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4th QUARTER – Module 4:

PROBLEMS ON QUARTILES AND
DECILES FOR UNGROUPED DATA

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Mathematics – Grade 10
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Quarter 4 - Module 4: Problems on Quartiles and Deciles for Ungrouped Data
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This Self – Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can continue
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Thank you.

What I Need to Know

This module is designed for the learners to enhance their critical thinking and problem
solving skills in dealing with word problems.

At the end of this lesson the learners are expected to:

• Solve word problems involving real - life situations on quartiles for ungrouped data
• Solve word problems involving real - life situations on deciles for ungrouped data

What I Know
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet.

Problem: The following scores show the intelligence quotient (IQ) of 20

students of 10 - Apollo.

97 90 92 91 92 92 87 100 97 98
101 110 98 93 95 100 93 91 98 105
1. What is the first step in solving problem involving quartile or decile?
A. Arrange the data entries from highest to lowest.

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 B. Arrange the data entries from lowest to highest.
C. Arrange data entries in descending order.
D. Arrange data entries from largest to smallest.
2. Which of the following formula is used in solving for the position of quartile?
𝑘𝑁 𝑘(𝑛+1) 𝑘𝑁 𝑘(𝑛+1)
A. 𝑄𝑘 = B. 𝑄𝑘 = C. 𝑄𝑘 = D. 𝑄𝑘 =
4 10 10 4
3. What is the value of 𝑄2 and 𝐷5 ?
A. 93 B. 95 C. 97 D. 98
4. Which of the following interpretations is NOT TRUE about 𝐷5 ?
A. 75% of the students of 10 - Apollo has 97 or below IQ Score.
B. The median score of the data is 97.
C. The 5th decile of the data is 97.
D. 50% of the students of 10 – Apollo has 97 or below IQ Score.
5. Which of the following is the CORRECT interpretation for 𝑄1?
A. 50% of the students of 10 – Apollo has 91 or below IQ Score.
B. 25% of the students of 10 – Apollo has 97 or below IQ Score.
C. 25% of the students of 10 – Apollo has 92 or below IQ Score.
D. 50% of the students of 10 – Apollo has 97 or below IQ Score.

What’s In
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet.

Given the data:

134 137 142 144 147 147

149 153 154 157 162

1. What is the first step in solving for quartile or decile?

A. Arrange data in descending order.
B. Arrange the data in ascending order.
C. Arrange the data from the highest to the lowest.
D. Arrange the data from the largest to the smallest.

2. What is the formula in solving the quartile for ungrouped data?

𝑘(𝑛+1) 𝑘(𝑛+1) 𝑘𝑁 𝑘(𝑛+1)
A. 𝑄𝑘 = B. 𝑄𝑘 = C. 𝑄𝑘 = D. 𝑄𝑘 =
100 10 4 4

3. What is the value of 𝑄3 ?

A. 149 B. 153 C. 154 D. 157

4. What is the formula in solving the decile for ungrouped data?

𝑘(𝑛+1) 𝑘(𝑛+1) 𝑘𝑁 𝑘(𝑛+1)
A. 𝐷𝑘 = B. 𝐷𝑘 = C. 𝐷𝑘 = D. 𝐷𝑘 =
100 10 4 4

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 5. What is the value of 𝐷3 ?
A. 144 B. 147 C. 149 D. 153

What’s New
Directions: Arrange the letters in the box to form a word and match it to its definition.
Write your answer on a separate sheet.

DORW BELMOPR RPOMLEB GILNOSV ADEIMN

CDEEIL LIEAQRTU

1. It is the 𝐷5 and 𝑄2 of the data.

2. It is a mathematical problem expressed entirely in words.
3. These are score points which divide a distribution into four equal parts.
4. These are score points which divide a distribution into ten equal parts.
5. It is a process in finding solution.

What is It

LESSON Problems on Quartiles and Deciles

1 for Ungrouped Data

A QUARTILES

These are the score points which divide a distribution into four equal parts.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the distribution fall below the first quartile (Q 1), fifty
percent (50%) fall below the second quartile (Q2), and seventy-five percent (75%) fall
below the third quartile (Q3).

B DECILES

The deciles are the nine score points which divide a distribution into ten equal
parts. The deciles are denoted as D1, D2, D3,…, D9. Ten percent (10%) of the
distribution fall below D1, twenty percent (20%) fall below D2, thirty percent (30%) fall
below D3, …,ninety percent (90%) fall below D9.They are computed in the same way
that the quartiles are calculated.

