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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – Module 2
Solving Problems Involving
Measures of Position

RAYMUND R. MOLANO, Writer

Teacher III, Pangasinan School of Arts and Trades
 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to indulge
you in solving problems involving measures of position. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The arrangement of
the lessons follows the standard sequence of the course. But the pacing in which
you read and answer this module is dependent on your ability.

The most essential learning competency aligned in this module is:

1. Solves problems involving measures of position. (M10SP-IVd-e–1)
Primarily, the scope of this module is to develop your skill in solving problems
involving measures of position. While going through this module, you are
expected to:
1. write formula and equation for the measures of position;
2. solve problems involving measures of position; and
3. appreciate the value of measures of position to real-life situation.

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 What I Know

Let us determine how much you already know about solving problems involving
measures of position. If you answer all the test items correctly in this pretest,
then you may skip studying this learning material and proceed to the next
learning module.

DIRECTIONS: Read and understand each item, then write the letter of your
answer on your answer sheet.

1. The owner of a milk tea shop recorded the number of customers who
came into his shop each hour in a day. The results were 10, 14, 9, 12,
16, 6, 14, 8, 9, 10, and 11. What is the lower quartile and upper quartile
of the given set of data?
A) 9, 13 C) 9, 14
B) 10, 13 D) 9, 16

2. What is the first quartile ( Q1 ) and the third quartile ( Q3 ), given the scores
of 9 students in their Mathematics activity: 2, 27, 7, 16, 7, 34, 30, 3, 21?
A) 4.5, 30 C) 7, 29
B) 7, 28 D) 5, 28.5

3. What is the value below which lie the test scores of 50% of students in
Mathematics given the following data: 15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40,
42?
A) 3.3 C) 23
B) 20 D) 28

4. Mr. Molano gave a summative test to his students in Mathematics 10

though google form. The students finished their test in 35 minutes. The
time is the 5th decile of the allotted time. What does this mean?
A) This means that 5% of the students finished the test.
B) This means that 50% of the students finished the test.
C) This means that all of the students finished the test.
D) None of these

5. Jam Magno is a secretary in one big company in Dagupan City. Her salary
is in the 6th decile. What does this mean?
A) This means that 60% of the employees receive a salary that is less
than or equal to her salary.
B) This means that 60% of the employees receive a salary that is greater
than her salary.
C) This means that 40% of the employees receive a salary that is less
than or equal to her salary.
D) None of these

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6. The scores of Miss Universe candidates from 8 judges were recorded as
follows: 7.6, 8.36, 9.35, 9.12, 8.32, 8.57, 7.98, and 8.99. What is the
value below which lie the scores of 90% of the judges?
A) 8.5385 C) 9.35
B) 9.145 D) 8.99

7. What is the 45th percentile ( P45 ) of the following scores of 20 students in

Mathematics: 25, 36, 24, 12, 35, 36, 45, 26, 34, 31, 32, 33, 25, 41, 39,
32, 37, 42, 19, and 22?
A) 26 C) 36
B) 32 D) 39

For items 8 to 10, refer to the table below.

Given the summative test scores of 50 Grade 10 students in Mathematics.

Scores Frequency
21 – 25 4
26 – 30 8
31 – 35 11
36 – 40 9
41 – 45 12
46 - 50 6

8. What is the value below which lie the test scores of 75% of Grade 10
students in Mathematics?
A) 41.36 C) 42.79
B) 41.75 D) 43.32

9. What is the 7th Decile ( D7 ) of the summative test scores of 50 Grade 10

students in Mathematics?
A) 41.36 C) 42.79
B) 41.75 D) 43.32

10. What is the value below which lie the test scores of 20% of Grade 10
students in Mathematics?
A) 29.25 C) 31.25
B) 30.36 D) 33.25

For items 11 to 15, refer to the table below.

