Mathematics 10

Quarter 4 Week 3
Interpreting Sherelyn S. Alcantara
Subject-teacher

Measure
of Position
 Identifying the measures of position or quantiles
(quartiles, deciles, and percentiles) is a significant
ability you must develop because you will know the
position of a particular score relative to the entire
set of data. Measures of position will become more
meaningful if you know how to interpret them. In
interpreting measures of position, you will know how
many percent of the data or group is below, equal or
above a specific score. You will know whether
somebody has successfully passed an examination or
not.
 Objectives:

After going through this lesson, you are expected

to:
1.Recall the concepts of quartile, decile and
percentile.
2.Interpret the measure of position.
3.appreciate the importance of interpretation of
measure of position in real life situations.
Activity 1: What Do You See?
Directions: On your illustration
board, write the first thing you see
in these pictures to reveal the truth
about you.
A duck. It's possible that your life
consists of emotional impulses.
You often have rapid mood
swings

A rabbit. You like considering all

the consequences of each action.
Logic usually takes first place in
your life, although this doesn't
necessarily mean that you are a
cold and insensitive person.
Did it seem that the cat was climbing the
steps? You don't pay attention to detail. You're
probably a disorganized or a naive person.
You believe what you see, and this makes you
love life and liberates you from cynicism and
worry.

Did it look like the cat was descending the

steps? You're either a very attentive individual
or you have great intuition. You pay a lot of
attention to detail and carefully examine
important questions without relying on luck to
help you solve them.
climbing the steps or descending
the steps
Psychology tests are often
based on interpreting the first
thing you see depicted in a
picture.
Activity 2: Recall-lection
Directions: Answer the following
questions by writing your answer on
illustration board.
1. Which of the following measure
of position is equal to the median
score?
a. c.
b. d.
2. Which of the following is true?

a. c.

b. d.
3. The upper quartile can be
equal to what percentile?

P75 or 75 percentile
th
4. Which decile
determines 70% of the
data?
5. What percentage of the
data is equal to 6 decile?
th

60%
Activity 3: What Does It Mean?

Directions: What is meant by the

following measures of position? Study
the given examples and answer the
follow-up questions?
 1. In the given test scores of 10
students in their Mathematics test,
Q3
5 10 15 15 22 25 26 28 30 30

what does it mean?

This means that in the set of scores given,
75 % of the scores is less than or equal to
the score of 30. It also means that (100-
75)% or 25% of the scores is greater than
the score of 30.
 2. In the test scores of a
random sample of 15 students,
D3
12 13 15 15 18 18 20 22 23 23 25 28 29 30 30

what does it mean?

