Mathematics 10

Fourth Quarter Examination

Name: _________________________________ Score: ___________

Grade & Section: _________________________ Date: ____________
School: _________________

Directions: Read and understand the questions carefully. Choose only the letter of your answer
and write it on the space provided.

_____ 1. Which of the following may also represent the median score?
A. 75th Percentile B. 5th Decile C. 3rd Decile D. 1st Quartile

_____ 2. What do you call each score point that describes the distribution when a distributionis
divided into hundred equal parts?
A. Percentile` B. Decile C. Quartile D. 3rd Quartile

______ 3. Which of following is equivalent to the lower quartile?

A. 50th Percentile B. 2nd Decile C. 25th Percentile D. 3rd Quartile

______ 4. In the set of scores 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12 and 19, what is the median score?
A. 17 B. 16 C. 15 D. 13

______ 5. Given the data set{16, 7,3,7,1,31,30,21,27}, determine the VALUE of the lower quartile
using the Sincich and Mendenhall Method.
A. 7 B.16 C.3 D. 21

_______ 6. What do you call to the estimation of a value within two known values in a sequence of
values sometimes (but not always) produces the same results.
A. Decile B. Quartile C. Percentile D. Interpolation

_______7. What do you call the difference between Q3 and Q1?

A. Interdecile Range B. Interquartile Range C. Percentile D. Interpolation

_______ 8. Arrange the following steps in determining the measures of position using Linear
Interpolation.
I. Multiply the result by the decimal partobtained in the given position.
II. Add the result to the smaller number.
III. Subtract the smaller from the bigger number in which the given position.
A.I,II, III B. II,III,I C. III, I, II D. III, II,I

_______ 9. Which of the following is NOT a value of median?

A. P50 B. Q2 C. P25 D. D5

_______ 10. Which of the following has the same value of the Upper Quartile?
A. P72 B. Q3 C. D5 D. D2.5

_______ 11. If you are the 3rd tallest student in a group of 10, therefore ____________.
A. 7 students are taller than you.
B. 3 students are shorter than you.
C. 70% of the students are shorter than you
D. 70% of the students are taller than you

______12. Given P10=12, D5=32, Q3=85, P45=30, Q1=14, D2=13 and P95=98. What is the
equivalent value of P75?
 A. 98 B. 85 C. 32 D. 75

______ 13. The following are test scores of a random sample of 10 students. If Yvonne’s score is
the 30th percentile, what is her score?

35, 42, 40, 28, 15, 23, 33, 20, 18, 28

A. 40 B. 20 C. 30 D. 15

______ 14. Geraldine was asked to find the value of D3given the data set {15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28,
33, 35, 40, 42} using the Sincich and Mendenhall Method. The following is her solution

3
POSITION of D3= (n+1)
10
3
= (10+1)
10
3
= (11)
10
33
= = 3.3 ≈ 3
10
Answer: 3

Suppose you were asked to check her solution, did she arrive at the correct answer?

A. Yes, there was no error in the solution.

B. No, she was not able to use the correct formula which is
3
D3= (n+1)
4
C. No, since hern value must be 42.
D. No, since she only identified the position and not the value of the third decile.

For numbers 15 and 16, refer to the following table.

Score Frequenc Cf
y
40-44 15 40
35-39 5 25
30-34 10 20
25-29 10 10

_______15. Which of the following formula and values are needed in finding the 3 rd Quartile?

[ ] [ ]
3(40) 3(40)
−20 −25
A. Q3=34.5+ 4 5 C. Q3=39.5+ 4 5
5 15

[ ] [ ]
3(40) 3(40)
−40 −25
B. Q3=39.5+ 4 4 D. Q3=39.5+ 4 4
15 15

_______ 16. What is the value of 50th Percentile?

A. 34.5 B. 33 C. 31.25 D. 32.5

For item 17-18, Using Linear Interpolation, solve the measures of position given the following
scores.
 8,13,15,16,20,21,21, 30, 35, 38, 43, 48

_______ 17. Calculate D2.

A. 12.2 B. 13.2 C. 14.2 D. 15.2

_______ 18. Calculate Q3

A. 35.25 B. 36.25 C. 37.25 D. 38.25

______ 19. Mary Jay got a score of 55 which is the 70th percentile in a test. Which of the
following is false?
A. She scored above 70% of his classmates.
B. 30% of the class got scores of 55 and above.
C. Her score is below the 5th decile.
D. If the passing mark is the median, then she passed the test.

______ 20. In a 70-item quiz, Mariz got a score of 50 which is the 3rd quartile. This means:
A. She got the highest score.
B. Her score is higher than 25% of her classmates.
C. She surpassed 75% of her classmates.
D. 75% of the class did not pass the quiz.

______ 21. The first quartile of the ages of 250 Grade 10 students of XNHS is 16 years old.
Which of the following is true?
A. Most of the students are below 16.
B. 75% of the students are 16 years old and above.
C. 25% of the students are 16 years old.
D. 75% of the students are 16 years old.

______ 22. Ma. Priscilla is a guidance counselor in one big school. Her salary is in the 7 th decile.
If you were Ma. Priscilla, will you be glad about your salary or not?
A. Yes, since 70% of the employees receive a salary that is less than or equal to her salary
and only 30% receive a salary that is greater than or equal to her salary.
B. No, since only 30% of the employees receive a salary that is less than or equal to her
salary and 70% receive a salary that is greater than or equal her salary.
C. Yes, since 50% of the employees receive a salary that is less than or equal to her salary
and 50% receive a salary that is greater than or equal her salary.
D. No, since only 7% of the employees receive a salary that is less than or equal to her salary
and 93% receive a salary that is greater than or equal her salary.
For items23-30, refer to the following table.
MATHEMATICS TEST SCORES
Score Frequency Lower Boundary Less Than Cumulative
Frequency
46-50 8 45.5 50
41-45 7 40.5 42
36-40 13 35.5 35
31-35 12 30.5 22
26-30 6 25.5 10
21-25 4 20.5 4
_______ 23. What is the frequency of the Q1 class?
A. 12 B. 6 C. 4 D. 13
_______ 24. What is the cumulative frequency of the class before Q1 class?
A. 50 B. 35 C. 10 D. 4
_______ 25. What is the frequency of the 7th Decile class?
A. 12 B. 6 C. 13 D. 4

_______ 26. What is the cumulative frequency of the class before the 50th percentile class?
A. 42 B. 35 C. 10 D. 22
_______ 27. What is the frequency of the Q3 Class?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 7 D. 13
_______ 28. Calculate for the 4th decile or D4?
A. 34.65 B. 31.12 C. 31.65 D. 34.78
_______ 29. Solve for Q2.
A. 36.33 B. 38.12 C. 38.93 D. 36.65
_______ 30. Solve for P60.
A. 38.93 B. 38.60 C. 36.50 D. 36.7