Given the daily “baon” of 60 students of Pangasinan School of Arts and Trades
Daily Baon Frequency
1 – 10 7
11 – 20 10
21 – 30 15
31 – 40 4

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 41 – 50 12
51 – 60 6
61 – 70 3
71 – 80 2
81 – 90 1

11. What is the 2nd Quartile ( Q2 ) of the daily “baon” of 60 students in PSAT?
A) 28.36 C) 29.17
B) 28.99 D) 29.56

12. What is the 5th Decile ( D5 ) of the daily “baon” of 60 students in PSAT?
A) 28.36 C) 29.17
B) 28.99 D) 29.56

13. What is the 50th Percentile ( P50 ) of the daily “baon” of 60 students in
PSAT?
A) 28.36 C) 29.17
B) 28.99 D) 29.56

14. What is the value below which lie the daily “baon” of 25% of the students?
A) 18.5 C) 20.5
B) 19.5 D) 21.5

15. What is the lowest daily “baon” of the students top 10%?
A) 60.1 C) 61.1
B) 60.5 D) 61.5

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 Lesson Solving Problems Involving
1 Measures of Position for
Ungrouped Data

What’s In

Let us start our study of this lesson by reviewing the measures of position
(quartile, decile, and percentile) for ungrouped data which is one the concepts
needed in the study of this lesson.

DEFINITION

Quartiles are values that divide a set of observations into 4 equal parts. These
values, denoted by , , and , are such that 25% of the data falls below
,50% falls below , and 75% falls below .

Given a distribution with n cases, the quartiles are:

n 2n 3n
Q1 = th , Q2 = th , Q3 = th
4 4 4

DEFINITION

Deciles are values that divide a set of observations into 10 equal parts.
These values, denoted by , , …, , are such that 10% of the data falls
below , 20% falls below , …, and 90% falls below .

Given a distribution with n cases, the deciles are:

n 2n 3n 4n
D1 = th , D2 = th , D3 = th , D4 = th
10 10 10 10

5n 6n 7n 8n 9n
D5 = th , D6 = th , D7 = th , D8 = th , D9 = th
10 10 10 10 10

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 DEFINITION

Percentiles are values that divide a set of observations into 100 equal parts.
These values, denoted by , , …, , are such that 1% of the data falls
below , 2% falls below , …, and 99% falls below .

Given a distribution with n cases, the percentiles are:

n 2n 99n
P1 = th , P2 = th , …, P99 = th
100 100 100
Note: 1. If the result of quartile, decile, or percentile is an integer, let’s say i ,
take the average of the i th ordered data value and the next value.
2. If the result of quartile, decile, or percentile is not an integer, round
the number up to the next integer, let’s say j , take the j th ordered
data value.

Activity 1. Find Me!

Directions: Answer the following.
1. Find Q1 , Q2 , and Q3 of the following set of data.
19, 12, 16, 0, 14, 9, 6, 1, 12, 13, 10, 19, 7, 5, 8

2. Find the value corresponding to the 25th percentile of the following data.
2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20

3. Find the value corresponding to the 6th decile for the given set of data.
80, 68, 53, 58, 76, 73, 85, 88, 91, 79

What’s New

At this point of the lesson, you are about to learn the solving problems involving
quartiles, deciles, and percentiles for ungrouped data. To understand better the
new lesson, you will have to perform the simple activity below.

Activity 2. Let’s Discover!

Directions: Answer the following.

Consider the data below which represents the lives of 40 similar car batteries
recorded in the nearest tenth of a year. The batteries were guaranteed to last
3 years.

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 2.2 4.1 3.5 4.5 3.2 3.7 3.0 2.6

3.4 1.6 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.1 4.7 3.7

2.5 4.3 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.3 3.9 3.1

3.3 3.1 3.7 4.4 3.2 4.1 1.9 3.4

4.7 3.8 3.2 2.6 3.9 3.0 4.2 3.5

1. Find P85

2. Find P48

3. Find D7

4. Find Q1

Were you able to complete the task? If yes, you may proceed to the next section.
If no, take time to finish for you to better understand the next discussions.

What Is It

How did you find activity 2? Have you given idea on how to solve problems
involving measures of position for ungrouped data? Let us process your
answers.
For the first item, let us find P85 for the distribution of battery lives given
below.

2.2 4.1 3.5 4.5 3.2 3.7 3.0 2.6

3.4 1.6 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.1 4.7 3.7

2.5 4.3 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.3 3.9 3.1

3.3 3.1 3.7 4.4 3.2 4.1 1.9 3.4

4.7 3.8 3.2 2.6 3.9 3.0 4.2 3.5

1. We must rank the given data in increasing order of magnitude as displayed

below.

