QUARTILES FOR UNGROUPED DATA

ACTIVITY #1. Crossword Puzzle: Using the given clues, fill in the crossword puzzle with the correct
words.

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6.

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4.

ACROSS
2. These are score points which divide a
distribution into ten equal parts
4. These are score points which divide a
distribution into four equal parts.
6. It is a method being used to find the median
of the quartiles.
DOWN
1. These are numbers that partition or
divide an ordered data set into equal
parts
3. These are score points which divide a
distribution into four equal parts.
5. It is the middle value in a set of data.

ACTIVITY #2: Solve the following problems about Measures of Position of Ungrouped Data:
QUARTILE

1. There are 12 sections in Grade 10 who qualified for the Scholarship Program offered by NCCC.
Listed below are the number of qualified students in each section.

23 43 56 43 23 56 43 23 15 14 38 44

Find each of the following using Mendenhall and Sincich Method

a) Data in ascending order.

b) Q1
c) Q2
d) Q3
2. The number of games won by a famous basketball team each year from the year 1991 to the
year 2000 are 20,25,20,45,35,45,30 and 35. Find Q1, Q2 and Q3 using Tukey’s Method.
3. The rate of an article changed in six consecutive months. Its rate each month was
16,13,11,8,18,3. Find the lower and the middle quartile in the data set using Mendenhall and
Sincich Method.
4. The owner of a supermarket recorded the number of customers who came into his store each
hour in a day. The results were 11,7,9,6,14,2,5,6,11,7 and 8. Find the lower quartile and upper
quartile from the data using Mendenhall and Sincich Method.
5. Annie conducted a math test for her students. The scores they got in the test are
16,19,9,14,31,9,24,16,19,14 and 31. Find the second quartile.
6. Find the average of the lower, the middle and the upper quartiles of the data:
15,18,23,12,10,0,6,7,22 and 12.