Jemarie C.

Lagado N323 – Monday, 2:00-4:00

Mathematics in the Modern World

Lesson 3.1
Learning Tasks/Activities & Assessment

Learning Tasks/Activities

A. Determine whether the numbers obtained in the following variables are quantitative or
qualitative.
1. Address Qualitative
2. Student Number Qualitative
3. Weight of wrestlers Quantitative
4. Happiness Rating Quantitative
5. Distance of planets Quantitative

B. Classify the following variables according to whether they are nominal, ordinal, interval,
or ratio data.
1. Brands of soft drinks Nominal
2. Birth orders of children in a family Ordinal
3. Places in a beauty contest Nominal
4. Scores on an aptitude test Interval
5. Attitudes toward the teaching profession Nominal
6. Efficiency ratings of employees Nominal
7. Grades in high school Interval
8. Heights of students Ratio Data
9. Varieties of corn Nominal
10. Family Income Ratio Data
C. Determine whether the numbers obtained in the following variables are discrete or
continuous.
1. Books in a library Discrete
2. Spots on a die Discrete
3. Weights of infants at birth Continuous
4. Coconut yield per hectare Continuous
5. Volume of a pail of water Continuous
6. Floor area of a classroom in a square meters Continuous
7. Distance traveled by a bus in one day Continuous
8. Number of domestic animals in a barangay Discrete
9. Average temperature of a place in one year Continuous
10. Length of residential lot Continuous

Assessment
Given below are the mathematics scores of 54 students in a high school senior class.

Mathematics Scores of 54 Students in a High School Senior Class

77 66 59 55 50 48 46 42 38
74 64 58 53 50 47 45 41 36
72 63 57 52 50 47 45 41 35
71 63 56 51 50 46 44 40 34
70 61 56 51 49 46 43 40 33
68 60 55 50 48 46 42 39 31

R = highest score – lowest score k = 1 + 3.3 (log n)

R = 77 – 31 k = 1 + 3.3 (log 54)
R = 46 k = 1 + 5.717
k = 6.717

R 46
c= = = 6.848 or 7
k 6.717
 A. Frequency Distribution Table

CUMULATIVE
CLASS CUMULATIVE RELATIVE
CLASS FREQUENCY CLASS RELATIVE
INTERVAL BOUNDERIES TALLY FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
(f) MARKS FREQUENCY
(LL - UL) (LB - UB) Less than More than rf (%)
<cf >cf (%)

31- 37 30.5 – 37.5 ‫׀׀׀׀‬ 5 34 5 54 9% 9%

38 – 44 37.5 – 44.5 ‫׀׀׀׀ ׀׀׀׀‬ 10 41 15 49 19% 28%

45 – 51 44.5 – 51.5 ‫׀׀׀׀ ׀׀׀׀ ׀׀׀׀ ׀׀׀‬ 18 48 33 39 33% 61%

52 – 58 51.5 – 58.5 ‫׀׀׀׀ ׀׀׀‬ 8 55 41 21 15% 76%

59 – 65 58.5 – 65.5 ‫׀׀׀׀ ׀‬ 6 62 47 13 11% 87%

66 – 72 65.5 – 72.5 ‫׀׀׀׀‬ 5 69 52 7 9% 96%

73 - 79 72.5 – 79.5 ‫׀׀‬ 2 76 54 2 4% 100%

B. Histogram
Histogram for Students` Mathematics Scores

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18
16
14
12
Frequency

10
8
6
4
2
0
34 41 48 55 62 69 76
Students' Mathematics Scores
C. Frequency Polygon
Frequency Polygon for Students’ Mathematics Score

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18
16
14
12
Frequency

10
8
6
4
2
0
34 41 48 55 62 69 76
Students' Mathematics Score

D. Ogive
Cumulative Frequency Polygon for Students` Mathematics Scores

120%
Cumulative Relative Frequency (%)

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%
34 41 48 55 62 69 76
Students' Mathematics Score