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

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 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

2. Since the data contains 40 observations ( n = 40 ), we seek the value below

85n 85(40)
which P85 = th = th = 34th observations fall.
100 100

3. As seen from the arranged data, P85 could be any value between 4.1 years
and 4.2 years.

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

4. In order to give a unique value, we shall define P85 to be the value midway
between 4.1 and 4.2 which is 4.15.

5. Therefore, we conclude that 85% of all batteries of this type will last less
than 4.15 years.

For the second item, let us find P48 for the distribution of battery lives
given the same set of data in the first item.

1. We must rank the given data in increasing order of magnitude as displayed

below.

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

2. Since the data contains 40 observations ( n = 40 ), we seek the value below

48n 48(40)
which P48 = th = th = 19.2th observations fall.
100 100

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3. The procedure we had in the first item works very well since the number of
observations below the given percentile is a whole number. However,
when the required number of observations is fractional, it is customary to
use the next highest whole number to find the required percentile. In this
case, rounding up 19.2 to the next integer, we use 20th observation as our
location point.

4. Hence, as seen from the arranged data, P48 = 3.4 years.

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

5. Therefore, we conclude that 48% of all batteries of this type will last less
than 3.4 years.

For the third item, let us find D7 for the distribution of battery lives.

1. We must rank the given data in increasing order of magnitude as displayed

below.

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

2. Since the data contains 40 observations ( n = 40 ), we seek the value below

7n 7(40)
which D7 = th = th = 28th observations fall.
10 10

3. As seen from the arranged data, D7 could be any value between 3.7 years
and 3.8 years.

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

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 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

4. In order to give a unique value, we shall define D7 to be the value midway

between 3.7 and 3.8 which is 3.75.

5. Therefore, we conclude that 70% of all batteries of this type will last less
than 3.75 years.

For the last item, let us find Q1 for the distribution of battery lives.

1. We must rank the given data in increasing order of magnitude as displayed

below.

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

2. Since the data contains 40 observations ( n = 40 ), we seek the value below

n 40
which Q1 = th = th = 10 of the observations.
4 4

3. As seen from the arranged data, Q1 could be any value between the 10th
and 11th measurements which in this case are both equal to 3.1 years

1.6 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.3

1.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.4

2.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.5

2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.7

2.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7

5. Therefore, we conclude that 25% of all batteries of this type will last less
than 3.1 years.

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Were you able to get the same answers? If yes, very good! If no, I hope you were
able to understand the discussions above.

What’s More

Now, it’s your turn to solve problems involving measures of position for
ungrouped data.

Activity 3. Your Turn!

Directions: Answer the following.

The Molano Survey Company publishes data on the TV-viewing habits of

Pangasinense by various characteristics in the Company Report on Television. A
sample of 20 people yielded the weekly viewing times, in hours, displayed in the
table below. Determine and interpret the Q1 , D5 , and P75 for these data.

25 41 27 32 43
66 35 31 15 5
34 26 32 38 16
30 38 30 20 21

What I Have Learned

Great! You have reached this part of the lesson. To ensure your full
understanding on the concepts related to solving problems involving measures
of position for ungrouped data, it’s important that you are able to complete each
statement below.

❖ When Q1 and Q2 are ____________, the quartiles are found by

interpolation.

❖ The _________ quartile, __________ decile, and __________ percentile of a

data set are all the same and all equal to the median.

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 What I Can Do

Sometimes, researcher wanted to determine measures that discriminate a group

of scores from another group in the same set of data. Similar to the previous
activity on solving problems involving measures of position for ungrouped data,
you are task to perform the activity given below.

Activity 4. Let’s Investigate!

The following data represent the length of life in minutes, measured to the
nearest tenth, of a random sample of 50 black flies subjected to a new spray in
a controlled laboratory experiment:
2.4 0.7 3.9 2.8 1.3
1.6 2.9 2.6 3.7 2.1
3.2 3.5 1.8 3.1 0.3
4.6 0.9 3.4 2.3 2.5
0.4 2.1 2.3 1.5 4.3
1.8 2.4 1.3 2.6 1.8
2.7 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.4
1.7 3.9 1.1 5.9 2.0
5.3 6.3 0.2 2.0 1.9
1.2 2.5 2.1 1.2 1.7

Determine and interpret the P89 , Q3 , and D4 for the distribution of lives of black
flies.

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 Lesson Solving Problems Involving
2 Measures of Position for
Grouped Data

What’s In

Let us start our study of this lesson by reviewing the measures of position
(quartile, decile, and percentile) for grouped data which is one the concepts
needed in the study of this lesson.

