Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XI
Division of Davao del Sur

FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully. Choose the correct answer from the choices
provided. Write the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is also the median score?

A. 75th percentile C. 3rd decile
B. 5th decile D. 1st quartile

2. What do you call each score point in a distribution when it is divided into hundred equal
parts?
A. decile C. percentile
B. median D. quartile

3. Which of the following could be considered as a lower quartile?

A. 50th percentile C. 3rd quartile
th
B. 25 percentile D. 2nd decile

4. Which of the following is the equivalent of 20th percentile?

A. 3rd quartile C. 2nd decile
B. 3rd decile D. 1st quartile

5. Which of the following is the simple calculation to find Q3?

A. 75th percentile C. 3rd decile
B. 50th percentile D. 2nd decile

6. Which of the given the set of scores: 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19, serves as the
median score?
A. 17 C. 15
B. 16 D. 13

7. In a mathematics test, Ana got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70th percentile. Which of
the following is NOT true?
A. Her score is below the 5th decile.
B. She scored above 70% of her classmates.
C. Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above.
D. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test.

8. In a 70-item test, William got a score of 50 which is the 3rd quartile. What conclusion can
you make about William’s score?
A. He got the highest score.
B. He surpassed 75% of her classmates.
C. His score is higher than 25% of her classmates.
D. Seventy-five percent of the class did not pass the test.
 9. What is the formula in finding the 3rd decile?
9 3
A. 𝐷3 = 10 (n+1) C. 𝐷3 = 10 (n+1)
7 1
B. 𝐷3 = 10 (n+1) D. 𝐷3 = 10 (n+1)

10. What does i stand for in the frequency distribution?

A. class interval C. cumulative frequency
B. class size D. frequency

11. What is the percentile rank of Arnel, if his score in a 75-item test was the median score?
A. 75th C. 35th
B. 50th D. 25th

12. In a group of 55 examinees taking the 50-item test, Rusty obtained a score of 38. What
does her score implies?
A. below the 3rd decile C. the 55th percentile
B. at the upper quartile D. below the 50th percentile

For items 13 to 16, refer to Table A below.

Table A
Cumulative Cumulative
Score Frequency
Frequency Percentage (%)
40-45 6 18 100.00
35-39 5 12 66.67
30-34 3 7 38.89
25-29 4 4 22.22

13. In finding for the 35th percentile, what cumulative frequency should be used?
A. 18 C. 7
B. 12 D. 4

14. What is the 45th percentile?

A. 35.6 C. 32.7
B. 33.4 D. 30.8

15. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Two students scored 30.
B. Six students scored less than 35.
C. Seven students scored less than 35.
D. Eleven students scored 35 and above.

16. In solving for the 60th percentile, what is the lower boundary?
A. 39.5 C. 34.5
B. 39 D. 34

17. What is the score points which divides a distribution into four equal parts?
A. decile C. percentile
B. mean D. quartile
 18. Which of the following does NOT belong to the measures of position?
A. decile C. percentile
B. mean D. quartile

19. What is the converted equivalence of the 90th percentile to decile distribution?
A. fifth decile C. seventh decile
B. ninth decile D. eleventh decile

For item numbers 20-22, the following are the number of likes gathered from Johnson’s 9
different Facebook posts, 30, 55 23, 75, 61, 42, 96, 14, and 89.

20. In arranging the data in ascending order, which comes third?

A. 42 C. 23
B. 30 D. 14

21. From Johnson’s 9 different Facebook posts, what would be the second quartile?
A. 75 C. 55
B. 61 D. 42

22. If Johnson has 100 friends, how many friends did not react to the status that belongs the
second quartile?
A. 86 C. 39
B. 45 D. 4

For item numbers 23-24, the following table show the weights (in kilograms) of 50 high school
students.
Less Than
Weights F Class Boundaries Cumulative
Frequency
40 - 42 1 39.5 - 42.5 1
43 - 45 1 42.5 - 45.5 2
46 - 48 2 45.5 - 48.5 4
49 - 51 3 48.5 - 51.5 7
52 - 54 6 51.5 - 54.5 13
55 - 57 7 54.5 - 57.5 20
58 - 60 15 57.5 - 60.5 35
61 - 63 8 60.5 - 63.5 43
64 - 66 7 63.5 - 66.5 50
∑f = 50

23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. There are more students who weigh 50-60 kg than 61-63 kg.
B. There are more students who weigh 49-51 kg than 46-48 kg.
C. There are more students who weigh 40-42 kg than 43-45 kg.
D. There are more students who weigh 55-57 kg than 52-54 kg.
 24. The 3rd decile is 55.36. What ideas can you add to the situation?
A. 50% of the 50 high school students have weights less than or equal to 55.36 kg.
B. 40% of the 50 high school students have weights less than or equal to 55.36 kg.
C. 30% of the 50 high school students have weights less than or equal to 55.36 kg.
D. 20% of the 50 high school students have weights less than or equal to 55.36 kg.

