Lesson 8

Probabilities using the

Standard Normal
Table

Statistics and Probability

Core Subject – Senior High School
 At the end of the lesson, you should be able to do the
following:

1. Calculate probabilities and

Learning percentiles using the standard
Competen
normal table (M11/12SP-IIId-1).
cies

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 At the end of the lesson, I should be
able to:
1. show the computation of
probabilities using the
standard normal table.
Learning 2. solve for the percentile
Objectives
using the standard normal
table.
3. solve for the probabilities
and percentiles using the
standard normal curve.
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 Instructions:
1. Sketch the region on the normal curve
with the following areas. Draw a normal
curve for each given area. Label it
properly.
LET US
RECALL! a. 0.5
b. 0.9544
c. 0.9974
d. 1
e. 0.6826
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 Regions under the
1 Normal Curve
characterized by the following
common scores and their
respective areas.
Standard
Normal
Distributi
on
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 Look at the 𝑧-score table for
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the corresponding value of 𝑘.
How do we Example:
compute the
probabilities
and percentiles
using the
standard
normal table?
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The probability can be obtained

value of 𝑘 from 1.
by subtracting the corresponding

Example:
How do we
compute the
probabilities
and percentiles
using the
standard
normal table?
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Subtract the corresponding value
of from the corresponding value
of .
Example:
How do we
compute the
probabilities
and percentiles
using the
standard
normal table?
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 Example 1: 𝑋 is a normally distributed
variable with mean 𝜇 = 60 and standard
deviation 𝜎 = 25. Find the values of the

a. 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 80)
following probabilities.

b. 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 32)
c. 𝑃(30 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 74)
Let’s try
it!

Standardize the normally distributed

data.

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 Example 1: 𝑋 is a normally distributed variable with
mean 𝜇 = 60 and standard deviation 𝜎 = 25. Find the

a. 𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 80)
values of the following probabilities.

Look at the 𝑧 - score table to find

Let’s try

𝑃 (𝑋 ≤ 80).
it!

𝑃 (𝑍 ≤ 𝑘) = 𝐹(𝑘) = 𝑃(𝑍 ≤ 0.8) =

0.7881
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 Example 1: 𝑋 is a normally distributed variable with
mean 𝜇 = 60 and standard deviation 𝜎 = 25. Find the

b. 𝑃(𝑋 ≥ 32)
values of the following probabilities.

Look at the 𝑧 - score table to find

Let’s try

𝑃 (𝑋 ≥ 32).
it!

= 1 – 0.1314
= 0.8686
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 Example 1: 𝑋 is a normally distributed variable with
mean 𝜇 = 60 and standard deviation 𝜎 = 25. Find the

c. 𝑃(30 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 74)
values of the following probabilities.

Let’s try Look at the 𝑧 - score table to find

it! 𝑃(30 ≤ 𝑋 ≤ 74)

= 0.7123−0.1151 =0.5972

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 Example 2: You want to join a dog race
contest. You want to be at the top 5%
of the contestants. The speed of the
dogs joining the race is normally
distributed with a mean of 16 m/min
and a standard deviation of 7 m/min.
What is the speed that your dog must
Let’s try have
it! Being in order
at the topto
5%be at the
means top
that 5%?
you are

the 95th percentile. Looking at the 𝑍-score

above 95% of the contestants and you are at

0.9495 which is at 𝑍=1.64. We use the

table, the closest probability to 0.95 is

formula 𝑋 = 𝑍𝜎 + 𝜇 to obtain the speed

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 Example 2: You want to join a dog race contest. You
want to be at the top 5% of the contestants. The
speed of the dogs joining the race is normally
distributed with a mean of 16 m/min and a
standard deviation of 7 m/min. What is the speed
that your dog must have in order to be at the top

𝑋 = 𝑍𝜎 + 𝜇
5%?
Let’s try

𝑋 = (1.64)(7) + 16
it!

𝑋 = 27.48
Therefore, to be at the top 5%, your dog
must have a speed of 27.48 m/min.

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 Example 3: Your goal is to be at the top 25%
of the class on your overall exams. If the
final grades in your class is normally
distributed with a mean of 87 and a standard
deviation of 8. What must be your grade to
be at the top 25% of the class?
Let’s try
it! To be part of the top 25% of the class, you
have to be at the 75th percentile. Note that
75% of the class is below this. The closest

𝑍 = 0.67. We use the formula 𝑋 = 𝑍𝜎 + 𝜇

probability to 0.75 is 0.7486 which is at

to obtain the score needed.

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 Example 3: Your goal is to be at the top 25% of the class
on your overall exams. If the final grades in your class is
normally distributed with a mean of 87 and a standard
deviation of 8. What must be your grade to be at the top
25% of the class?

𝑋 = 𝑍𝜎 + 𝜇
𝑋 = (0.67)(8)+87 𝑋=92.36
Let’s try
it!
Therefore, you need to have a grade of
92.36.