For grouped data, the quartiles, deciles, and percentiles can be determined
using the following formula:
 kn − cf 
L+  ( w)
 f 
where k is equal to
i i i
for quartiles; for deciles; for percentiles
4 10 100
i - i th quartile, decile, or percentile
L - lower boundary of the quartile, decile, or percentile class
n - total number of observations
w - class width
cf p - frequency of the preceding class

f - frequency of the quartile, decile, or percentile class

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For instance, if are looking for the 3rd quartile, Q3 , then i = 3 . Thus, k = . If we
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are interested with the 70th percentile, P70 , then i = 70 . Thus, k = .
100
Activity 1. Find Me!
Directions: Answer the following.
Given the following frequency distribution
Class Boundaries Frequency cf
52.5 – 63.5 6 6
63.5 – 74.5 12 18
74.5 – 85.5 25 43
85.5 – 96.5 28 71

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 96.5 – 107.5 14 85
107.5 – 118.5 5 90

Find the following:

1. Q3
2. D4
3. P70

What’s New

At this point of the lesson, you are about to learn the solving problems involving
quartiles, deciles, and percentiles for grouped data. To understand better the
new lesson, you will have to perform the simple activity below.

Activity 2. Let’s Discover!

Directions: Answer the following.

Consider the frequency distribution below which represents the lives of 40

similar car batteries recorded in the nearest tenth of a year. The batteries
were guaranteed to last 3 years.

Class
Class Interval Frequency cf
Boundaries
1.5 – 1.9 1.45 – 1.95 2 2
2.0 – 2.4 1.95 – 2.45 1 3
2.5 – 2.9 2.45 – 2.95 4 7
3.0 – 3.4 2.95 – 3.45 15 22
3.5 – 3.9 3.45 – 3.95 10 32
4.0 – 4.4 3.95 – 4.45 5 37
4.5 – 4.9 4.45 – 4.95 3 40
1. Find P48

2. Find D7

3. Find Q1

Were you able to complete the task? If yes, you may proceed to the next section.
If no, take time to finish for you to better understand the next discussions.

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 What Is It

How did you find activity 2? Have you given idea on how to solve problems
involving measures of position for grouped data? Let us process your answers.
For the first item, let us find P48 for the frequency distribution of battery
lives given below.

Class
Class Interval Frequency cf
Boundaries
1.5 – 1.9 1.45 – 1.95 2 2
2.0 – 2.4 1.95 – 2.45 1 3
2.5 – 2.9 2.45 – 2.95 4 7
3.0 – 3.4 2.95 – 3.45 15 22
3.5 – 3.9 3.45 – 3.95 10 32
4.0 – 4.4 3.95 – 4.45 5 37
4.5 – 4.9 4.45 – 4.95 3 40

1. The first step in calculating P48 is to determine the value of kn which is the
48  48 
location of the P48 item. Since Pi = P48  i = 48, k = , then kn =   ( 40 ) = 19.2
100  100 
The P48 is, therefore, the 19.2th item.
2. Inspecting the cumulative frequencies, we can see that the 19.2th item falls
within the class interval 3.0 – 3.4 where the 8th item up to 22nd item lie. This
class interval is called the P48 interval.
3. Using the formula for P48 , we have
 kn − cf   19.2 − 7 
P48 = L +   ( w) = 2.95 +   (0.5) = 3.36
 f   15 
4. Therefore, we conclude that 48% of all batteries of this type will last less than
3.36 years.

For the second item, let us find D7 for the frequency distribution of
battery lives given below.

Class
Class Interval Frequency cf
Boundaries
1.5 – 1.9 1.45 – 1.95 2 2
2.0 – 2.4 1.95 – 2.45 1 3
2.5 – 2.9 2.45 – 2.95 4 7
3.0 – 3.4 2.95 – 3.45 15 22
3.5 – 3.9 3.45 – 3.95 10 32
4.0 – 4.4 3.95 – 4.45 5 37
4.5 – 4.9 4.45 – 4.95 3 40

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1. The first step in calculating D7 is to determine the value of kn which is the
7 7
location of the D7 item. Since Di = D7  i = 7, k = , then kn =   ( 40 ) = 28 The
10  10 
D7 is, therefore, the 28th item.
2. Inspecting the cumulative frequencies, we can see that the 28th item falls
within the class interval 3.5 – 3.9 where the 23rd item up to 32nd item lie. This
class interval is called the D7 interval.
3. Using the formula for D7 , we have
 kn − cf   28 − 22 
D7 = L +   ( w) = 3.45 +   (0.5) = 3.75
 f   10 
4. Therefore, we conclude that 70% of all batteries of this type will last less than
3.75 years.

