Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
STO. NINO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sto. Nino, South Cotabato

GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS
FOURTH QUARTER ASSESSMENT

Name ________________________________ Year & Section __________________ Score ____

GENERAL INSTRUCIONS: Choose the letter that you think best answers the questions. Write your answer on the
blank provided before the number.
KNOWLEDGE:
___1.Which of the following is also known as median score?
a. 75th percentile b. 5thdecile c. 3rddecile d. 1st quartile
___2. Which of the following best describes a point score when a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts.
a. Percentile b. decile c. quartile d. median
___3.What is the equivalent position of the 50th percentile rank?
a. 5thdecile b. 2nd quartile c. median d. all of the above
___4. Which of the following is equivalent to the lower quartile?
a. 50th percentile b. 25th percentile c. 7th decile d. 3rd quartile
___5. What is the ninth score point that divides the distribution into ten groups?
a. Percentile b. decile c. quartile d. median
___6. Mila’s score in 70-item test was median score. What is her percentile rank?
a. 75th b.50th c.35th d. 25th
___7. What does second quartile mean from the scores of the students?
a. Mode b. median c. mean d. standard deviation
___8. What is the first step to find the second quartile?
a. Arrange the random data in ascending order. c. Arrange the random data in any order.
b. Arrange the random data in vertical order. d. Arrange the random data in horizontal order.
For Question 9 – 10. Below is a table of frequency of 50 students who took their 3 rdquarterly test in Mathematics:

Less than
Class Interval Frequency Lower Boundaries
Cumulative
Scores f LB
Frequency (<cf)
46 - 50 4 45.5 50
41 – 45 7 39.5 46
36 – 40 14 35.5 39
31 – 35 8 30.5 25
26 – 30 12 25.5 17
21 - 25 5 20.5 5
___9. What class interval has the highest frequency?
a. 46 – 50 b. 41 – 45 c. 36 – 40 d. 31 – 35
___10. What class interval is being used in the table?
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2

COMPREHENSION
___11. Differentiate a quartile from a decile measure of position.
a. They are just the same.
b. A quartile is a measure of 25 scores only while a decile is a measure of 10 scores.
c. A quartile measure divides a distribution into four (4) equal parts while a decile measure divides a
distribution into 10 equal parts.
d. All of the above.
___12. Juan Maculit is an employee at Gaisano Mall of Gensan. His salary is in the 8thdecile. Interpret the meaning of
8thdecile.
a. 80% of the employees receive salaries lower than or equal to the salary of Juan Maculit.
b. 20 % of the employees receive salaries lower than or equal to his salary.
c. 80% of the employees receive salaries higher than or equal to his salary.
d. 20% of the employees receive salaries equalto the salary of Juan Maculit.
___13. Cathy belongs to the third quartile (Q3) in their Statistics class. Describe its importance to Cathy.
a. She should study some more because she belongs to the lower half of the class.
 b. She should be happy because she belongs to the top half of the class.
c. She will fail the subject.
d. Could not be determined from the given data.
___14. 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.
___15. In the set of scores 14 , 17 , 10 , 22 , 19 , 24 , 8 , 12 , and 19, which of the following is the 5 thdecile?
a. 17 b. 15 c. 16 d. 13
th
___16.Angelo rank 10 in a class of 40. Describe the percentile rank.
a. 75 b. 90 c. 10 d. 25
___17. The bar graph at the right shows the scores obtained from 20
throws of a die. What is the lower quartile?
a. 2 c. 3
a. 2.5 d. 5
___18. Mira got the fourth highest score in the score distribution given
Below. Distinguish the next lower score from Mira’s score.
a. 81 b. 82 c. 83 d. 85

80 79 89 81 76 77 83 82
78 86 91 75 79 85 80

For Questions 19 – 20. Below is a table of frequency of 50 students who took their 3 rdquarterly test in Mathematics:

Class Interval Frequency Lower Less than

Scores f Boundaries Cumulative
LB Frequency (<cf)
46 - 50 4 45.5 50
41 – 45 7 39.5 46
36 – 40 14 35.5 39
31 – 35 8 30.5 25
26 – 30 12 25.5 17
21 - 25 5 20.5 5

___19. Which statement best describes the less than cumulative frequency (<cf) of 25 in the table?
a. 25 students have scores less than or equal to 31 – 35 in the quarterly test.
b. 25 students have lower scores than all the rest.
c. 25 students got scores below the lower boundary of 30.5.
d. 50% of the class has scores of 25.
___20. If the class interval of 46 – 50 has a frequency of 4, it means that
a. Only 4 students got scores that ranges from 46 - 50.
b. 4 students got highest in the test.
c. 4 students got perfect scores.
d. Only 4 students passed the test.

