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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CITY OF MEYCAUAYAN

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MATHEMATICS
Fourth Quarter – Week 4 - 5 :
Solve Problems Involving
Measures of Position
(M10SP-IVD-e-1)
 SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING MEASURES OF
POSITION

LET US KNOW

This learner activity sheet was designed and written with the students
in mind. It was created to help them to solve problems involving measures of
positions. It can also be used in many different learning situations.

The learner activity sheet will focus on the topic:

• Solving Problems involving Measures of position

After you have gone through this learner activity sheet, you are
expected to solve problems involving measures of position.

LET US REVIEW

Directions: Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of

the best answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What measures of position divides the distribution into 100 equal
parts?
a. Quartiles b. Mean c. Percentiles d. Deciles
2. What measures of position divides the distribution into 10 equal
parts?
a. Quartiles b. Mean c. Percentiles d. Deciles

LET US STUDY

Measures of Position tell where a specific data value falls within the
data set or its relative position in comparison with other data values. The
most common measures of position are quartiles, deciles and percentiles.

QUARTILES
The quartiles are the score points which divide a distribution into four
equal parts.

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 Method of Finding the Quartile Value of the Grouped data
The formula in finding the quartiles for grouped data is
where:

[ ]
𝑘𝑁 LB = lower boundary of the Qk class
−𝑐𝑓𝑏 N = total frequency
4 cfb = cumulative frequency of the class before Qk
Formula: Qk = LB + i
𝑓𝑄 class
𝑘 fQ1 = frequency 0f the Qk clas
i = size of the class interval
k = nth quartile, where n = 1,2, and 3
Example: Suppose the Scores of the 50 students SCORES FREQUENCY
from the grade 10 in Malhacan Integrated School 46-50 4
in their quarterly Mathematics examination is 41-45 8
shown in the table. Calculate Q1,. 36-40 11
31-25 9
Solution: 26-30 12
𝑘𝑁
−𝑐𝑓𝑏 21-25 6
Q1= LB + [ 4
]i N = 50
𝑓𝑄
𝑘
<cf = 6
50
−6 Therefore, 25% of the
Q1 = 25.5 + [ 4
]5 fQ1 = 12
12 students have a score less
LB= 25.5
Q1 = 28.21 Final Answer than or equal to 28.21.
i=5

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DECILES
Deciles are those values of the variable that divide the total frequency
into 10 equal parts.

Method of Finding the Decile Value of the Grouped data

For continuous frequency distribution, the formula for ith quartile is
Where:
LB = lower boundary of the Qk class
N= total frequency

[ ]
𝑘𝑁 cfb = cumulative frequency of the class before Qk
−𝑐𝑓𝑏
10 class
Dk = LB + i
𝑓𝐷𝑘 fQ1 = frequency 0f the Qk clas
i = size of the class interval
k = nth quartile, where n = 1,2, and 3

The formula to calculate the Dk class is

𝑘𝑁
𝐷𝑘 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 = ; 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑁 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘 = 𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒
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Let us refer to the previous example on the scores of the 50(page 7)
students, calculate the 7th Decile

Example: The mathematics scores of 50 students in Malhacan Integrated

School is shown in the table. Calculate the 7th Decile.
Solution:
SCORES FREQUENCY
Step 1 Calculate the 𝐷𝑘 Class
46-50 4

Given: N = 50, k = 7 41-45 8

𝑘𝑁 7𝑁 7(50) 350 36-40 11
𝐷𝑘 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 = = = = = 35
10 10 10 10 31-25 9

This means that we have to find the class 26-30 12

interval where the 35th score is contained. 21-25 6

Step 2 Locate the class interval where the Dk class is situated

SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER CUMULATIVE N = 50
BOUNDARIES FREQUENCY
<cf = 27
(LB) <cf
fD7 = 11
46-50 4 45.5 50
LB= 35.5
41-45 8 40.5 46 i=5
36-40 fd7 = 11 LB = 35.5 38
31-25 9 30.5 <cf = 27 28th to 38th
26-30 12 25.5 18 score D7
21-25 6 20.5 6 class
i=5 ∑ 𝑓 = 50
The D7 class is class interval 36-40.

