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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – Module 3:
Interprets Measures of Position
Mathematics – Grade 10
Quarter 4 – Module 3: Interprets Measures of Position
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics
Quarter 4 – Module 3:
Interprets Measures of Position
Introductory Message
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 Let Us Learn

After going through this module, you are expected to:

Ø Interprets measures of position. (M10SP-IVc-1)

Specifically, you will;

Ø recall the three measures of position
Ø determine the percentile rank of a given score
Ø interpret carefully the result of measures of position.

In this module, you will study how to interpret measures of position. This
give us a way to see where a certain data point or value falls in a sample
or distribution. It helps us gives conclusions or recommendations to a
particular result of the data being examined or tested.

Let Us Try

Find out how much you already know about this module. Read and analyze the
following items and determine the letter of the correct answer from the given choices.

1. In a 70-item test, Cris got a score of 50 which is in the third quartile. This means
that:
A. She got the highest score
B. She surpassed 75% of her classmates
C. 75% of the class did not pass the test
D. Her score is higher than 25% of her classmate

2. The first quartile of the ages of 400 Grade 10 students is 16 years old. Which of
the following statement is true?

A. 25% of the students are 16 years old

B. Most of the students are below 16 years old
C. 75% of the students are 16 years old and above
D. One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years old

3. Mel’s score in a 75-item test was the median score. Which of the following is
true?
A. 35% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.
B. 50% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.
C. 60% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.
D. 75% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.

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4. In a 100-item test, the passing mark is the third 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.

5. Mrs. Sanchez announced that Marshal scored 25 out of 40 in their Unit test in
Statistics and he belongs to the 8!" deciles. Which of the following is the correct
interpretation of his score?
A. 8 students passed the unit test.
B. 20% of the students scored lower than 25.
C. 80% of the students scored higher than 25.
D. 80% of the students scored lower than or equal to 25.

Let Us Study

Measures of Position are being discussed in the previous module. The

activities in this section will help you answer the question and how to interpret the
result of a given set of data.

You

Imagine that you are the fourth tallest among your 20 classmates.
What does it imply?
Guide questions:
1. How many are shorter than you?
2. How many percent is shorter than you?
3. How many are taller than you
4. How many percent is taller than you?
5. If Ana is the 2nd Quartile, how many are shorter than her?

Quantiles are a useful tool in statistics. We use them to summarize a group

of numbers. For instance, if we have a big list of numbers, we simply focus on few

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numbers. Intuitively speaking, ‘quantile’ means that the sample is divided
into equal–sized parts.

From the previous module, the measure of position can be illustrated this way.

𝑄# 𝑄$ 𝑄'
𝑃$% 𝑃%& 𝑃(%

𝐷# 𝐷$ 𝐷' 𝐷/ 𝐷% 𝐷. 𝐷( 𝐷- 𝐷,
𝑃#& 𝑃$& 𝑃'& 𝑃/& 𝑃%& 𝑃.& 𝑃(& 𝑃-& 𝑃,&

From the illustration above, it shows that the

𝑄# = 𝑃$% 𝑄$ = 𝐷% = 𝑃%& 𝑄' = 𝑃(% 𝐷# = 𝑃#&

The result of measures of position can be interpreted using their equivalent

percentage.

Examples:
1. Ages of 11 children in the community.
3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 11
𝑸𝟏 𝑸𝟐 𝑸𝟑
25% of the children in the community are 4 years old or younger.
50% of the children in the community are 6 years old or younger.
75% of the children in the community are 9 years old or younger.

2. In a 50-item test, your score belongs to the third quartile. What does this
mean?
Answer: This means that you got 75% correct answers in the said test.

3. Ms. Kim is a secretary in one big company in Davao City. Her salary is in
the 7th decile. Should Kim be glad about her salary or not?

Answer: 70% of the employees receive a salary that is less than or equal to
her salary and only 30% of the employees receive a salary that is greater
than her salary. Ms. Kim should be happy with her salary.