For the third item, let us find Q1 for the frequency distribution of battery
lives given below.

Class
Class Interval Frequency cf
Boundaries
1.5 – 1.9 1.45 – 1.95 2 2
2.0 – 2.4 1.95 – 2.45 1 3
2.5 – 2.9 2.45 – 2.95 4 7
3.0 – 3.4 2.95 – 3.45 15 22
3.5 – 3.9 3.45 – 3.95 10 32
4.0 – 4.4 3.95 – 4.45 5 37
4.5 – 4.9 4.45 – 4.95 3 40

1. The first step in calculating Q1 is to determine the value of kn which is the

1 1
location of the Q1 item. Since Qi = Q1  i = 1, k = , then kn =   ( 40 ) = 10 The Q1
4 4
is, therefore, the 10th item.
2. Inspecting the cumulative frequencies, we can see that the 10th item falls
within the class interval 3.0 – 3.4 where the 8th item up to 22nd item lie. This
class interval is called the Q1 interval.
3. Using the formula for Q1 , we have
 kn − cf   10 − 7 
Q1 = L +   ( w) = 2.95 +   (0.5) = 3.05
 f   15 
4. Therefore, we conclude that 25% of all batteries of this type will last less than
3.05 years.

Were you able to get the same answers? If yes, very good! If no, I hope you were
able to understand the discussions above.

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 What’s More

Now, it’s your turn to solve problems involving measures of position for grouped
data.

Activity 3. Your Turn!

Directions: Answer the following.

Consider the following distribution of the hourly rates of 100 high school
teachers in a private school in Lingayen, Pangasinan in answering the questions
that follows.
Hourly Rate (in Pesos) Number of Teachers
55 – 64 8
65 – 74 10
75 – 84 15
85 – 94 28
95 – 104 19
105 – 114 13
115 – 124 7
Total 100

Questions:
1. What is the value below which lie the hourly rates of 25% of the teachers?
2. What is the lowest hourly rate of the teachers top 10%?
3. What are the values that include the hourly rates of middle 40% of the
teachers?

What I Have Learned

Great! You have reached this part of the lesson. To ensure your full
understanding on the concepts related to solving problems involving measures
of position for grouped data, it’s important that you are able to complete each
statement below.

❖ The formula for computation of Q1 is _______________________________.

❖ The formula for computation of D1 is _______________________________.
❖ The formula for computation of P25 is _______________________________.

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 What I Can Do

Similar to the previous activity on solving problems involving measures of

position for grouped data, you are task to perform the activity given below.

Activity 4. Let’s Investigate!

The following data represent the length of life in minutes, measured to the
nearest tenth, of a random sample of 50 black flies subjected to a new spray in
a controlled laboratory experiment:
2.4 0.7 3.9 2.8 1.3
1.6 2.9 2.6 3.7 2.1
3.2 3.5 1.8 3.1 0.3
4.6 0.9 3.4 2.3 2.5
0.4 2.1 2.3 1.5 4.3
1.8 2.4 1.3 2.6 1.8
2.7 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.4
1.7 3.9 1.1 5.9 2.0
5.3 6.3 0.2 2.0 1.9
1.2 2.5 2.1 1.2 1.7

1. Using 8 intervals with the lowest starting at 0.1

a. set up a percentage distribution
b. construct a percentage cumulative distribution
2. Determine and interpret the P89 , Q3 , and D4 for the distribution of lives of
black flies using the grouped data.

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 Assessment

Let us determine how much you have learned from this module. Read and
understand each item, then choose the letter of your answer and write it on your
answer sheet.