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 Step 2.B Solve D7. Use the formula.
𝑘𝑁
−𝑐𝑓𝑏 Given Therefore, 70% of
Dk = LB + [ 10𝑓 ]i
𝐷𝑘 N = 50
the students got
7(50) <cf = 27
−27
D7 = 35.5+ [ 10
]5 fD7 = 11 a score less than
11
LB= 35.5
D7 = 39.14 or equal to 39.14.
i=5
Percentile
Percentiles are the values of arranged data which divide whole data
into hundred equal parts.
A. Method of Finding the Percentile Value of the Ungrouped data
The formula for ith percentile is 𝑷𝒊 =
𝒊 ( 𝒏+𝟏) 𝒕𝒉
𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 ( ) 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛,
𝟏𝟎𝟎
Example: The test score of a sample of 20 students in a class are as
follows: 20,30,21,29,10,17,18,15,27,25,16,15,19,22,13,17,14,18,12 and 9.
Find the value of P10.
Solution: The sample size is n=20. The formula for ith percentile is
𝒊 ( 𝒏+𝟏) 𝒕𝒉
𝑷𝒊 = 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 ( 𝟏𝟎𝟎
) 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑖 = 1,2,3, . .99.,
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.
𝟏𝟎( 𝒏 + 𝟏) 𝒕𝒉
𝑷𝟏𝟎 = 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 ( ) 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎( 𝟐𝟎 + 𝟏) 𝒕𝒉
𝑷𝟏𝟎 = 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 ( ) 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑷𝟏𝟎 = 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 (𝟐. 𝟏)𝒕𝒉 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
= 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 (𝟐)𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒃𝒔. +𝟎. 𝟏 (𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 (𝟑)𝒕𝒉 )𝒐𝒃𝒔. −𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 (𝟐)𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒃𝒔.
= 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟎. 𝟏 (𝟏𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎)
= 𝟏𝟎. 𝟐 Thus, lower 10 % of the students had test score less
than or equal to 10.2.

LET US PRACTICE

Directions: Solve the following. Write your answer on a separate sheet of

paper.

1. The scores of 7 students in a 2. Mrs.De Guzman gives an 80-item

Mathematics seatwork are 7, test to 10 students. The scores of
4, 3, 6, 7, 4, 8. Find Q1, Q2, the students are as follows: {62, 52,
and Q3. 61, 43, 57, 68, 39, 56, 41, 65}.
Find the 40th percentile

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 LET US REMEMBER

Directions: Answer the following. Write your answers on a separate sheet of

paper.
I. What are the steps in solving word problems involving the following
a. Quartiles b. Deciles c. Percentiles

LET US APPRECIATE

Directions: Answer the following. Write your answers on a separate sheet of

paper.
1. Jayvee and his friends, Jerson, 2. Which of the following statement is
Jesrille and Darius took a Senior High false? Justify your answer.
School entrance test. Each of them got
a.Darius got the highest score among
the following rank 7.8th Decile, 75th
the four friends.
Percentile, 3rd Quartile and 79
b.Jerson and Jesrille scored higher
Percentile, respectively.
than 50% of the examinees.

LET US PRACTICE MORE

Directions: Analyze the data and answer the questions that follow. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

The following is a distribution for the number of Number of Number of

employees in 45 companies belonging to a Employees Companies
certain industry. 41 - 45 11
Determine the following 36 - 40 6
1. Third quartile, 31 - 35 9
2. 85th percentile, 26 - 30 7
21 - 25 8
16 - 20 4

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 EVALUATION

Directions: Complete the table below and answer the following questions.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Dennis and Christine scored 32 and 23, respectively, in the National

Career Assessment Examination (NCAE). The determining factor for a college
scholarship is that a student’s score should be in the top 10% of the scores
of his/her graduating class. The students in the graduating class obtained
the following scores in the NCAE.

NCAE SCORES f LB <cf

36- 41 6
36-38 7
33-35 9
30-32 13
27-29 22
24-26 10
21-23 9
18-20 7
15-17 8
12-14 4
9-11 2
6-8 1
3-5 1

1. Complete the table by filling in the values of LB (lower boundaries) and<cf

(less than cumulative frequency). Explain.

2. Find the 3rd quartile, 72nd percentile, and the 8th decile of the set of
data.

3. What is the percentile rank of Dennis and Christine?

4. Based on their percentile and percentile ranks, will Dennis and

Christine receive a scholarship? Explain your answer

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