4. In a 50-item test, your score belongs to the third decile. What does this
mean?

Answer: This means that you got 30% correct answers in the said test and
70% of them are wrong.

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One way also of interpreting the data is knowing its percentile rank.

Percentile Rank

A percentile rank describes the percentage of people in the comparison group

who scored below a particular score. Percentile Rank is a usual term mainly used
in statistics which arrived from Percentile. Percentile Rank is arrived based on the
total number of ranks and the number of ranks below and above percentile.
For example, if a student’s score of 73 corresponds to a percentile rank of 96,
that student performed better than 96% of the other test-takers.

To identify the Percentile Rank (PR) of score x, out N where x is included.

(𝑀 + (0.5)(𝑅)) Where,
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘 = 2 ; (100)
𝑌
𝑀 = 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑥
𝑅 = 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑥

𝑌 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠

Example:
5. The scores of 15 students in a Mathematics quiz. How will you interpret if
Andrew’s score is 17?
8, 27, 15, 18, 23, 14, 25, 23, 12, 10, 17, 21, 14, 17, 16

Solution:
Arrange the scores:
Score 8 10 12 14 14 15 16 17 17 18 21 23 23 25 27
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

(7 + (0.5)(2))
Given: 𝑃𝑅!" = $ . (100)
15
𝑥 = 17 7+1
𝑃𝑅!" =/ 0 (100)
15
𝑀=7

𝑅=2 8
𝑃𝑅!" = 1 3 (100)
15
𝑌 = 15
𝑃𝑅!" ≈ 53.33 or 53%

53% of the students got a score below or equal to Andrew’s score.

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6. The height of 25 boys in the class are as follows.

172 183 167 158 167 177 175 171 164 162
152 173 168 170 170 169 166 167 169 168
155 165 171 153 165
How many percent are taller than Michael, if he is 166 cm tall?

Solution:
Arrange the height from the shortest to the tallest.
152 153 155 158 162 164 165 165 166 167
167 167 168 168 169 169 170 170 171 171
171 172 175 177 183

Given: 68 + (0.5)(1)7
𝑃𝑅!## = $ . (100)
𝑥 = 166 𝑐𝑚 25
𝑀=8 8 + 0.5
𝑃𝑅!## = / 0 (100)
𝑅=1 25
𝑌 = 25 8.5
𝑃𝑅!## = 1 3 (100)
25
66% are taller than
𝑃𝑅!## = 34% Michael.

66% of the class are taller than Michael.

PERCENTILE RANK FOR GROUPED DATA

𝟏𝟎𝟎 (𝑷 − 𝑳𝑩)𝒇
𝑷𝑹𝑷 = ' + 𝒄𝒇𝒃 1
𝑵 𝒊

WHERE:
PR = percentile rank, the answer will be a percentage
𝒄𝒇𝒃 = cumulative frequency below the critical value
P = raw score or value for which one wants to find the percentile rank
LB = Lower boundary of the kth percentile class
N = total frequency
i = class size

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7. Aurora and Jacob scored 47 and 43 respectively in an entrance examination of a
certain university. The determining factor for a senior high scholarship in the
university is a student’s score should be in the top 10% of the scores of the
examinees. Will they receive a scholarship?

The scores of 80 examinees in an entrance test.

SCORES f <cf
50 - 54 2 80
Aurora’s score is here 45 – 49 12 78
Jacob’s score is here 40 – 44 10 66
35 – 39 18 56
30 – 34 16 38
25 – 29 10 22
20 – 24 9 12
15 – 19 2 3
10 – 14 1 1

Percentile Rank of Aurora

𝟏𝟎𝟎 (𝑷 − 𝑳𝑩)𝒇
𝑷𝑹𝑷 = $ + 𝒄𝒇𝒃 .
𝑵 𝒊

100 (47 − 44.5)(12)

Given: 𝑃𝑅/( = 2 + 66;
80 5
𝑃 = 47
𝑁 = 80
100 (2.5)(12)
𝑃𝑅/( = 2 + 66;
𝐿𝐵 = 44.5 80 5

𝑓 = 12
100 30
𝑐𝑓1 = 66 𝑃𝑅/( = P Q P + 66Q
80 5
𝑖=5
𝑃𝑅/( = (1.25)(6 + 66)
𝑃𝑅/( = (1.25)(72)
𝑃𝑅/( = 90%

Since the percentile rank of Aurora is 90%, therefore she will receive
the scholarship.

