Mastery Test

Math 10

Name: ________________________________ Section: ____________ Date: _____ Score: __________

Multiple Choice. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on your answer sheet.
D. 80 percent of her classmates got a score more than 47
1. In a 20-question math test, the 70th percentile for the number of correct answers was 16. This means that:
A. 70 % of the students answer 16 or fewer questions correctly
B. 70 % of the students answer 16 or more questions correctly
C. 30 % of the students answer 16 or fewer questions correctly
D. 30 % of the students answer 16 or less questions correctly

2. The 40th percentile P40 of the following set of data: 62 ,52,61,43,57,68,39,56,41,65, is

P40 = (52 + 56)/2 =54. This means that ;
A. 40 % of the data falls above 54.
B. 40 % of the data falls below 54.
C. 60 % of the data falls above 46.
D. 60 % of the data falls below 46.

For item nos. 3-4. A school is conducting a fund-raising campaign by selling raffle tickets. The following is the table of the
number of tickets sold by students
Number of Tickets Sold by stub Number of Students Less than cumulative frequency (cf)
19-21 12 150
16-18 17 138
13-15 26 121
10-12 32 95
7-9 29 63
4-6 18 34
1-3 16 16

3. We compute, D3 = 8 this means that;

A. 70 % of all the students sold less than 8 stubs
B. 70 % of all the students sold more than 8 stubs
C. 30 % of all the students sold less than 8 stubs
D. 30 % of all the students sold more than 8 stubs
4. In computing P85 = 17 which means;
A. 85 % of all the students sold less than 17 stubs
B. 85 % of all the students sold more than 17 stubs
C. 15 % of all the students sold less than 17 stubs
D. 15 % of all the students sold more than 17 stubs
5. In the given data: 39 41 43 52 56 57 61 62 65 68
The 𝑃40 is 54. What does the data means?
A. 40% of the data falls below 54.
B. 40% of the data is above 54.
C. 60% of the data falls below 54.
D. 60% of the data is above 54.
6. The data on the distance travelled by 150 participants in the Mandaue City Fun-Run is given by the following table: The
85th percentile is 16.65 km. What does this implies?
A.85% of all the participants travelled more than 16.65. Distance Frequencey
B. 85% of all the participants travelled less than 16.65. (km) (f)
C. 15% of all the participants travelled more than 16.65. 19-21 12
D. 15% of all the participants travelled less than 16.65. 16-18 17
7. The following data represents the heights (in centimeters) of 11 grade 10 students. 13-15 26
134 137 142 144 147 147 148 153 154 157 162 10-12 32
What is the height of the student that falls on the 3rd quartile (𝑄3 )? What does the 𝑄3 mean? 7-9 29
A. 75% of the 11 students have heights less than 8.25 (𝑄3 ) 4-6 18
B. 75% of the 11 students have heights more than 8.25 (𝑄3 ) 1-3 16
C. 75% of the 11 students have heights less than 154 cm (𝑄3 )
D. 75% of the 11 students have heights more than 154 cm (𝑄3 )

8. The data represents the ages of 13 Grade 10 students: 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 18 21

What age falls on the second quartile (𝑄2 )?
A. 16 C. 18
B. 17 D. 21
9. If you are the third shortest student in a group of ten, how many percent of the students are taller than you?
A. 60% C. 80%
B. 70% D. 90%
10. The grades of nine students in mathematics are: 69,70,71,77,82,84,84,94,98. What is the 50 th percentile?
A. 70 C.77
B. 71 D. 82
11. What is Q3 for the following data set? { 1, 3, 7, 8, 12, 20, 21, 30, 31}
A. 7 C. 21
B. 16 D. 27
12. Given the data set: {1.52, 5.36, 6.79, 5.21, 0.28, 6.36, 8.47, 5.52, 6.26, 5.97 }.
Which of the following data values is the 50th percentile?
A. 1.52 C. 5.52
B. 5.36 D. 5.97
For item nos. 13 and 14
The owner of a coffee shop recorded the number of customers who came into his café each hour in a day. The
results were 14, 10, 12, 9, 17, 5, 8, 9, 14, 10, and 11.
In an ascending order, the data are 5,8,9,9,10,10,11,12,14,14,17.
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Given the formula: Qk = ( n + 1)
4
13. What is the lower quartile (Q1 ) of the data?
A. 9 C. 11
B. 10 D. 12

