Statement of Learning Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, students should be

able to:
 Illustrates percentiles
 Calculate percentiles for ungrouped
data
 The percentile are the ninety-nine score points which divide
a distribution into one hundred equal parts, so that each part
represents of the data set. Percentiles indicate the percentage
of scores that a given value is higher or greater than.

𝑷𝟏𝟎 𝑷𝟐𝟎 𝑷𝟑𝟎 𝑷𝟒𝟎 𝑷𝟓𝟎 𝑷𝟔𝟎 𝑷𝟕𝟎 𝑷𝟖𝟎 𝑷𝟗𝟎

𝑫𝟏 𝑫𝟐 𝑫𝟑 𝑫𝟒 𝑫𝟓 𝑫𝟔 𝑫𝟕 𝑫𝟖 𝑫𝟗
To calculate percentiles for the ungrouped data,
Step 1: arrange all observation in ascending order.
Step 2: Find its position using the formula
𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷𝒌 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
Where;
n = the total number of observations in the data set.
k = the value of the percentiles that needs to be calculated.
Find the 50th percentile or 𝑃50 of the following test scores of a
random sample of eleven students.
35,42,40,28,15,23,33,20,16,18,and 28 𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷𝒌 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎

Solution: 𝟓𝟎 (𝟏𝟏 +𝟏)

𝑷𝟓𝟎 =
Step 1: Arrange the scores in ascending order. 𝟏𝟎𝟎
15,16,18,20,23,28,28,33,35,40,42
𝟓𝟎 (𝟏𝟐)
𝑷𝟓𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
Step 2: Find its position using the formula
𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏) 𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝑷𝒌 = 𝑷𝟓𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟎
n = 11 𝑷𝟓𝟎 = 6
k= 50
𝑃50 is the 6th element.
Therefore, 𝑃50 = 28
Find the 35th percentile, given the scores of nine students in their
Mathematics Periodical Test.
45,38,35,29,54,54,43,42,39 𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷 =𝒌 𝟏𝟎𝟎
Solution:
𝟑𝟓 (𝟗+𝟏)
Step 1: Arrange the scores in ascending order. 𝑷𝟑𝟓 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
29,35,38,39,42,43,45,54,54
𝟑𝟓 (𝟏𝟎)
Step 2: Find its position using the formula 𝑷𝟑𝟓 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷𝒌 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟑𝟓𝟎
n=9 𝑷𝟑𝟓 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
k= 35
𝑷𝟑𝟓 = 3.5
To interpolate percentiles
Interpolated value = size of
𝑖
{nth term + (succeeding term – nth term)},
100
where i stands for the size of the percentile and nth term stands for
the term obtained from the size of the percentile.

Solution:
Given the data: 29,35,38,39,42,43,45,54,54 𝟑𝟓
𝑷𝟑𝟓 = 38 + ( 39 – 38)
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑃35 = 3.5
𝑷𝟑𝟓 = 38 + 0.35(1)
3rd term= 38, 4th term = 39
𝑷𝟑𝟓 = 38 + 0.35
35
𝑃35 = 3rd term + ( 4th term – 3rdterm)
100
𝑷𝟑𝟓 = 38.35
Find the 50th percentile or 𝑃50 and 60th percentile or 𝑃60 , given the
scores of 7 students in their mathematics activity.
16,31,30,41,44,35,18 𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷 =𝒌 𝟏𝟎𝟎
Solution:
𝟓𝟎 (𝟕 +𝟏)
Step 1: Arrange the scores in ascending order. 𝑷𝟓𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
16,18,30,31,35,41,44
𝟓𝟎 (𝟖)
Step 2: Find its position using the formula 𝑷𝟓𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷𝒌 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟒𝟎𝟎
n=7 𝑷𝟓𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
k= 50 𝑷𝟓𝟎 = 4
𝑷𝟓𝟎 = 31
Solution:
Step 1: Arrange the scores in ascending order.
16,18,30,31,35,41,44 Interpolate:
𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 4.8
Step 2: Find its position using the formula
𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏) 4th term= 31, 5th term = 35
𝑷𝒌 = 𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑷𝒌 = 𝟔𝟎
n=7 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 4th term + ( 5th term – 4th term)
𝟏𝟎𝟎

k= 60 𝟔𝟎 (𝟕+𝟏) 𝟔𝟎
𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 31 +
𝟏𝟎𝟎
( 35 – 31)
𝟏𝟎𝟎

𝟔𝟎 (𝟖) 𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 31 + 0.6(4)

𝑷𝟔𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 31 + 2.4
𝟒𝟖𝟎
𝑷𝟔𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 33.4
𝑷𝟔𝟎 = 4.8
Let’s Try!
For the following height data collected from nine students find the 20th and 55th
percentiles.
Given the data, 91, 89, 88, 87, 90, 78, 93, 85, 92 𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷𝒌 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
1. Find 20th Percentile or 𝑃20
𝟐𝟎 (𝟗 +𝟏)
Step 1: 78,85,87,88,89,90, 91,92,93 𝑷𝟐𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎

Step 2: Find its position using the formula 𝟐𝟎 (𝟏𝟎)

𝑷𝟐𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏)
𝑷𝒌 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑷𝟐𝟎 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎

n= 9 𝑷𝟐𝟎 = 2
k= 20 𝑷𝟐𝟎 = 85
1. Solve for the 55th Percentile or 𝑃55
Step 1: 78,85,87,88,89,90, 91,92,93

Step 2: Find its position using the formula

𝐤 (𝐧+𝟏) Interpolate:
𝒌 (𝒏+𝟏) 𝐏𝐤 = 𝑷𝟓𝟓 = 5.5
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑷𝒌 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟓𝟓 (𝟗 +𝟏) 5th term= 89, 6th term = 90
𝐏𝟓𝟓 =
n= 9 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟓𝟓
𝑷𝟓𝟓 = 5th term + ( 6th term – 5th term)
𝟏𝟎𝟎
k= 55 𝟓𝟓 (𝟏𝟎)
𝐏𝟓𝟓 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟓𝟓
𝑷𝟓𝟓 = 89 + ( 90 – 89)
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟓𝟓𝟎
𝐏𝟓𝟓 = 𝑷𝟓𝟓 = 89 + 0.55(1)
𝟏𝟎𝟎

𝐏𝟓𝟓 = 5.5 𝑷𝟓𝟓 = 89 + 0.55

𝑷𝟓𝟓 = 89.55
References:
Mathematics –Grade 10, Learners Module,
First Edition (2015)
Prepared by:
Beverly Joy Alonzo
(Pre-service Teacher)