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 FORMULAS
To solve for the position of the kth quartile and kth decile scores, follow the given
formula below

Quartiles Deciles
𝑘(𝑛 + 1) 𝑘(𝑛 + 1)
𝑄𝑘 = 𝐷𝑘 =
4 10
where: where:
n = total number of data n = total number of data
k = position of the quartile k = position of the decile

STEPS IN SOLVING WORD PROBLEM INVOLVING QUARTILE AND DECILE

Step 1: Arrange the n data entries from lowest to highest.

Step 2: Solve for the position of the quartile or decile using the correct
formula.
Step 3: Interpret the result.

EXAMPLE 1

In Rheem’s Coffee Shop, the owner is interested to know the amount of time it
takes the barista to prepare orders per customer. On a particular day, he asked his
store manager to record the service time of their barista for the first 15 costumers. The
data of the service time (to the nearest minute) are as follows: 6, 7, 8, 2, 4, 5, 7, 6, 9,
2, 9, 3, 11, 5, 10. What is the lower quartile of the service time recorded?

SOLUTION
STEPS ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11
STEP 1: Arrange the n data
entries from lowest to highest. *Note that based on the given data, n is 15 because
there are 15 values.
STEP 2: Find the position of the 𝑘(𝑛 + 1) 1(15 + 1) 16
lower quartile ( 𝑄1 ) using the 𝑄 1 = = =
4 4 4
formula: = 4 ( 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 4𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎)

2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11

(Round off to the nearest integer if Since Q1 is the 4th data then Q1 = 4. Therefore,
necessary.) 25% of the data distribution fall below 4.

EXAMPLE 2

The “Adopt a Student Program” of ZNHS is one of the laudable programs of

the school. The teacher sponsors are providing Php100 per week per recipient. Each

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of the seventeen teachers in the program adopted 8, 1, 9, 2, 3, 5, 7, 1, 4, 6, 1, 3, 7, 6,
4, 4, and 5 students. Solve for the 5th decile (D5) and interpret the result.

SOLUTION
STEPS ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
STEP 1: Arrange the n data
entries from lowest to highest. 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9

* Note that there are 17 data values (n) from the given
data
STEP 2: Find the position of the k(n + 1) 5(17 + 1) 90
lower quartile using the formula: D5 = = =
10 10 10
= 9 (𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 9𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎)

(Round off to the nearest integer 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9

if necessary.)
This means that 50% of the teacher
sponsors adopted 4 or less number of
students.

What’s More
ACTIVITY 1: CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING

Directions: Perform as indicated. Write your answers on separate sheets.

Cardiovascular conditioning improves circulation and strengthens the heart, lungs

and blood vessels. It builds endurance and strength for the heart muscle.
Moreover, exercise conditions the heart to work more efficiently. Twenty (20)
aerobics practitioners recorded the average time (in minutes) of their individual
workout. The data are listed as follows:
70 72 68 73 43 40 45 40 74 54
80 50 82 50 65 35 62 30 30 55
a.) Arrange the given data from lowest to highest.
b.) Solve for the upper and lower quartiles then interpret the results.

Data: ____________________________________________________

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 UPPER QUARTILE LOWER QUARTILE
Solution: Solution:

Interpretation: Interpretation:

ACTIVITY 2: TIME TO RECORD

Directions: Refer to the given data below. Solve for the decile scores and interpret
the results. Answer this activity on a separate sheet of paper.

Dr. Mabait is a family physician at Family Home Clinic. One morning, he asked
her nurse secretary to record the ages of their 15 patients. The following are the
data recorded: 22, 24, 10, 33, 15, 12, 17, 31, 25, 30, 29, 27, 20, 17, and 20. Solve
the value of the 2nd decile, 6th decile, and 8th decile. Interpret the results.
Data: ________________________________________________

Solution:
2nd DECILE

Interpretation:

Solution:
6th DECILE

Interpretation

Solution:
8th DECILE

Interpretation

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 What I Have Learned
Directions. To check your understanding on this lesson, fill the table as indicated.

QUARTILE DECILE
Definition: Definition:

Formula: Formula:

STEPS IN SOLVING WORD PROBLEM INVOLVING QUARTILE

AND DECILE

Step 1: ___________________________________________
Step 2: ___________________________________________
Step 3: ___________________________________________

What I Can Do
Directions. Read the questions carefully. Write your answer on a separate sheet.