For items 25-26, given the formula,

25. In computing the quartiles of grouped data, what is N?

A. lower boundary C. size of class interval
B. total frequency D. cumulative frequency

26. In calculating Q1 class, what formula to be used?

3𝑁 𝑁
A. 4 C. 4
2𝑁 𝑁
B. D.
4 2

27. Which of the following formula is used if Gemma wants to know the 20th percentile of the
scores of her students’ grades in Math?
𝑘𝑁 𝑘𝑁
A. 100 C. 4
𝑘𝑁 𝑘𝑁
B. D.
10 2

For items 28-32, consider the grades of 15 students in Mathematics given below:
83 72 87 79 82
77 80 73 86 81
79 82 79 74 74

28. What is the third highest grade in the given data?

A. 89 C. 86
B. 87 D. 83

29. What grade of the students belongs to the fifth decile?

A. 72 C. 82
B. 79 D. 87

30. How many students belong to the 50th percentile?

A. 80 C. 9
B. 79 D. 8

31. How many students surpassed the fifth decile?

A. 10 C. 4
B. 7 D. 1
 32. If the median of the grades of 15 students is 79, what interpretation can you make?
A. Seven students graded lower than 79.
B. Seven students graded higher than 79.
C. Fourteen students graded lower than 79.
D. Seven students graded lower than 79 and seven students graded higher than 79.

For items 33-36, refer to the data given below.

The scores of a student in eleven examinations were: 86, 80, 70, 86, 78, 77, 69, 50, 70, 85,
and 55.

33. What is the 50th percentile?

A. 78 C. 70
B. 77 D. 55

34. What is the 5th decile?

A. 78 C. 70
B. 77 D. 55

35. What is the 2nd quartile?

A. 78 C. 70
B. 77 D. 55

36. The number of students caught daily for one week without ID by a school’s security guard
are: 25, 30, 17, 22, 26, 28. How many students belong to the 2nd quartile?
A. 28 C. 25.5
B. 26 D. 25

For items 37 – 39, refer to the problem below:

In a work study investigation, the times taken by 70 men in a firm to do a particular job were
tabulated as follows:
Less Than
Weights F Class Boundaries Cumulative
Frequency
40 - 44 3 39.5 - 44.5 3
45 - 49 6 44.5 - 49.5 9
50 - 54 2 49.5 - 54.5 11
55 - 59 7 54.5 - 59.5 18
60 - 64 9 59.5 - 64.5 27
65 - 69 11 64.5 - 69.5 38
70 - 74 12 69.5 - 74.5 50
75 - 79 6 74.5 - 79.5 56
80 - 84 5 79.5 - 84.5 61
85 - 89 3 84.5 - 89.5 64
90 - 94 4 89.5 - 94.5 68
95 - 99 2 94.5 - 99.5 70
∑f = 70
 37. Which of the following statement in the sequence of solving 25th percentile shows
INCORRECT process?
A. Determine the class size.
B. Locate the lower boundary.

C. Use the formula,

D. Arrange the scores from the lowest to highest.

38. In calculating the Less Than Cumulative Frequency, which is the CORRECT process?
I. Copy the first frequency for the first cumulative frequency.
II. Add the first and second frequency to get the next <cf.
III. Square the first frequency for the second cumulative frequency.

A. I and II C. II and III

B. I and III D. III only

39. To obtain the summation of frequency (∑f), which of the following statements is accurate?
A. The third quartile will be the ∑f.
B. Add all the frequencies to be the ∑f.
C. The middle of the interval will be the ∑f.
D. The last cumulative frequency will be the ∑f.

40. In a mathematics test which composed of 100 items, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile.
What does it imply?
A. The students should answer at least 75 items correctly to pass the test.
B. The students should answer at least 50 items correctly to pass the test.
C. The students should answer at most 75 items correctly to pass the test.
D. The students should answer at most 50 items correctly to pass the test.

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

GENE T. WABINGGA, MT-1 BERNADETTE P. REMONDE, MAEM

Sulop National High School Master Teacher 1 – Federico Yap NHS

MANEFER V. LERON, T-1

Lower Bala National High School

ANGEL MAE S. LONGAKIT, T-1

Molopolo National High School

Contents Evaluated by: Approved:

JOSEPHINE A. ARAGON ALICIA I. AYUSTE, Ph. D.

Principal 1 - Federico Yap NHS Education Program Supervisor - Math
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XI
Division of Davao del Sur

FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

ANSWER KEY

1. B 21. C
2. C 22. B
3. B 23. C
4. C 24. C
5. A 25. B
6. A 26. C
7. A 27. A
8. B 28. D
9. C 29. B
10. B 30. D
11. B 31. B
12. B 32. B
13. D 33. B
14. A 34. B
15. B 35. B
16. C 36. C
17. D 37. D
18. B 38. A
19. B 39. B
20. B 40. A