Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VII-CENTRAL VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SIQUIJOR
MARIA INTEGRATED SCHOOL

FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS 10
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. What is used for quantitative data that falls on some numerical scale?
A. Measures of central tendency C. Measures of position
B. Measures of dispersion D. Measures of variance

2. Which is equivalent to the middle quartile?

A. Decile B. Median C. Percentile D. Quartile

3. What value divides a set of data into 10 equal parts?

A. Decile B. Percentile C. Quartile D. Variance

4. What value divides a set of ordered observations into 100 equal parts?
A. Decile B. Percentile C. Quartile D. Variance

5. What is the estimation of a value within two known values in a sequence of values?
A. Decile B. Dispersion C. Interpolation D. Median

For questions 5-10, refer on the table below. Then, compute for D 5.

Weight Frequency Lower Less Than

(lb) (f) boundaries(LB) Cumulative
frequencies(<cf)
210 - 219 1 209.5 120
200 - 209 2 199.5 119
190 - 199 5 189.5 117
180 - 189 6 179.5 112
170 - 179 13 169.5 106
160 - 169 18 159.5 93
150 - 159 25 149.5 75
140 - 149 28 139.5 50
130 - 139 17 129.5 22
120 - 129 4 119.5 5
110 -119 1 109.5 1

6. To compute for D5, what value must be computed first?

kN
A. LB B.C fb C. D. N
10

kN
7. What is the value of k in ?
10
A. 3 B. 5 C.6 D.7
 kN
8. What is the result when you compute for ?
10
A.60 B.70 C.75 D.80

9. What is the lower boundary (LB)?

A.149.5 B.159.5 C.169.5 D.179.5

10. Compute for D5. What is the result?

A.149.5 pounds B.153.5 pounds C.155.5 pounds D.159.5 pounds

11. Interpret: “The 50th percentile of the given distribution of 15 students is 79.”
A. Fourteen students scored lower than 79.
B. Seven students scored higher than 79.
C. Seven students scored lower than 79.
D. Seven students scored lower than 79 and seven students scored higher
than 79.

12. How can we interpret the value of P45 = 34.5?

A. That 45% of the data value is less than or equal to 34.5.
B. That 55% of the data value is greater than or equal to 34.5.
C. That 45% of the data value is greater than or equal to 34.5.
D. That 55% of the data value is less than 34.5.

13. What does it mean if 𝑄1 is 11.67?

A. 25% of the students have at least 11 active android applications.
B. 11 students have at least 25% of the active android applications.
C. 11 students have at most 25% of the active android applications.
D. 25% of the students have at most 11 active android applications.

14. In the 2019 National Career Achievement Examination (NCAE), Esmeralda’s score in
the Mathematics Ability Test is at 99th percentile rank. What does this mean?
A. Esmeralda scored the highest.
B. Esmeralda’s score is 99 points.
C. Esmeralda is the 99th in position among all the examinees.
D. Esmeralda scored higher than the other 99% of the examinees.

15. Among the list of selected forty-five countries (arranged in ascending order), UK’s
social media usage penetration which is 66% is the fifth decile. United States’ 70% social
media penetration is the sixth decile. The Philippines has 67% social media usage
penetration. What does this mean?
A. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than 22 countries.
B. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least 22
countries.
C. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than 23 countries.
D. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least 23
countries.

For questions 16 - 21,refer the table below. Compute for Q1.

Less than
Marks Frequency(f) Cumulative Cumulative
Frequency(<cf) Boundaries(LB)
21 - 30 12 12 20.5
3 1- 40 21 33 30.5
41 - 50 34 67 40.5
51 - 60 20 87 50.5
61 - 70 6 93 60.5
71 - 80 4 97 70.5
81 - 90 3 100 80.5
16. How can we get the total frequencies or N?
A. By adding all the frequencies.
B. By subtracting 0.5 from the lower limit column.
C. By adding the frequencies starting from the top going down.
D. By subtracting and adding 0.5 from the lower and upper limits respectively.

17. What is the size of the class interval (i)?

A.4 B.10 C.15 D.25

18. What is the value of k?

A. 1 B. 2 C.3 D. 4

kN
19. What is the result when you compute for ?
4
A.25 B.30 C. 35 D. 40

20. What is the lower boundary (LB)?

A.20.5 B.30.5 C.40.5 D.50.5

21. Compute for Q1. What is the result?

A.26.69 B.30.69 C.36.69 D.42.69

For questions 22-26, refer the table below. Compute for P10.

Class Interval Frequency LB <cfb

134 - 139 10
128 - 133 9
122 - 127 8
116 - 121 1
110 - 115 5
104 - 109 2
98 - 103 9
92 - 97 5
86 - 91 1
N = 50

22. To compute for P10, what value must be computed first?

kN
A. LB B. <cfb C. D. N
100

kN
23. What is the result when you compute for if you want to find P10?
100
A. 5 B. 6 C. 11 D. 17.5

kN
24. What is k in if you want to find for P10?
100
A. 6 B. 10 C. 50 D. 100

25. What is your lower boundary (LB) if you want to find for P10?
A. 17.5 B. 34.5 C. 91.5 D. 96.5

26. What is the size of the class interval of the data given in the table above?
A. 6 B. 10 C. 50 D. 100

27. What is the systematic investigation and study of materials and sources to establish
facts and reach new conclusions?
 A. research C. practical research
B. casual research D. relational research

28. What is the nature of the problem or statement of the problem?

A. title B. introduction C. conclusion D. literature review

29. What is the collection of information about a study under investigation. It may be a
number (quantitative), or a word (qualitative)?
A. data C. Qualitative methodology
B. Research methodology D. Quantitative methodology