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Percentile Rank of Jacob

Given: 100 (43 − 39.5)(10)

𝑃𝑅/' = 2 + 56;
80 5
𝑃 = 43

𝑁 = 80
100 (3.5)(10)
𝐿𝐵 = 39.5 𝑃𝑅/' = 2 + 56;
80 5
𝑓 = 10

𝑐𝑓1 = 56 100 35
𝑃𝑅/' = P Q P + 56Q
80 5
𝑖=5

𝑃𝑅/' = (1.25)(7 + 56)

𝑃𝑅/( = (1.25)(63)
𝑃𝑅/( = 78.75%

Since the Percentile Rank of Jacob is 78.75% and did not reach the upper
10%, therefore Jacob will not receive the scholarship.

Let Us Practice
Give me the meaning!

Interpret the following statements considering the type of measures of

position being used.

1. In a class of 50 students, your weight belongs to the lower quartile.

Interpretation: ____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

2. Among the 1000 COVID 19 patients, Ana belongs to Decile 8 who has
a chance of recovery.
What does this mean? _____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

3. In the checkpoint, Ben’s temperature is 36.2 which is at the 79th

percentile.
This implies that: _________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

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 4. Mary’s salary was in the 78th percentile.
What does this mean? _______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Should she be pleased with the result? __________
Why? _______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

Let Us Practice More

Activity 1. CHECK ME OUT!

Given the following situations, below are the interpretation statement. Put a check
on the TRUE box if the statement is the right interpretation of the given situation
and FALSE if it is not.

EXAMPLE
In a class of 50 students, your weight belongs to the lower TRUE FALSE
quartile, this means that:
a. 25 students weigh the same as you ü
b. 25% of your classmates weigh less than or equal to your
weight
ü
c. 75% of your classmates weigh heavier than you.
ü
d. you weigh heavier than ¼ of the class
ü
Start here:
1. Consider the given score distribution of 15 students TRUE FALSE
given below
83 72 87 79 82 77 80 73 86 81
79 82 79 74 74
How will you interpret the second quartile in the given
score distribution of 15 students?

a. Seven students scored higher than 79.

b. Seven students scored lower than 79.
c. Seven students scored lower than 79 and seven students
scored higher than 79.

d. Fourteen students scored lower than 79.

2. The DSWD conducted a survey on the annual family TRUE FALSE

income in your barangay. Your family’s income
belongs to the 𝟑𝟑𝒓𝒅 percentile, will you be happy
knowing about this?
a. No, because we belong to the poorest family

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 b. No, because there are 67% of the family have less than or
equal to our annual income
c. No, because our income doesn’t reach decile five
d. Yes, because our income is greater than 67% of the other
families

3. Tide joined a marathon. Her record belongs to the 𝟖𝒕𝒉 TRUE FALSE
decile. What does this mean?
a. She surpassed 75% of the total contestants
b. She is the winner
c. 80% of the contestants have a record less than or equal to
her record
d. 20% of the contestants have surpassed her

4. John took a college admission test in one of the TRUE FALSE

universities here in the Philippines. The score must be
at the 𝟖𝟓𝒕𝒉 percentile to be admitted. His score belongs
to 8th decile. Should John be pleased about his score?
a. Yes, because he passed the test
b. No, because he did not belong to the top ten
c. No, because his score is equivalent to the 80th percentile
d. Yes, because his score is greater than the 85th Percentile

5. The first quartile of the heights of 320 Grade 10 students TRUE FALSE
is 4’9”. Which of the following statement is true?
a. most of the students have 4’9” tall
b. 25% of the students have a height shorter than or equal to
4’9”
c. 75% of the students have a height taller than 4’9”
d. One under twenty students have a height shorter than or
equal to 4’9”

Activity 2. Judge Me!