APPLICATION:
___21.Calculate the third quartile (Q3) of the following numbers 12, 5, 22, 30, 7, 36, 14, 42, 15, 53, 25, 65.
a. 13 b. 23.5 c. 39 d. 65
___22.The Math test scores were: 50, 30, 38, 42, 44, 38, 33, 35, 40, 48. Solve the percentile rank for a score of 38 on
this test.
a. 80th percentile b. 60th percentile c. 50th percentile d. 40th percentile
___23. What are the quartiles for the following set of numbers?
8, 11, 20, 10, 2, 17, 15, 5, 16, 15, 25, 6
a. Q1 = 15, Q2 = 16, Q3 = 15.5 c. Q1 = 6, Q2 = 13, Q3 = 17
b. Q1 = 7, Q2 = 13, Q3 = 16.5 d. Q1 = 8, Q2 = 13, Q3 = 16
___24. Consider the table drawn at the right. Solve the 50th percentile.
a. 36 b. 37 c. 36.5 d. 37.5
___25.If the scores of ten students are 35, 42, 40, 28, 15, 23, 33, 20, 18
and 28. Which of the following is the value of the 80 th percentile
or P80?
 a. 33 b. 35 c. 40 d. 42
For items 26 – 27. Consider the score distribution of 15 students given below in their Mathematics Test.

80 79 89 81 76 77 83 82
78 86 91 75 79 85 80

___26. Complete the scores : 77, 78 of the students which are less than or equal to 25% of the data.
a. 77, 78, 79, 79 b. 75, 76, 77, 78 c. 76, 77, 78, 79 d. 77.78, 79, 80
k
___27. Applying the formula of D K = (n+1), find the 5th decile or D5.
10
a. 78 b. 79 c. 80 d. 81
th
___ 28. If the D4 class is 20, calculate the 4 decile of the Mathematics quarterly scores of 50 students, given that the
lower boundary LB is 30.5, cfb is 17, class interval i is 5 and frequency of D4 is 8.
a. 30.5 b. 31.2 c. 32.4 d. 33.7
___ 29. Given that the Q3 class is 36, LB is 35.5,cfb is 20, class interval i is 5 and frequency f of Q3 is 7, solve for the
third Quartile.
a. 35.5 b. 39. 6 c. 41. 7 d. 46.9
th
___30. Find the 70 percentile of the given data:
FREQUENCY TABLE OF THE DAILY ALLOWANCE OF 60 STUDENTS

Class Interval Frequency (f) Less than

Cumulative
Frequency (<cf)
81 – 90 7 60
71 – 80 10 53
61 – 70 15 43
51 – 60 4 28
41 – 50 12 24
31 – 40 6 12
21 – 30 3 6
11 – 20 2 3
1 -10 1 1

a. 70.3 b. 69.8 c. 67. 9 d. 65. 4

ANALYSIS/ANALYZING:
___31.If Ana is the third tallest in a group of 10 students, what can you infer from this?
a. Ana is the tallest. c. Seven students are taller than Ana.
b. Two others are taller than Ana. d. Three students have the same height as Ana

For Questions No’s. 32 to 33. Refer to the data given at the

right.
___32. In solving for the 60 th percentile, which of the following
is the lower boundary?
a. 34 b. 34.5 c. 39 d. 39.5
___33. What cumulative frequency should be used in solving for
the 35th percentile?
a. 4 b. 7 c. 12 d. 18
___34. If you are the fourth tallest person in a group of 20, which of the following is NOT true?
a. 20% of people are higher than you.
b. if your height is 1.6m, then 1.6m is the 80th percentile height in that group.
c. 80% of the people are shorter than you
d. you belong to the second quartile of the group
For items 35 to 36. Consider the score distribution of 15 students given below in their Mathematics Test.

80 79 89 81 76 77 83 82
78 86 91 75 79 85 80

___35. Which scores below are arranged in an organized manner?

a. 75, 75, 76, 77, 78, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 91
b. 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 79, 80, 81, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 91
c. 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 79, 80, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 91
d. 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 79, 80, 80, 81, 81, 83, 85, 86, 89, 91
___36. Classify the following score distribution that belongs to the upper quartile.
a. 85, 86, 89, 91 b. 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 91 c. 83, 85, 86, 89, 91 d. 81, 82, 83,85, 86, 89

FREQUENCY TABLE OF THE DAILY ALLOWANCE OF 60 STUDENTS

Class Interval Frequency (f) Less than

Cumulative
Frequency (<cf)
81 – 90 7 60
71 – 80 10 53
61 – 70 15 43
51 – 60 4 28
41 – 50 12 24
31 – 40 6 12
21 – 30 3 6
11 – 20 2 3
1 -10 1 1

___ 37. If Maganda ranks 75th among the 60 students having the daily allowance as shown above, it means that
a. Her allowance is 75.
b. She got the highest allowance among the 60 students.
c. She belongs to the class interval of 71 – 80
d. 25% of the 60 students have allowances above the allowance that Maganda has.
___ 38. Ramon conducted a mini-research on the academic performance of Grade 10-Narra in the final examination
in Mathematics. What statistical method will be used if Ramon wanted to compare the performance of male
and female students in the said class?
a. Compare the 75th percentile of the scores of the two gender
b. Compare the 2nd quartiles of the scores of the two gender
c. Determine the average and use this to compare the performance of male and female students
d. Compare the upper 75% of both genders who got 75% passing score.