14. What is the upper quartile(Q3 ) of the data?

A. 11 C.14
B. 12 D. 17
For item nos. 15 and 16
Mrs. Marasigan is a veterinarian. One morning, she asked her secretary to record the service time for 15 customers.
The following are the service times in minutes in an ascending order
17,20,25,28,28,32,35,37,46,47,52,55,55,56,60
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Given the formula: Dk = ( n + 1)
10
15. What is the 5th decile (D5) of the given data?
A. 28 C. 52
B. 37 D. 56
16. What is the 8th decile (D8) of the given data?
A. 37 C. 55
B.47 D. 60
17. The price of a 250-gram soap powder of a leading brand was recorded from 10 supermarkets.
The prices (in pesos) were: 95, 78, 83, 84, 88, 100, 82, 84, 79, 8P7. What is the 75th percentile?
A. 84 C. 88
B. 87 D. 95
18. Mr. John Cruz, a bank manager, is interested in the amount of time it takes his teller to service depositors. On a particular
morning, he asked his secretary to record the service times for 15 costumers. The times are given below (to the nearest
minute).
6, 9, 7, 5, 15, 10, 9, 7, 4, 9, 10, 9, 8, 6, 7
Determine the lower quartile of the service times.
A. 5 minutes C. 9 minutes
B. 6 minutes D. 10 minutes
19. Janet’s Math scores were: 79, 51, 83, 76, 99, 75, 73, 84, and 77. Which score belongs to the 5 th decile?
A. 77 C. 83
B. 79 D. 84
20. What is the upper quartile of the ages of 20 guests at a party? The ages are given below:
22, 23, 24, 32, 27, 28, 29, 27, 7, 20, 22, 81, 33, 27, 26, 24, 19, 20, 21, 33
A. 27 C. 29
B. 28 D. 32
21. Mrs. Cruz gives a 48-item test to a group of 52 examinees. Jessa obtained a score of 40. If the passing mark is the 3 rd
quartile, what does her score imply?
A. Jessa failed the test C. Jessa’s score is below the 75th percentile
B. Jessa passed the test D. Jessa’s score is below the 8th percentile
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22. Joanah’s score in Mathematics test is in the 7 decile. What does this mean?
A. It means that 70% of the class did better than Joanah
B. It means that Joanah did better than 30% of the class
C. It means that Joanah did better than 70% of the class
D. It means that Joanah passed the test

23. A teacher gives a 20-point test to 10 students. The scores are shown below. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about
the measure of position of the student whose score is 12 in a relation to other students.
18 15 12 6 8 2 3 5 20 10
A. A student whose score is 12 did better than 65% of the group
B. 35% of the group did better than a student whose score is 12
C. A student whose score is 12 belongs to the lower quartile
D. A student whose score is 12 is in the 7th decile
24. Which of the following gives a WRONG interpretation of the given data below:
CLASS INTERVAL SCORES FREQUENCY (f) LOWER BOUNDARIES (LB) Less than cumulative frequency (< 𝑐𝑓)
45 – 48 2 44.5 54
41- 44 4 40.5 52
37-40 7 36.5 48
33-36 11 32.5 41
29-32 10 28.5 30
25-28 8 24.5 20
21-24 6 20.5 12
17-20 4 16.5 6
13-16 2 12.5 2
A. 25% of the students have scores less than or equal to 25
B. 75% of the students have scores less than or equal to 36
C. 25% of the students have scores greater than or equal to 36
D. 50% of the students have scores greater than or equal to 25