Name: Grade & Section: Score:

School: Teacher: Subject: Math 10

LAS Writer: EMETERIO J. FLORESCA, JR. Content Editor: CARLITO B. DIONEDAS, JR.
Lesson Topic: Solving problems involving measures of position (Quarter 4 Wk. 4 LAS 3)
Learning Targets: Solve problems involving measures of position (Percentile rank). (M10SP-IVd-e-1.3)
Reference(s): Callanta, Melvin M. et. al, 2015. Mathematics Grade 10 Learner’s Module. 1st ed. Pasig City: REX
Book Store Inc., pp.392-394.
CONTENT
Percentile rank are particularly useful in relating individual scores to their positions in the entire group. It is typically
defined as the proportion of scores in a distribution that a specific score is greater than or equal to. For instance, if you
received a score of 95 on a test and this score was greater than or equal to the scores of 85% of the students taking the test,
then your percentile rank is 85.
The percentile rank, denoted as PPR can be computed as follows
Where: PR = percentile rank
cfP = cumulative frequency of all the values below the critical value
100 (𝑃 − 𝐿𝐵)𝑓𝑃 P = raw score or value for which one wants to find the percentile rank
𝑃𝑃𝑅 = ( + 𝑐𝑓𝑃 )
𝑁 𝑖 𝐿𝐵 = lower boundary of the kth percentile class
i = size of the class interval
N = total frequency
EXAMPLE:
The table below shows the distribution for the number of employees in 45 companies belonging to a certain industry.
Find how many percent of the companies are have hired 40 employees or more.
SOLUTION
Lower
Number of Number of Number of Number of Cumulative
Boundaries
Employees Companies Employees Companies Frequency (cf)
(LB)
41 – 45 11 41 – 45 11 45.5 45
36 – 40 6 36 – 40 6 40.5 34
31 – 35 9 31 – 35 9 35.5 28
26 – 30 7 26 – 30 7 30.5 19
21 – 25 8 21 – 25 8 25.5 12
16 – 20 4 16 – 20 4 20.5 4
(i = 5) N= 45
40 is within 36 - 40 100 (𝑃 − 𝐿𝐵)𝑓𝑃
𝑃𝑃𝑅 = ( + 𝑐𝑓𝑃 )
LB = 35.5 𝑁 𝑖
N = 45 100 (40 − 35.5)6
P = 40 𝑃𝑃𝑅 = ( + 28)
45 5
fP = 6 (4.5)6
cfP = 28 𝑃𝑃𝑅 = 2.5 ( + 28)
5
i=5
27
𝑃𝑃𝑅 = 2.5 ( + 28)
5
𝑃𝑃𝑅 = 2.5(33.4)
𝑃𝑃𝑅 ≈ 84
Therefore, 84% of the companies have hired less than or equal to 40
employees, while 16% of them have hired more than 40 employees.

ACTIVITY

Using the same table above, find how many percent of the companies have hired 30 employees.