I.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:
1. Define quartiles;
2. Identify the formula to be used and use it in calculating quartiles
3. Apply the interpolation method; and
4. Apply the idea of percentile in real life situation

II. SUBJECT MATTER

MEASURES OF POSITION
Subtopic : Quartile for Ungrouped Data & Box and Whisker Plot
References : Mathematics Learner’s Module for Grade 10, pp. 362-372
Materials : Powerpoint Presentation, Chalkboard, Chalk

III.PROCEDURES
A. Activity
Strike a Pose!

Mechanics:
1. The class will be divided into two groups
2. The teacher will project poses from famous groups
3. The learners must copy the position showed to them by the teacher
4. The group with the most flawless and perfect copy wins a point

B. Priming/Activating Prior knowledge

Find your Center
x+ y
The midpoint between two numbers x and y on the real number line is
2

.
A
.B
.
C

y
x x+ y
2
´
1. Find the coordinates of the midpoint (Q1) of AB

. . .
A Q1 B

x x+ y
2
´
2. Find the coordinates of the midpoint (Q2) of BC

x+ y
.
B
.Q2
.
C

y
2
 C. Analysis

´ represents a distribution. What does point B represent in

1. In the given example, AC
the distribution?
2. How did you find the coordinates of the midpoints?

D. Abstraction

The Quartile of Ungrouped Data

Quartiles are the three score points that divides the distribution into four equal
parts
k
Q k = (n+1)
4
Where:
k is the position
n is the total number of observations
Steps in finding Qk
1. Arrange the data from lowest to highest
2. Apply the formula

Example 1
Let’s Do This
Directions: Find the quartiles of the given distribution

A group of students obtained the following scores in their 10-Item Math quiz:
8, 5, 2, 4, 8, 5, 7, 1, 3, 6, 9

First arrange the data in ascending order

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9

Q1 Q2 Q3
Lower Median Upper
Quartile Quartile

 Q1, first quartile 3 is obtained by finding the middle value of the first half
of the given
 Q2, second quartile 5 is obtained by finding the middle value of the
sequence. It is also equal to the median
  Q3, third quartile 8 is obtained by getting the middle value of the second
half

Example 2
What about this?
Directions: Try these example, find Q1,Q2 and Q3

1. 1, 27, 16, 7, 31, 7, 30, 3, 21

Interpolation
When Qk is a decimal number, we use Interpolation to find the exact value of Qk
Steps of Interpolation
1. Subtract the two data that encompasses the solved kth position
2. Multiply the result from step 1 by the decimal part obtained from the kth
position
3. Add the result in step 2 to the second or smaller number

E. Application

Activity 1
Pair Share
Directions: Read, analyze and solve the problem below.

1. 290, 260, 430, 370, 180. Solve for Q1, Q2, Q3 and IQR
2. The owner of the 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.
Find the lower quartile, median, upper quartile and IQR of the data.
3. The lower quartile of the data set is the 6th data value. How many data values are
there in a data set?
4. The lower quartile of the data set is the 8th data value. How many values are there
in the data sets?

Activity 2
Solve me
Directions: Solve for Q1, Q2, Q3 of the given data below.

Given are the scores of 10 students in their mathematics activity: 4, 9, 7, 14, 10,
8, 12, 15, 6 and 11
IV. EVALUATION
Directions: Find the Q1, Q2, Q3
1. 3, 3.5, 3.8, 6, 4, 14, 18, 28, 17, 23, 21, 15, 5.5, 3.7, 2.3, 33, 11
2. 1, 5, 6, 2, 7, 15, 13, 18, 27, 58, 46, 73, 16, 31, 5.8, 7.3, 24.2, 24, 21, 19, 19.3
3. 7, 8, 5.5, 13, 11, 17, 23, 21, 12, 16, 48, 78, 63, 33, 23, 43, 73, 83, 38, 37, 34, 36, 19, 3,
4, 1, 101, 193
4. 1010, 213, 168, 3333, 3312, 3123, 196, 146, 63, 22, 23, 28, 19, 3, 212, 148, 168, 111,
121, 133, 29.3, 27.6, 38.5, 26.8, 43.3, 33.3, 103.19, 131.3,101.19

V. CLOSURE
A. Search for the meaning of a Box and Whisker Plot

Prepared by: Checked and Observed by:

Gim B. Sadol Mrs. Shirley P. Pascual

Student Teacher, GFMNHS-Main Cooperating Teacher, GFMNHS-Main