Determine whether the given situation shows a good result or not. Write the
statement in Good Column if it shows a good result and then writes its interpretation
proving that it is good. On the other side, write the statement in the Bad Column if
it shows a bad result, then write its interpretation showing that it is bad.

1. The time taken to finish a test is 35 minutes. The test takers’ time was in the lower
quartile. What does this mean?
2. Tom finished the race in 4.3 minutes which falls on the 3rd decile. Is it a good or
bad result? Why?
3. Nathan is at the 95th percentile during the 2021 bicycling race. What does it imply?
4. During the try-out for the selection of players for a basketball team from your
school, 15% who participated will only be selected. You are at the 80th percentile.
5. The 30th percentile for a test result was 21 out of 25. What does this mean?

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 Good Column Bad Column

Let Us Remember

In this lesson, you’ve learned the different types of measures of position and
how to interpret particular measure of position.
Quartiles divide the distribution into 4 equal parts and can be interpreted as:
𝑄# , 25% of the distribution is lower or equal to the first quartile.
𝑄$ , 50% of the distribution is lower or equal to the second quartile
𝑄' , 75 of the distribution is lower or equal to the third quartile

The deciles are 9 values which split the data set into 10 equal–sized parts
while the percentiles are 99 values which split the data set into 100 equal–sized
parts.

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 𝐷# = 𝑃#& , 10% of the distribution is lower or equal to 1st Decile or 10th
Percentile
𝐷, = 𝑃,& , 90% of the distribution is lower or equal to 9th Decile or 90th
Percentile

Let Us Assess

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Cathy got a score of 65 which is equivalent to the 70th percentile in a Mathematics

test. Which of the following is not true?
A. Her score is below the fifth decile
B. She scored above 70% of her classmates
C. Thirty percent of the class got a score of 65 and above.
D. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test

2. In a 100 point-test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. The result shows that
the 70th percentile of the scores is 50 points, which of the following is true?
A. Most of the students passed the test.
B. Most of the students failed the test.
C. Half of the students got a passing score.
D. 70% only of the students passed the test

3. Laila’s score is the 97th percentile on a test. How should we interpret his
information?
A. Laila got 97% of the questions on the test wrong
B. Laila got 97% of the questions on the test right
C. Laila scored worse than 97% of people who took this test
D. Laila scored better than 97% of people who took this test

4. In a group of 55 examinees taking the 50-item test, Angelika obtained a score of

39, and 13 scores were above her. This implies that her score is ______.
A. The 55th percentile C. at the upper quartile
B. Below the third decile D. below the 50th percentile
5. John took a college admission in of the colleges here in Davao City. His score
belongs to the 8th Decile. Should John be pleased with his score?
A. No, because he got only 8 on the test.
B. No, because there are 20% who scored better than him.
C. Yes, because he is top 8 among the students who took the test.
D. Yes, because his score is above the usual passing rate which is 75%.

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6. Mikel’s score in a 70-item test was the median score. Which of the following is
true?
A. 35% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.
B. 50% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.
C. 60% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.
D. 75% of her classmates got a score equal to or below her score.

7. The first quartile of the ages of 320 Grade 10 students is 16 years old. Which of
the following statement is true?
A. 25% of the students are 16 years old.
B. Most of the students are below 16 years old.
C. 75% of the students are 16 years old and older.
D. Two hundred forty students are younger than 16 years old.

8. Two car races both finish the race at an average speed of 94mph on the same
track. The lady racer is in the 84th percentile for the women’s division while the
man racer is in the 91st percentile for the men’s division. Who is faster between
them?
A. The man is faster than the lady racer.
B. The lady is faster than the man racer.
C. They’re the same, both have an average speed of 94mph
D. None of them is faster because they are racing on the same track.

