instructions: Refer to the set of data below and identify the following.
Class interval f cf
98-100 3 50 1. Class interval of P21 class _________
95-97 4 47 2. Frequency of P27 _________
92-94 7 43 3. cf below P53 class _________
89-91 12 36 4. Class interval of P87 _______
86-88 9 24 5. cf above P38 class _______
83-85 5 15 6. Lower boundary of P23 _______
80-82 2 10 7. Upper boundary of P67 ________
77-79 1 8 8. Frequency below P4 class _______
74-76 4 7 9. Class interval above P16 ________
71-73 3 3
10. P43 _______
N = 50

What I Need to Remember

Write your learnings/insights of the lesson being studied.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

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 Measures of position:
Lesson Quartiles, Deciles, and
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Thursday Percentiles (Ungrouped and
Grouped Data)

What I Can Do
Activity 4:
Instructions: Given the tables below answer what is asked.
1. Compute for P7, P29, P71 of the grouped data in table below.
Ages f cf
40-44 5 30
35-39 2 25
30-34 7 23 P71 Class
25-29 5 16
20-24 6 11 P29 Class
15-19 2 5
10-14 3 3 P7 Class

2. Compute D4 and D7 of the data in the table below about the number of games
won by Filipinos boxers.
Class f cf
70-79 2 40
60-69 6 38
50-59 10 32 D6 Class/ D7 Class
40-49 9 22
30-39 8 13
20-29 5 5

3. Compute for the three quartiles of the height of 50 Filipino children 7-12 years
of age.
Class interval height (in cm) f cf
134-139 10 50
128-133 9 40 Q3 Class
122-127 8 31
116-121 1 23 Q2 Class
110-115 5 22
104-109 2 17
98-103 9 15 Q1 Class
92-97 5 6
86-91 1 1

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 Friday : Assessment
Assessment (Post Test)

Instructions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Jenny’s score in a particular test is at the 99th percentile. How should we
interpret this information?
A. Jenny scored better than 99% of the people who took the test.
B. Jenny got 99% of the questions correctly.
C. Jenny scored worse than 99% of the people took this test.
D. Jenny got 99% of the questions incorrectly.
2. The 50th percentile is referred to as the ___________________.
A. First decile B. Second decile C. Fifth decile D. Fourth decile
3. Arrange the following scores in ascending order , 5, 7, 3, 6, 4, 7, 8, 9.
A. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9 C. 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8
B. 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 D. 3, 4, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9
4. The third quartile means_____________.
A. 25% scored above this point.
B. 25% scored below this point.
C. 75% scored above this point
D. 70% scored below this point.
5. 25 percentile means?
th

A. 25% scored below this point.

B. 25 % scored above this point.
C. 75% scored below this point.
D. 80 % scored above this point.
6. In a 70 item test Melody got a score of 50 which is the 3 rd quartile. This means
that:
A. she got the highest score
B. her score is higher than 25 % of her classmates
C. she surpassed 75% of her classmates
D. 75 % of the class did not pass the test
7. After solving the D8 of Lance’s scores in Mathematics for the third quarter, he
got the score 20. What does it mean?
A. 8% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
B. 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 22.
C. 88% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
D. 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
8. John belongs to 5th decile in a Mathematics test. What does this mean?
A. John performed better than the 50 % of the students who took the Math
test.
B. John performed better than the 70 % of the students who took the Math
test.
C. John performed better than the 60 % of the students who took the Math
test.
D. John performed better than the 80 % of the students who took the Math
test.

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 9. What measures of position divides the distribution into 4 equal parts?
A. Quartiles B. Percentiles C. Deciles D. Range
10. Given the scores of 10 students in Science. Find D 8.
7, 8, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15
A. 14 B. 15 C. 13 D. 12
11. When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score point that
describes the distribution is called a _______________.
A. Percentile B. Decile C. Quartile D. Median
12.The first quartile of the ages of 250 Grade Ten students is 16 years old. Which of
the following statement is true?
A. Most of the students belongs to 16 years old.
B. 75 % of the students are 16 years old and above.
C. 25 % of the students are 16 years old.
D. 150 students are younger than 16 years.
13. The median score is also the _________________.
A. 75th Percentile B. 5th Decile C. 3rd Decile D. 1st Quartile
14. The lower quartile is equal to ____________________.
A. 50th Percentile B. 25th Percentile C. 2nd Decile D. 3rd Quartile
15.It is a measure of position that divides the distribution into ten equal parts.
A. Decile B. Quartile C. Percentile D. Median

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Activity 1
TEST Q1 Q2 Q3
A
1 97 98 98
2 61 67 69
3 11 13 16
Test B.
Q3 = 50.3
(This means that 75% of the data is below Q3 = 50.3 )
Activity 2
1.) 74-76 2.) 6 3.) 19 4.) 89-91 5.) 24
6.) 73.5 7.) 85.5 8.) 10 9.) 83-85 10.)89.5
Activity 3
1.) 83-85 2.) 5 3.) 24 4.) 95-97 5.) 36
6.) 82.5 7.) 91.5 8.) 3 9.) 77-79 10.) 86.5
Answer Key
References
Text Book
Callanta, Melvin M., Allan Canonigo, Arnaldo I. Chua, Jerry D. Cruz, Mirla S.
Esparrago, Elino S. Garcia, Aries N. Magnaye, Fernando
B. Orines, Rowena S. Perez, and Concepcion S. Ternida.
2015.Mathematics-Grade10 Learners’ Module. Pasig: Rex
Book Store.
Websites
Department of Education. 2010. Illustrates the following Measures of Position
(Quaryiles, Deciles, and Percentiles). Pasig City, October 12.

Congratulations!
You are now ready for the next module. Always remember the following:

1. Make sure every answer sheet has your

 Name
 Grade and Section
 Title of the Activity or Activity No.
2. Follow the date of submission of answer sheets as agreed with your
teacher.
3. Keep the modules with you AND return them at the end of the school
year or whenever face-to-face interaction is permitted

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