10 Mathematics

0 Quarter 4 – Module 4
Measures of Position
Mathematics – Grade 10
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Quarter 4 – Module 4: Measures of Position

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Learning Competencies:Solves problems involving measures of position (M10SP-IVd-e--1)

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 At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
 solve problems involving quartiles of ungrouped data
 solve problems involving deciles of ungrouped data
 solve problems involving percentiles of ungrouped data

Lesson 1: Problems Involving Quartiles

What is it

Recall that the quartiles are the score-points which divide a distribution into four equal parts.
Twenty-five percent (25%)of the distribution are below the first quartile, fifty percent (50%) are below
the second quartile, and seventy- five (75%) are below the third quartile. Q 1 is called the lower quartile
and Q 3 is the upper quartile. Q1 <Q2 <Q3 where Q2 is the median. The difference between Q 3andQ 1is
the interquartile range.
Mendenhall and Sincich Method and interpolation are the two ways in computing the quartiles of
ungrouped data. Refer the formula and the steps in computing the quartiles for ungrouped data in the
previous activities.

Example: Albert has an assignment to ask at random 10 students in their school about their ages.
The data are given in the below.
10, 13, 14, 13, 15, 11, 14, 13, 15, 12
Question: 1. (Use Mendenhall and Sincich Method)
How many students belong to Q1 in terms of their ages? Write their ages.

Solutions:
Finding the value forQ 1

Step 1: Arrange the scores: 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15 n = 10

Step 2: Solve for the position of Q 1.

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Q1= ( n+1 ) Position of Q1
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Q1= ( 10+1 ) Substitute the value for n, then add 10 and 1
4
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Q1= ( 11 ) Multiply 11 and 1, then divide by 4
4
Q1=2.75

The computed value 2.75 becomes 3 after rounding to the nearest integer since the decimal part .75 falls
more than halfway between the two integers. This means, the lower quartile is the 3 rd element of the data.

So, Q1=12. There are 3 students belong to Q1 with ages 10,11 and 12.

What’s More

Directions: Read and understand the problem. Answer what is ask. Show your complete solutions.
Aqua running has been promoted as a method of cardiovascular conditioning for the injured
athlete as well as for others who desire a low impact aerobic workout. A study reported on
the journal of Sports medicine investigated the relationship between exercise cadence and
heart rate by measuring the heart rates of 20 healthy volunteers at a cadence of 48 cycles per
minute(a cycle consisted of two steps).

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 The data are listed here:

87, 109, 79, 80, 96, 95, 90, 92, 96, 98, 101, 91, 78, 112, 94, 98, 94, 107, 81, 96

1. How many healthy volunteers belong to Q3 in terms of their heart rates?

Write the heart rates that belong to Q3.

Lesson 2: Problems Involving Deciles

What is it
Recall that the deciles are the nine score points which divide a distribution into ten equal parts.
They are deciles and are denoted as D1 , D2 , D3 , D4 ........., D9. They are computed in the same way that
the quartiles are calculated.

Example: A teacher recorded the number of minutes spent by 8 students in the computer room doing
their hands-on exercises.

The record shows:

Student Time Spent (in minutes)

Alice 100
Betty 95
Cora 125
Delia 100
Edna 75
Fely 60
Grace 85
Helen 80

1. How many students belong to D2, in terms of time spent in doing their hands-on exercises?
Who are they?

Solution:
Calculating for D2.

Step 1: First, arrange the scores in ascending order.

60, 75, 80, 85, 95, 100, 100, 125 n=8

Step 2: Locate the position for D2

2
D2= ( 8+ 1 ) Substitute the values
10
2
= (9) Add 8 and 1 and multiply to 2
10
18
= Divide
10
= 1.8 ≈ 2 Round off to the nearest integer

D2 is the second element.

1. D2 = 75.
There are 2 students belong to D 2, who spent less than or equal to 75 minutes in doing their
hands on exercises. They are Fely and Edna.

What’s More
Directions:

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Directions: Answer the problem below. Show your solutions.

The following are the Final grades of 20 students in Mathematics.

