Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Division of Bohol
City of Tagbilaran

LESSON PLAN IN MATHEMATICS

GRADE: 10 QUARTER: 4 WEEK: 3 DAY: 3

COMPETENCY & Interprets measures of position (M10SP-IVc-1)
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OBJECTIVES  interpret deciles
CONTENT : INTERPRETING MEASURES OF POSITIONS
LEARNING Melvin M. Callanta, et. al 2015. Mathematics Grade 10 Learner’s Module. Pasig City: REX
RESOURCES Book Store, INC.
Melvin M. Callanta, et. al 2015. Mathematics Grade 10 Teacher’s Guide. Pasig City: REX
:
Book Store, INC.
Mirla S. Esparrago, et. al 2015. Next Century Mathematics. Quezon City. PHOENIX
PUBLISHING HOUSE, INC.
PROCEDURE: A. Preparation

 Routinary Activities:
 Prayer, Checking of Attendance, Reminders
 Review about deciles for ungrouped and grouped data

B. Motivation

“EQUATE IT”. Which measures are equal?

Q1 P75 Q3 D5 P25 Q2 P50

1. Presentation

1. Fill in the table.

Number of test Number of test
Percentage of the Percentage of the
Measure of takers (out of 200) takers (out of 200)
population falling population falling
Position who fall under the who fall above the
below the quartile above the quartile
quartile quartile
First Quartile
Second Quartile
Third Quartile
Fifth Decile
25th Percentile
50th Percentile
75th Percentile

2. You go off at 5:00 pm from school. You notice that most of your classmates are online after class.
You conduct a survey on the number of hours you and your classmates spend on the internet
after class. You computed for the second quartile and got a value of 2 hours. What can you
conclude based from the computed quartile?

2. Discussion/Abstraction

1a. How is the percentage of the population falling below the quartile computed?
 b. How is the percentage of the population falling above the quartile computed?
c. How are the number of test takers (out of 200) who fall under the quartile determined?
d. How are the number of test takers (out of 200) who fall above the quartile determined?
2a. How many percent of the students spend less than 2 hours in the internet after class?
b. What is the percentage of the students spend more than 2 hours in the internet after class?
c. What is the mean of the data on the usage of internet of students after class?
3. Exercises

Anthony is a secretary in one big company in Metro Manila. His salary is in the 7th decile.
Should Anthony be glad about his salary or not? Explain your answer.

4. Generalization

How are the measures of position interpreted?

5. Application

In a group of 20, you and some grade 10 students are ranked according to height, you are the 80 th
percentile.

1. How many students are taller than you granting nobody is as tall as you?
2. Are you generally tall or short for your age?
3. What percentage of the students are as tall or shorter than you?
4. What percentage of the students are as tall or taller than you?

H. Evaluation

1. Fill in the table.

PERCENTILE Percentage of Percentage of Number students Number students
the population the population (out of 20) who (out of 20) who fall
falling below the falling above fall under the above the
percentile the percentile percentile percentile
1st quartile
25th percentile
5th decile
2nd quartile
80th percentile
90th percentile

2. Your best friend, a 15 years old grade 10 student, believe that she is generally young for her
grade level. Upon gathering of data, it has been found out that the first quartile is 16 years old.
a. Would you agree with your best friend?
b. What percentage of the students have ages 16 and below?
c. What percentage of the students have ages 16 and above?

3. A 150-test item test were given to 160 scholarship applicants to a certain university. Only the
top 25% will get a scholarship. Liza scored 45 and she belongs to the 80 th percentile.
Questions:
a. Will Liza get a scholarship?
b. How many will get a scholarship?
c. What percentage of the test takers got a score equal or less than Liza’s?
I. Agreement/Assignment

Prepare for a long quiz next meeting.

Prepared by:

ANALIE D. BOJA
Writer