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 Example 4: Student A got a score of 47, and

in Math. What are their 𝑍 – scores given

student B got a score of 36 in their long quiz

that the class 𝜇 = 42 and 𝜎 = 5 assuming

that the variable is normally distributed?
Let’s try
it! For Student A:

Thus, the 𝑍-scores for student A and B

For Student B:

are 𝒁=𝟏 and

𝒁=−𝟏.𝟐, respectively.

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 the 𝑍-scores that students A and B got
Example 5: What is the area bounded by

from Example 4?
Determine the area of the shaded region.

𝑃(𝑚 ≤ 𝑍 ≤ 𝑘) =𝐹(𝑘)−𝐹(𝑚)
𝑃(−1.2 ≤ 𝑍 ≤ 1) = 𝐹(1)−𝐹(−1.2)
Let’s try

𝑃(−1.2 ≤ 𝑍 ≤ 1) = 0.8413−0.1151
it!

𝑃(−1.2 ≤ 𝑍 ≤ 1) = 0.7262
Thus, the area bounded by the two 𝑍-scores
in Example 1 is 0.7262.

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 Example 6: If your mean score for an online
game is 80, and your standard deviation is 5,
what is the probability that you will get a
score of 90 or less on your next game?
Assume that the scores are normally

Convert 𝑋 = 90 into its equivalent 𝑍-score.

distributed.
Let’s try
it!
Determine the value of 𝑃(𝑍 ≤ 2).
𝑃(𝑍 ≤ 2) = 0.9772
Thus, the probability that you will get a score
of 90 or less is 0.9772 or 97.72%.
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 Example 7: Below are the scores of a group
of 10 students in a 50-item mathematics test.

Find the 𝑍-score of each score.

46, 38, 42, 47, 35, 30, 42, 43, 45, 43

To find the 𝑍-scores, we must find first the

Let’s try average and the standard deviation of the
it! group.
To find the average score, add all the scores
and divide the sum by 10.

𝜇=
Thus, we have

𝜇 = 41.1 ≈ 41
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 Example 7: Below are the scores of a group
of 10 students in a 50-item mathematics test.

Find the 𝑍-score of each score.

46, 38, 42, 47, 35, 30, 42, 43, 45, 43

To find the 𝑍-scores, we must find first

Let’s try the average and the standard deviation
it! of the group.
To find the standard deviation, use the
following formula:
𝜎=

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 Example 7: Below are the scores of a group of 10
students in a 50-item mathematics test. 46, 38, 42, 47,

Find the 𝑍-score of each score.

35, 30, 42, 43, 45, 43

a. 𝑍-score of 46:
𝑍 = =1
The same formula for 𝑍-scores will be used to find the corresponding

b. 𝑍-score of 38 is −0.6
Let’s try 𝑍-score for the remaining test scores.

c. 𝑍-score of 42 is 0.2
it!
d. 𝑍-score of 47 is 1.2
e. 𝑍-score of 35 is −1.2
f. 𝑍-score of 30 is −2.2
g. 𝑍-score of 43 is 0.4
h. 𝑍-score of 45 is 0.8
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 There is a blood donation drive
happening in your barangay. The
group who organized the event has
a goal of being able to collect blood
donations of at least 150 packs. If
Guided in all their other events, they were
Practice able to have a mean of blood
donated packs of 160, and a
standard deviation of 12, what is
the probability that they will reach
their goal? Assume that the
variable is normally distributed.
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 Solve the given problem.

A carnival has an average of 700 goers

Individu a day, with a standard deviation of 40.
al What is the probability that they will have
Practice between 680 to 820 goers the next day?
Assume that the variables are normally
distributed.

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 You are a statistician at Koronadal City and
one of your major duties as statistician is to
gather data for research purposes. You are
Performa assigned to gather data about the habits of at
nce Task least 30 Senior High School students about
the number of hours per week spent in:
2 1. front of a computer;
2. sleeping;
3. playing physical sports or exercising; and
4. studying.

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 Gather 5 more statisticians to form a team and
together prepare a report that you will present to the
local government. Your report should include the
following:
a.Mean and the standard deviation for each habit.
b.A normal curve for each habit.
Performa c.Interpretation of the normal curves for habit
nce Task Your report will be used by the local government unit
2 to understand the habits of a teenager in the
community. Future projects of the government will
be based on the report that you are going to make.
Thus, it is important that your report is thorough,
detailed, and precise. Note that confidentiality
information asked from the participants of the
survey must be observed. 31
At the end of the lesson, I CAN:
1. Show the computation of
probabilities using the standard
normal table.
2. Solve for the percentile using the
standard normal table.
3. Solve for the probabilities and
percentiles using the standard
normal curve.

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STUDY IN
ADVANCE

1. Random Sampling

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END OF
SESSION 8

Thank you
for your participation!

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