30. What is collecting and analyzing non- numerical data (e.g., text, video, or audio) to
understand concepts, opinions, or experiences?
A. Practical methodology C. Qualitative research methodology
B. Research methodology D. Quantitative research methodology

31. What is the objective measurements and involves collecting and analyzing the
statistical, mathematical, or numerical analysis of data collected through polls,
questionnaires, and surveys, or by manipulating pre-existing statistical data using
computational techniques.
A. Practical methodology C. Qualitative research methodology
B. Research methodology D. Quantitative research methodology

32. What is the research paper is where you report the findings of your study based upon
the information gathered because of the methodology [or methodologies] you applied.
The results section should simply state?
A. Results C. Qualitative research methodology
B. Research methodology D. Quantitative research methodology

33. What is the last page of an essay or research paper that's been written in APA style. It
lists all the sources you've used in your project, so readers can easily find what you've
cited.
A. References page C. Qualitative research methodology
B. Research methodology D. Quantitative research methodology

34. What is an overview of what has been written about a specific topic. The review of
literature includes practically all the information and data which are authoritative and
relevant to the topic of the study as in the case of research and similar scholarly
undertakings?
A. Literature review C. Qualitative research methodology
B. Research methodology D. Quantitative research methodology

35. What are the two main types of research methodology?

A. Research methodology & Quantitative research methodology
B. Research methodology & Quantitative research methodology
C. Qualitative research methodology & Research methodology
D. Qualitative research methodology & Quantitative research methodology

36. What is the data based on your findings?

A. Conclusion C. research methodology
B. introduction D. Quantitative research methodology

37. What is the the specific procedure or technique used to identify, select, process, and
analyze information about a topic?
A. conclusion C. reference page
B. introduction D. research methodology
38. This is useful in relating individual scores to their positions in the entire group. It
is defined as the proportion of scores in a distribution that a specific score is greater
than or equal to.
 A. Decile B. Quartile C. Percentile D. Percentile Rank

39. Rochelle got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70th percentile in a mathematics test.
Which of the following is NOT true?
A. She scored above 70% of her classmates.
B. Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above.
C. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test.
D. Her score is below the 5th decile.

40. 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.

41. The 1st quartile of the ages of 250 fourth year students is 16 years old. Which of the
following statements is true?
A. Most of the students are below 16 years old.
B. Seventy-five percent of the students are 16 years old and above.
C. Twenty-five percent of the students are 16 years old.
D. One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years.

42. 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.

43. In a group of 55 examinees taking the 50-item test, Rachel obtained a score of 38.
What does this imply?
A. Her score is at the upper quartile.
B. Her score is below the 3rd decile.
C. Her score is below the 50th percentile.
D. Her score is in the 55th percentile.

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

83 72 87 79 82
77 80 73 86 81
79 82 79 74 74
How do you interpret the mean of the given score distribution of 15 students?
A. That seven students scored higher than 79.
B. That seven students scored lower than 79.
C. That fourteen students scored lower than 79.
D. That seven students scored lower than 79 and seven students scored higher
than 79.

45. Mary Jane is a legal officer in a certain bank in Cebu City. His salary was in the 80th
percentile. Should Mary Jane be glad or not about her salary?
A. This means that 80% of the employees receive a salary greater than of equal this
salary and 20% of the employees receive a salary that is less than his salary. Mary Jane
should be pleased with her salary.
B. This means that 20% of the employees receive a salary greater than or equal to
this salary. Mary Jane should not be happy with her salary.
C. This means that 20% of the employees receive a salary less than or equal to this
salary. Mary Jane should not be happy with her salary.
 D. This means that 80% of the employees receive a salary less than or equal this
salary and 20% of the employees receive a salary that is greater than his salary. Mary
Jane should be pleased with her salary.
46. Mrs. Garcia gave a summative test to her students in General Mathematics. The
students finished their test in 55 minutes. This time is the 7.5th decile of the allotted time.
What does this mean?
A. This means that 25% of the learners finished the test in 55 minutes. An upper
quartile considered good, because it means the students finished the test in a short period
of time.
B. This means that 75% of the learners finished the test in 55 minutes. An upper
quartile considered good, because it means the students finished the test in a short period
of time.
C. This means that 25% of the learners finished the test in 55 minutes. An upper
quartile considered not good, because it means the students finished the test in a longer
period of time.
D. This means that 75% of the learners finished the test in 55 minutes. An upper
quartile considered not good, because it means the students finished the test in a longer
period of time.

47. Phoebe saw the percentile rank of Ryan in their NAT examination. He got 87th
percentile rank. What does it mean?
A. 87% of the students got a lower score than Ryan
B. Ryan got 87% of the test items correctly.
C. 87% got a score higher than Ryan
D. It tells the relative standing in comparison to all grade 10 students in the
country.

48. Peter, the owner of an internet cafe recorded the number of customers who came into
his café each hour of the day. The results were 4, 2, 5, 6, 9, 7, 5, 8, 3, 4, 5 and 1. How
would he know the most number of customers who visit his café shop? What is the
appropriate measure he would apply?
A. He would use quartile.
B. He will apply decile.
C. Peter will use percentile.
D. Mode is the appropriate measure to use.
Answer Key:
1. C 25. C
2. B 26. A
3. A 27. A
4. B 28. B
5. C 29. A
6. C 30. C
7. B 31. D
8. A 32. A
9. A 33. A
10. B 34. A
11. D 35. D
12. A 36. A
13. D 37. D
14. D 38. D
15. B 39. D
16. A 40. C
17. B 41. B
18. A 42. A
19. A 43. A
20. B 44. D
21. C 45. D
22. C 46. D
23. A 47. A
24. B 48. D