This means that in the set of scores given,
30% of the scores is equal to or below
the score of 22 because the 3rd decile is
equal to the 30th percentile. It also means
that 70% of the scores is above the score
of 22.
Mrs. Rosales gave a 10-item Math
quiz to her advisory class. Based
on the result, 4 is the median of the
scores. What does it mean?
 It means that 50% of the students got scores less than or
equal to 4. In addition, the other 50% of the class got scores
greater than 4. It comes from the definition of median as the
middlemost value in a set of data. Since median has its
equivalents in measures of position, namely, in quartiles, in
deciles, and in percentiles, then measures of position can also
be interpreted the same way the median is interpreted.
Questions:
1.How do you find the activity?
2.Did you encounter difficulties in answering the
activity?
3.Did you get the correct interpretation of the
problem?
4.What mathematical concepts did you apply in
finding the answer?
5.Will you be able to interpret more problems
involving measure of positions?
 INTEPRETATION OF MEASURES OF POSITION
QUARTILES
• 25% of the distribution has
a value less than or equal to
the first quartile (𝑄1).
• 50% or one-half of the
distribution has a value less
than or equal to the second
quartile (𝑄2).
• 75% of the distribution has
a value less than or equal to
the third quartile (𝑄3).
DECILES PERCENTILES
• 10% of the distribution has a
value less than or equal to the
first decile (𝐷1).
• 20% of the distribution has a
value less than or equal to the
second decile (𝐷2).
• 30% of the distribution has a
value less than or equal to the
third decile (𝐷3).
NOTE: The connection between
deciles and percentiles is that the
first decile 𝐷1 is the 10th
percentile; the second decile is the
20th percentile; the third decile is
the 30th percentile, and so on.
• 1% of the distribution has a
value less than or equal to the
first percentile (𝑃1).
• 2% of the distribution has a
value less than or equal to the
second percentile (𝑃2).
• 3% of the distribution has a
value less than or equal to the
third percentile (𝑃3).
NOTE: The percentile position is
also the percentage of the values in
a distribution less than or equal to
that percentile.
Illustrative Example 1
In preparation for Palarong Pambansa, Mr. Borja, as
CALABARZON athletics team coach, asked his 10 players to run
100 meters. Anthony, one of the players, ran completely in 9
minutes which is 4th decile of the recorded time. What does it
mean?
Explanation: Since 4th decile is equal to 𝑃40 then this
means that 40% of the players ran less than or equal to 9
minutes. In other words, 10 × 40% = 4 players ran less
than or equal to 9 minutes. Furthermore, 60% of the
players or 6 players ran greater than 9 minutes.
Illustrative Example 2
Based on the survey conducted by the Barangay
Health Office of Barangay San Isidro, the third quartile
(𝑄3) of the ages of 200 Grade 10 students of that barangay
is 16 years old. What does it mean?
Explanation: This means that 75% of the Grade 10
students in Barangay San Isidro is 16 years old or
younger than 16 years old. In other words, 200 × 75% =
150 Grade 10 students of Barangay San Isidro are 16
years old or younger than 16 years old. In addition, 25%
or 50 Grade 10 students are older than 16 years old.
Illustrative Example 3
The score of Grace in the Third Quarterly
Examination in Mathematics is in the 8th decile (𝐷8) and
the passing score is in the 65th percentile (𝑃65). Did she
pass the test?
(Assume that the values of 𝐷8 and 𝑃65 are different.)
 Explanation: 𝐷8 = 𝑃80. Since it is assumed that 𝐷8 and
𝑃65 have different values, then it can be said that Grace’s
score is greater than 𝑃65. Therefore, she passed the
examination.
Activity 4: Interpret It!
Directions: Consider the
situations and answer the
questions that follow.
1.Teacher Liza, the health coordinator of San Jose National High School,
recorded the height of 40 students in a Grade 10 class for computing Body
Mass Index (BMI). Based on her report, Nadine’s height is in the 60th
percentile (𝑃60). (Assume that the height of each student is different to each
other.)
a) How many students are shorter than Nadine?
b) How many students are taller than Nadine?
c) If Kathryn’s height is in the 3rd quartile (𝑄3), how can you compare it with
Nadine’s height?
d) If Maymay’s height is in the 4th decile (𝐷4), how can you compare it with
Nadine’s height?
e) If Maymay’s height is in the 4th decile (𝐷4), how can you compare it with
Kathryn’s height?
2. The first quartile (𝑄1) of the ages of the 120 employees
of Tropicana Fruit Factory is 30 years old. What does it
imply?
3. Mrs. Santos’ advisory class has 35 students. She made a
report on the weight of each student as part of the feeding
program of the school. Roger, one of the students, has a
weight which is in the 7th decile. How many students have
weight greater than him? (Each of them has unique weight.)
4. Rodelyn’s score is the 30th percentile in the
Second Summative Test in Mathematics. If the
passing score is 𝐷4, did she pass the test? Explain.
(The values of 𝑃30 and 𝐷4 are not equal.)
Assessment
Directions: Choose the letter
of the best answer. Write the
chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Jasmine took the entrance examination in Southern Luzon
State University. Her score is in the 7th decile and the passing
score is the 75th percentile. Suppose that and are not equal,
can Jasmine enroll in that school?

a. Yes, because her score is greater than the passing score.

b. Yes, because her score is equal to the passing score.
c. No, because her score is equal to the passing score.
d. No, because her score is below the passing score.
2. During the flag raising ceremony, Mrs. Reyes
asked her advisory class with 45 students to form a
line according to height from the shortest to the
tallest. One of the students, Kelvin, has a height
that is in the 40th percentile. Assuming that none of
the students has the same height, how many
students are taller than Kelvin?
a. 18 c. 27
b. 24 d. 30
3. Jason got a score of 90 which is the 88th
percentile in Third Summative Test in Mathematics.
Which of the following is TRUE?
a. He passed the test if the passing score is the 9th
decile.
b. Eighty-eight percent of the class got scores less
than or equal to 90.
c. Twelve percent of the class got scores less than
or equal to 90.
d. He scored above 90% of his classmates.
4. The second quartile () of the ages of the 50 Grade
10-Frugality students of Luis Palad Integrated High
School is 15 years old. Which of the following is
TRUE?
a. Most of the students are aging 15 years old.
b. All of the students are aging 15 years old.
c. There are 12 students aging 15 years old.
d. There are 25 students that the ages are less than or
equal to 15 years old.
5. A certain government scholarship is offered to
incoming Grade 11 students in Tayabas City. The
policy is that a student who will pass the qualifying
examination will be accepted as scholar. Given that
the passing score is in the 60th percentile, which of
the following scores will make a student accepted
as scholar?
a. c.
b. d.
 
Reflection

On your notebook, write their personal insights about the

lesson using the prompts below.

I understand that ______________________________.

I realize that ___________________________________.