9. Among the 20 contestants in a beauty pageant, Melody ranks 6th in the evening
gown round, at what position does she belong?
A. 3rd Decile C. 60th Percentile
B. 6th Decile D. 70th Percentile

10. Out of 60 students, Andy’s percentile rank in terms of weight is 60%. What does
it imply?
A. 24 students are lighter than Andy.
B. 30 students are heavier than Andy.
C. 35 students are lighter than Andy.
D. 40 student s are heavier than Andy.

Let Us Enhance
I needed my Past:

1. Include yourself in the data that you survey during the discussion of ungrouped
data.
The following categories were:
a. Weight in kilogram
b. Height in centimeters
c. Number of Facebook Friends

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2. Find your Percentile Rank and Interpret the result.

3. In the Grouped Data that you have in Module 2, find your Percentile Rank and
nterpret the result.

Rubrics:
Standards 8 6 4 2
Understandin Demonstrated Demonstrated Demonstrated Demonstrated
g of Task substantial understanding gaps in their little
understandin of the content understandin understandin
g of the and task, even g of the g of the
content, though some content and content
processes, supporting task
and demands ideas or
of the task details may
have been
overlooked or
misunderstoo
d
Completion of Fully achieved Accomplished Completed Attempted to
Task the purpose of the task with most of the accomplish
the task no task the task, but
including interpretation with little or
thoughtful, no success.
insightful
interpretation,
and
conjectures

Let Us Reflect
DIY!

1. How would you define quartile? Decile? Percentile?

Measures of position My definition

Quartile

Decile

Percentile

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2. In a Venn diagram, write the similarities or equivalent of each type of quantiles.

QUARTILE

DECILE PERCENTILE

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Let us assess
1. A 6. B
2. B 7. C
3. D 8. A
4. C 9. A
5. D 10. C
Let Us Practice More Activity 2: Judge Me
Good Column Bad Column
2. Tom finished the race in 4.3 minutes which 1. The time taken to finish a test is 35 minutes.
falls on the 3rd decile. The test takers’ time was in the lower
• 30% of the racers have less than or equal quartile. What does this mean?
time of him in finishing the race • only 25% of the examinee finished on
• 70% of the racers finish longer time, 75% of them finished more than 35
minutes.
3. Nathan is at the 95th percentile during the 4. During the try-out for the selection of
2021 bicycling race. players for a basketball team from your
• he belongs to the top ten school, 15% who participated will only be
selected. You are at the 80th percentile.
• 20% of the participants scored better than
you
• 80% of the participants scored lower than
or equal to your score.
5. The 30th percentile for a test result was 21
out of 25.
• 70% of the test takers got more than 21
• 30% of the test takers got less than or
equal to 21
Let Us Practice More
Activity 1: Check Me Out
1. TRUE 2. TRUE 3. TRUE
TRUE FALSE FALSE
Let Us Practice TRUE TRUE TRUE
1. 75% of your classmates weigh heavier than FALSE FALSE TRUE
you.
25% of your classmates weighs less than or 4 FALSE 5. FALSE
equal to your weight TRUE TRUE
TRUE TRUE
2. Ana has an 80% chance to recover from the
FALSE FALSE
COVID 19.
3. 79% of the people who passed the checkpoint
Let Us Study Let Us Try
has a temperature less than or equal to 36.2.
1. 15 1. B
4. 78% of the employees have a salary less than
2. 75% 2. C
or equal to hers. She should be pleased with
3. 3 3. B
the result because she received a higher
4. 15% 4. A
salary than the 78% of the employees
5. 9 5. D
Answer Key
 References

Callanta, Melvin M., et. Al, Grade 10 Mathematics Learner’s Module, Department of
Education, 2015, pp. 392 – 397.

“Quantiles-Free Math Worksheet”, Accessed last March 7, 2021,

https://www.mathemania.com/lesson/quantiles/

“Measures of Position”, Accessed last March 7, 2021,

https://www.statisticshowto.com/measures-of-position/

“Percentile Rank, Accessed last March 19, 2021, Percentile Rank Formula |
Calculator (Excel Template) (educba.com)

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