Republic of the Philippines

PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY

National Center for Teacher Education
The Indigenous Peoples Education Hub
North Luzon Campus
Alicia, Isabela

NAME: _____________________________________ DATE: __________________

YEAR AND SECTION: ________________________ SCORE: _________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Read and analyze the items. Write your answer on the blank provided before the
number.

_______1. What median of a given data set is also the ______?

a. First quartile c. second quartile
b. Seventh quartile d. Third quartile
_______2. What measure divides the distribution into ten equal parts?
a. Median b. quartile c. decile d. percentile
_______3. The first quartile of the data set is equal to the ________.
a. 5th decile c. 50th percentile
b. 25 percentile
th
d. 75th percentile
_______4. What is the median of the scores 6, 8, 11, 25, 15, 10, 2, 8, 16?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10
_______5. Using Turkey’s Method, what is the first quartile of the following set values: 12, 15, 22, 23,
34, 8, 19, 17, 18.
a. 12 b. 12.5 13.5 d. 15
_______6. From the given data set in item #5, which number is greater than the third quartile?
a. 18 b. 19 c. 22 d. 23
_______7. In the 2019 National Career Achievement Examination (NCAE), Aileen’s score in the
Mathematics Ability Test is at 90th percentile. What does this mean?
a. Aileen’s score is 90 points.
b. Aileen scored higher than 89% of the examinees.
c. Aileen is the 90th in position among all the examinees.
d. Aileen scored higher than the other 90% of the examinees.

For items 8 to 12, refer to the table below.

Leading Countries Based on Facebook Usage

Country Number of users (in millions)
Myanmar 25
Nigeria 27
Germany 28
Argentina 30
Italy 30
France 32
Columbia 35
 Turkey 37
United Kingdom 37
Bangladesh 38
Pakistan 38
Egypt 42
Thailand 50
Vietnam 64
Philippines 76
Mexico 89
Brazil 130
Indonesia 140
United States 190
India 290

_______8. What is the fifth decile of the number of FB users?

a. 37 million c. 38.5 million
b. 38 million d. 40 million
_______9. What is the 80th percentile of the number of FB users?
a. 76 million c. 130 million
b. 89 million d. 140 million
_______10. Which country has greater number of users compared to the country in the 40th
percentile?
a. Bangladesh c. Turkey
b. Columbia d. United Kingdom
_______11. Which country has greater number of users compared to the country in the 40th
percentile?
a. Bangladesh c. Turkey
b. Columbia d. United Kingdom
_______12. Which country has lower number of users compared to the country in the 7th decile?
a. Brazil c. Mexico
b. Philippines d. Vietnam
_______13. 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
counties.
b. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least
22 counties.
c. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than 23
counties.
d. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least
23 counties.
 For items 14 to 18, refer to the following set of scores obtained by the students in a
Mathematics test; 45, 50, 23, 34, 67, 81, 45, 11, 99, 86, 78, 17, 45, 34, 87, 56, 45.

_______14. What us the D1 in the distribution?

a. 11 b. 17 c. 23 d. 34
_______15. How many scores are higher than the D3?
a. 5 b. 8 c. 11 d. 12
_______16. How many scores are lower than the d7?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 11 d. 12
_______17. What is the 𝑃36 in the distribution?
a. 34 b. 45 c. 50 d. 56
_______18. In the 2019 National Career Achievement Examination (NCAE), Ella’s score in
the Mathematics Ability Test is at 99th percentile rank. What does this mean?
a. Ella scored the highest.
b. Ella’s score is 99 points.
c. Ella is the 99th in position among all the examinees.
d. Ella scored higher than the other 99% of the examinees.

For numbers 19 to 23, refer to the table below.