1. The owner of a milk tea shop recorded the number of customers who
came into his shop each hour in a day. The results were 10, 14, 9, 12,
16, 6, 14, 8, 9, 10, and 11. What is the lower quartile and upper quartile
of the given set of data?
A) 9, 13 C) 10, 13
B) 9, 14 D) 9, 16

2. What is the first quartile ( Q1 ) and the third quartile ( Q3 ), given the scores
of 9 students in their Mathematics activity: 2, 27, 7, 16, 7, 34, 30, 3, 21?
A) 4.5, 30 C) 7, 28
B) 5, 28.5 D) 7, 29

3. What is the value below which lie the test scores of 50% of students in
Mathematics given the following data: 15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40,
42?
A) 28 C) 35
B) 30 D) 42

4. Mr. Cruz gave a summative test to his students in Mathematics 10

though google form. The students finished their test in 35 minutes. The
time is the 5th percentile of the allotted time. What does this mean?
A) This means that 5% of the students finished the test.
B) This means that 50% of the students finished the test.
C) This means that all of the students finished the test.
D) None of these

5. Harry Rookie is a secretary in one big company in Calasiao, Pangasinan.

His salary is in the 4th decile. What does this mean?
A) This means that 40% of the employees receive a salary that is less
than or equal to her salary.
B) This means that 40% of the employees receive a salary that is greater
than her salary.
C) This means that 60% of the employees receive a salary that is less
than or equal to her salary.
D) None of these

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6. The scores of Miss Grand Internation candidates from 8 judges were
recorded as follows: 7.6, 8.36, 9.35, 9.12, 8.32, 8.57, 7.98, and 8.99.
What is the value below which lie the scores of 73% of the judges?
A) 9.004 C) 9.351
B) 9.145 D) 9.653

7. What is the 63rd percentile ( P63 ) of the following scores of 20 students in

Mathematics: 25, 36, 24, 12, 35, 36, 45, 26, 34, 31, 32, 33, 25, 41, 39,
32, 37, 42, 19, and 22?
A) 26.97 C) 34.97
B) 32.97 D) 39.97

For items 8 to 12, refer to the table below.

Given the daily allowance of 60 students of Pangasinan National High School

Daily Baon Frequency
1 – 10 7
11 – 20 10
21 – 30 15
31 – 40 4
41 – 50 12
51 – 60 6
61 – 70 3
71 – 80 2
81 – 90 1

8. What is the 2nd Quartile ( Q2 ) of the daily allowance of 60 students in

PNHS?
A) 28.36 C) 29.17
B) 28.99 D) 29.56

9. What is the 5th Decile ( D5 ) of the daily allowance of 60 students in PNHS?

A) 28.36 C) 29.17
B) 28.99 D) 29.56

10. What is the 50th Percentile ( P50 ) of the daily allowance of the students?
A) 28.36 C) 29.17
B) 28.99 D) 29.56

11. What is the value below which lie the daily allowance of 25% of the
students?
A) 18.5 C) 20.5
B) 19.5 D) 21.5

12. What is the lowest daily allowance of the students top 10%?
A) 60.1 C) 61.1
B) 60.5 D) 61.5

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For items 13 to 15, refer to the table below.

Given the summative test scores of 50 Grade 10 students in Science.

Scores Frequency
21 – 25 4
26 – 30 8
31 – 35 11
36 – 40 9
41 – 45 12
46 - 50 6

13. What is the value below which lie the test scores of 75% of Grade 10
students in Science?
A) 41.36 C) 42.79
B) 41.75 D) 43.32

14. What is the 7th Decile ( D7 ) of the summative test scores of 50 Grade 10
students in Science?
A) 41.36 C) 42.79
B) 41.75 D) 43.32

15. What is the value below which lie the test scores of 20% of Grade 10
students in Science?
A) 29.25 C) 31.25
B) 30.36 D) 33.25

Additional Activities

Awesome! Before we end this module, let me introduce percentile rank. Are you
familiar with this concept? If not, allow me to introduce it to you.

The percentile corresponding to a given value x is computed by using the

formula:

(number of values below x ) + 0.5

percentile = 100%
total number of values

Task: Find the percentile rank of a test score of 49 in the data set given below.

12 28 35 42 47 49 50

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Key Answers

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References:
Department of Education (2015). Mathematics Learner’ Module Unit 4.

Downie, N. & Heath, R. (1984). Basic Statistical Methods (Fifth Edition). Harper
& Row, Publishers, Inc.

Levine, D. & Stephan, D. (2010). Even You Can Learn Statistics: A Guide for
Everyone Who Has Been Afraid of Statistics (Second Edition). Pearson
Education, Inc.

Parreño, E. & Jimenez, R. (2014). Basic Statistics: A Worktext (Second Edition).

C & E Publishing, Inc.

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