Name: ___________________________________________Grade & Section: _________________

Subject: Mathematics 10 Teacher: __________________________________ Score: __________

Lesson : Quarter 4 Week 1 LAS 1

Activity Title : Measures of Position for Ungroup Data (Quartile)
Learning Target : Illustrates the measures of quartiles position
Reference(s) : Learning Materials in Mathematics 10, MELC M10SP-IVa-1
LAS Writer : Ann D. Nierre

The Quartile for Ungroup Data

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

25% 25% 25% 25%

Q1 (upper quartile) Q2 (median) Q3 (lower quartile)

Example: The scores of students in a Mathematics seatwork
2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 17, 19, 19

Q1 Q2 Q3
Twenty five Fifty percent of Seventy five of
percent of data data is lower data is lower than
is lower than 7
and seventy five than 11 and fifty 14 and twenty
percent is higher percent is higher percent higher
than 7 than 11 than 14

Activity: Multiple Choice

Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the blank before the number.
_____1. The median score is also the ___________.
A. 1st quartile B. 2nd quartile C. 3rd quartile D. percent
_____2. The lower quartile is equal to ___________.
A. 1st quartile B. 2nd quartile C. 3rd quartile D. quartile
_____3. The upper quartile is equal to ___________.
A. 1st quartile B. 2nd quartile C. 3rd quartile D. 1st decile
_____4. In a 70 – item test, Melody got a score of 50 which is the third quartile. This means that:
A. She got the highest score
B. Her score is higher than 25% of her classmates
C. She surpassed 75% of her classmates
D. Seventy-five percent of the class did not pass the test.
_____5. In a 100-item test, 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.