80, 65, 76, 90, 75, 85, 95, 95, 80, 75, 90, 60, 90, 80, 95, 65, 75, 90, 85, 95
1. How many students got a grade of less than or equal to the third decile?
Lesson 3: Problems Involving Percentiles

What is it

Recall that the percentiles are the ninety –nine score points which divide a distribution into one
hundred equal parts, so that each part represents the data set. It is used to characterize values according to
the percentage below them. For example, the first percentile (P 1 ) separates the lowest 1% from the other
99%, the second percentile ( P2 ) separates the lowest 2% from the other98%, and so on.
The percentiles determine the value for 1%, 2% , ......, and 99% of the data. P 30 or 30th percentile
of the data means 30% of the data have values less than or equal to P 30 .

Example : The following are the scores of ten students in their 40-item quiz.
34, 23, 15, 27, 36, 21, 20, 13, 33, 25

How many students belong to the top 25% of the class?

Solution:
Calculating for P75.

Step 1: Arrange the scores from the lowest to the highest.

13, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 33, 34, 36

Step 2: Locate the position of P75

k (n+ 1)
To find its P75 position, use the formula and round off to the
100
nearest integer.
75(10+1)
Position of P75 = Substitute the values
100

75(11)
= Add 10 and 1
100

275
= Multiply 75 and 11 then divide by 100
100
= 8.25 ≈ 8

P75 is the 8th element. Therefore, P75 = 33 .

1. P75 =33
Therefore, the top 25% of the students got a score of greater than 33, so there
are only two students who belong to the top 25% of the class, whose scores are 34
and 36.

What’s More
Directions: Solve and show your solutions.

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 Consider the following nicotine levels of 40 smokers:

0 87 173 253 1 103 173 265 1 112

198 266 3 121 208 277 17 123 210 284
32 130 222 289 35 131 227 290 44 149
234 313 48 164 245 477 86 167 250 491

1. How many smokers belong to the top 30% , in terms of their nicotine level?
Assessment

Directions: Read and understand the problems below. Write the letter of your answer.
STRICTLY NO ERASURE.

1-5: Given 50 multiple- choice items in their final test in Mathematics, the scores of 20 students are the
following:
23 38 28 46 22 20 18 34 36 35
44 21 18 43 21 26 37 29 13 36

1. Find the value of the lower quartile.

A, 20 B, 21 C. 22 D. 23

2. How many students belong to the top 25% of the class?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
3. Find the value of D3?
A. 18 B. 20 C. 21 D, 22
4. How many students belong to P75?
A. 13 B, 14 C. 15 D. 16
5. Find the value of D5.
A. 28 B, 29 c, 34 D. 36

For 6-10: Consider the score distribution of 15 students given below.

83, 72, 87, 79, 82, 77, 80, 73, 86, 81, 79, 82, 79, 74, 74

6. Find the value of the 4th decile.

A. 77 B. 79 C. 80 D. 81
7. What is the 7 decile of the given scores?
th

A. 79 B. 80 C. 81 D. 82

8. The first quartile of the scores is ______.

A. 73 B. 74 C. 77 D. 79
9. Which of the following statement is true?
A. Sixty percent of the students got a score of less than 82.
B. There are 11 students who got a score of less than or equal to 82.
C. There are 3 students who belong to the top 25% of the class.
D. Fifty percent of the students got a score of less than or equal to 80.

10. Of the given scores, the 90th percentile is ______.

A. 81 B. 82 C, 86 D. 87

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 Answer Sheet

Name: __________________________________________________________
Grade & Section: ________________ Score: _______

Quarter 4 – Module 4
Lesson 1
What’s More

Q3 =

Lesson 2
What’s More
D3 =

Lesson 3
What’s More

P70 =

Assessment

1. 3. Answer5.Key 7. 9.
2. 4. 6. 8. 10.
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 Answer Key

Quarter 4 - Module 4
Lesson 1
What’s More
Q3 = 98

There are 16 volunteers with the following heart rates: 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95,
96, and 98.

Lesson 2
What’s More

D3 = 75
There are 6 students

Lesson 3
What’s More

P70 = 250

There are 10 students

Assessment
1. B 3. C 5. B 7. D 9. C
2. C 4. D 6. B 8. B 10. C

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References
Grade 10 Learner’s Module