EVALUATION/EVALUATING:
___39. You are determined to become a Mindanao State University student, but to be admitted, your score must
belong to the top 20% of all students who took the test. In what rank should your score be?
a. 9th decile b. 2nd quartile c. 80th percentile d. all of the above

___ 40.If Macho Nurin got a 99 percentile rank among the 100 applicants who took the qualifying test for employees
of Dunkin’ Donuts, what conclusion can you make about his result?
a. There are still 98 applicants who got scores below his score.
b. He is the topnotcher among those applicants who took the qualifying test.
c. His score is 99 in the qualifying test.
d. None of the above.
___41. The first quartile of the ages of 100 fourth year students is 15 years. What can you conclude from this data?
a. Most of the students are 15 years old.
b. Seventy five percent of the students are 15 years old and above.
c. 75 students have ages that are younger than 15 years old
d. Twenty per cent of the students are 15 years old.
___42. Mark is working in a company and his salary is in 9 thdecile. Which of the following is the most accepted reason
why Mark should be glad of his salary?
a. 90% of the employees receive a salary that is lower than Mark’s salary.
b. Mark is the 2nd employee who is receiving a high salary
b. Mark belongs to 9 persons who are receiving a high salary.
c. 90% of employees who are receiving a high salary and Mark belong to it.
___43.Mario’s NCAE result revealed that his score belongs to 85th percentile. What does it mean?
a. The score of Mario is 85
b. Mario belongs to 85 students who topped the exam.
c. 15% of students have score lower than the score of Mario
d. There are 85% of students whose scores are equal or lower than the score of Mario
___44.The 7thdecile of the scores of 50 students in Statistics class is 38, that falls in the class interval of 36 – 40,
which of the following is the correct conclusion?
a. 38 students got scores that fall in the class interval of 36 – 40.
b. 38 students got scores within or below the class interval of 36 – 40.
c. 70% of the class got scores less than or equal to 38.
 d. 70% of the class got scores of 38.
___45. The five major officers of the Supreme Student Government of Masaya National High School are collecting
and segregating paper wastes per week. The following were the weights of paper collected by the five major
officers respectively: 0.35 kg, 0.82 kg, 0.47 kg, 0.5 kg, 0.43 kg. Assess the position of the third major officer
based on the weights of paper collected.
a. 2nddecile b. 2nd quartile c. 3rd quartile d. 3rddecile

SYNTHESIS/CREATING:

___46. Make a generalization on the concept of the three measures: quartile, decile and percentile.
i. They demonstrate position
ii. They represent location
iii. They show rank.

a. i only b. ii only c. iii only d. all of the above

___47. Consider the score distribution of 15 students given below:

83 72 87 79 82
77 80 73 86 81
79 82 79 74 74

Make a table of frequency based on the above given score distribution.

a. b.

c. d.

___48.The following data represents the heights (in inches) of 14 students in Mrs. Tapia’s Math class: 65, 63, 68, 59,
74, 59, 68, 61, 64, 60, 69, 72, 55, 64. Design a frequency table that will best show the median.

a. b.

Interval Frequency Interval Frequency

51-55 1 55-58 1
56-60 4 59-62 4
61-65 4 63-66 4
66-70 3 67-70 3
70-75 2 71-74 2
c. d.
Interval Frequency Interval Frequency

51-60 1 55 - 59 1

61- 70 4 60 - 64 4

71 - 80 4 65 - 69 4

81 - 90 3 70 - 74 3

91 - 100 2 75 - 79 2
___49.Jessa, Jannie and Rofel scored 23, 27 & 34 respectively in a Barangay Scholarship Examinations. In
determining the number of scholars, the students’ scores should be in the top ten per cent (10%) of the scores
of the students who took the test. The students’ percentile ranks are 78th, 80th and 89th respectively. Who
among the three students are qualified for the scholarship?
a. Only Rofel b. Jannie and Rofel c. All of them d. None of them
___50.The following data is exam grades of 10 students in a math class. If students who received at least an 85% on
this exam received a “5 stars”, what per cent of the students received a “5 stars”?

Scores Frequency
69 - 76 1
77 - 84 4
85 - 92 4
93 - 100 1

a. 50% b. 60% c. 70% d. 80%

ANSWER’S KEY

1. B 18. C 35. C
2. A 19. A 36. A
3. D 20. A 37. D
4. B 21. C 38. C
5. A 22. D 39. A
6. B 23. B 40. A
7. B 24. C 41. B
8. A 25. B 42. A
9. C 26. B 43. D
10. A 27. C 44. B
11. C 28. C 45. B
12. A 29. D 46. D
13. B 30. B 47. B
14. A 31. B 48. B
15. A 32. B 49. D
16. A 33. B 50. A
17. A 34. D
___ 21.The following data are exam grades of 10 students in a math class. Which interval contains the first (lower)
quartile?
Interval Frequency
69 - 76 1
77 - 84 4
85 - 92 4
93 - 100 1

a. 69 – 76 b. 77 – 84 c. 85 – 92 d. 93 – 100