A group of Grade 10 students were asked to write down all the Philippine National Heroes
that they know in 5 minutes. The following distribution contains the number of heroes they
were able to recall in 5 minutes. The Class Intervals contain the numbers of heroes the
students were able to recall. The Frequency is the number of students.
Class Interval Frequency Lower Class Boundary Less Than Cumulative
(f) (LCB) Frequency (< 𝒄𝒇)
36-40 2 35.5 60
31-35 7 30.5 58
26-30 6 25.5 51
 21-25 13 20.5 45
16-20 15 15.5 32
11-15 10 10.5 17
6-10 4 5.5 7
1-5 3 0.5 3

_______19. How many Grade 10 students were asked to recall our Philippine National
Heroes?
a. 13 b. 15 c. 30 d. 60
_______20. What is the size of the class interval?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
_______21. What is the Q3 of the distribution?
a. 20.5 b. 25.5 c. 30.5 d. 35.5
_______22. Which of the following is the D4 class?
a. 1-5 c. 11-15
b. 6-10 d. 16-20
_______23. What is the less than cumulative frequency (<cf) of the class interval containing
the 𝑄1?
a. 3 b. 7 c. 17 d. 32

For numbers 24 to 29, refer to the table below.

LJ did a survey on the average length of time (in minutes) her classmates spend on social
media daily. The Class Intervals contain the average length of time (in minutes) they
spend on social media daily. The Frequency is the number of students.

Frequency Lower Class Boundary Less Than Cumulative

Class Interval
(f) (LCB) Frequency (<cf )
81-90 2 80.5 30
71-80 3 70.5 28
 61-70 5 60.5 25
51-60 7 50.5 20
41-50 5 40.5 13
31-40 4 30.5 8
21-30 3 20.5 4
11-20 1 10.5 1

_______24. How many of LJ’s classmates were involved in the survey?

a. 7 b. 15 c. 30 d. 60
_______25. What is the size oof the class interval?
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10
_______26. What is the D9 of the distribution?
a. 70.5 b. 76.5 c. 77.17 d. 79.17
_______27. What does it mean if D8 is 68.6?
a. 80% of the students spend less than or equal to 68.5 minutes on social
media daily.
b. 80% of the students spend more than or equal to 68.5 minutes on social
media daily.
c. 80% of the students spend 68.5 minutes on social media daily.
d. 20% of the students spend 68.5 minutes on social media daily.
_______28. What is the P40 of the distribution?
a. 47 b. 46.5 c. 48 d. 48.5
_______29. What does it mean if P30 is 42.5?
a. Most of the students spend less than 42.5 minutes on using social media
daily.
b. 30% of the students spend less than or equal to 42.5 minutes on social
media daily.
c. 30% of the students spend more than or equal to 42.5 minutes on social
media daily.
d. 30% of the students spend 42.5 minutes on social media daily.

II. PROBLEM SOLVING (2 points each item)

Read and analyze the problems. Write your complete solution and encircle your final
answer at the back of your paper.

30-32. Find the first quartile (Q 1) and the third quartile (Q3), given the scores of 10 students in
their Mathematics activity using Linear Interpolation. Interpret the obtained result.

33-35. Compute the 65th percentile and 32nd percentile of the Mathematics test scores of 50
students. Interpret the obtained result.

Frequency
Scores
(f)
46-50 4
 42-45 8
36-40 11
31-35 9
26-30 12
21-25 6

36-41. The following distribution for the number of employees in 45 companies belonging to a
certain industry. Calculate the third quartile, 85th percentile and 4th decile of the number of
employees given the number of companies.

Frequency
Scores
(f)
41-45 11
36-40 6
31-35 9
26-30 7
21-25 8
16-20 4

42-45. JM and JC scored 32 and 23, respectively, in the National Career Assessment
Examination (NCAE). The determining factor for a college scholarship is that a student’s score
should be in the top 10% of the scores of his/her graduating class. The students in the graduating
class obtained the following scores in the NCAE.

NCAE Scores f LB <cf

39-41 6
36-38 7
33-35 9
30-32 13
27-29 22

a. Complete the table by filling in the values of LB (lower boundary) and <cf (less than
cumulative frequency). Explain how you arrive at your answer.
b. Find the 3rd quartile, 72nd prencentile and the 8th decile of the set of data.
c. What is the percentile rank of JM and JC?
d. Based on their percentile and percentile ranks, will JM and JC receive a scholarship?
Explain your answer.