1. How do decile scores differ from quartile scores?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

2. Are quartiles and deciles useful when applied in a real life situation?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

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 Assessment
Directions: Read carefully each item and encircle the corresponding letter of the
correct answer.
1. Find the first quartile for the following set of data 7, 9, 13, 4, 18, 3, 9, 10, 15, 8, 2,
6, 9.
A. 6 B. 9 C. 3.5 D. 4
2. A teacher gave a 50-point special test to 10 students. The scores were: 18, 36, 45,
40, 30, 38, 48, 27, 39, 25. If a student scored 25, in what quartile does it fall?
A. The score falls on the first quartile.
B. The score belongs to the second quartile
C. The score falls on the third quartile
D. The score is higher than the third quartile

For items 3-4 refer to the problem below.

A block screening of the movie Mindanao was conducted by a producer of
the movie and came up with an idea to determine the ages of the viewers that
watched the film. The data were taken from 15 random samples out of the
population of 50 viewers. The following were the ages: 15, 18, 20, 25, 19, 18, 15,
16, 30, 22, 15, 24, 17, 23, 26.

3. What observation can you make about the ages of viewers?

A. Most of the viewers are of ages below 30.
B. Most of the viewers are teenagers.
C. Most of the viewers are adults.
D. All of the above.
4. How many ages are above the third quartile?
A. There are 3 ages above the third quartile
B. There are 4 ages above the third quartile
C. There are 5 ages above the third quartile
D. There are 6 ages above the third quartile
5. The following data represent the number of biscuits in each student snack box: 6,
7, 9, 7, 8, 5,10, 7, 11. What interpretation can you draw using the following
positions: 𝑄1 =3rd, 𝑄2 =5th , 𝑄3 = 8th?
A. 25% of the number of biscuits has a value ≤ 6.5
B. 50% of the number of biscuits has a value ≤ 7
C. 75% of the number of biscuits has a value ≤ 9.
D. All of the above

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For items 6-8, refer to the problem below:

Mr. Sebastian conducted an exam to 12 students in his Geometry class. The

following were the test scores of his students: 56, 62, 65, 70, 73, 77, 79, 82,
85, 87, 92 and 99.

6. What is the value of the 8th decile?

A. 79 B. 82 C. 85 D. 87
7. What is the median of the scores of the 12 students who took the exam?
A. 77 B. 79 C. 82 D. 85
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8. Alois got a score of 87 which is equivalent to the 8 decile. Which among the
following is NOT true about his score?
A. He scored above 80% of his classmates.
B. 20% of his classmates got scores of 87 and above.
C. If the passing score is the upper quartile, he passed the exam.
D. His score is above the median score.

For items 9-10, refer to the problem below:

The following data show the prices of wallets in a shop: Php 380, Php 680,
Php 420, Php 700, Php 430, Php 800, Php 670, Php 330, and Php 550.

9. What is the value of the 4th decile?

A. 330 B. 380 C. 420 D.430
10. Which of the following interpretation is correct?
A. 50% of the prices are less than or equal to Php 550.
B. 70% of the prices are greater than or equal to Php 550.
C. 30% of the prices are less than or equal to Php 550.
D. 10% of the prices are greater than or equal to Php 550.

Additional Activities
Directions: Refer to the given problem below and answer the questions that follow.
Write the answers on separate sheets.

A survey of 12 randomly selected tax returns as to the number of claimed

dependents yielded the following: 1, 4, 5, 6, 1, 3, 3, 2, 5, 6, 4, 3.

Questions:

1. List the data that are below 𝑄1.

Answer: _____________________________

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2. List the data that are below 𝐷7 .
Answer: ____________________________

3. List the data that are above 𝐷2 .

Answer:_____________________________

4. Solve for the third quartile and interpret.

Answer:_____________________________

5. Solve for the 4th decile and interpret.

Answer:_____________________________

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What’s More:
Activity 1:
Data: 30 30 35 40 40 43 45 54 50 50
55 62 65 68 70 72 73 74 80 82
Upper Quartile Lower Quartile
Solution: Solution:
Find the position of the upper quartile (Q3) Find the position of the lower
using the formula: quartile (Q1)
using the formula:
k(N+1) 3(20+1) 63 k(N+1) 1(20+1) 21
Q =
3 Q1 = = = = 5.2 ≈ 5 (5𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎)
4 4 4 4
= 4 = 4 = 15.75
≈ 16 (16𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎)
Interpret: Interpret:
Since the upper quartile is the 16th data Since the lower quartile is the 5th data then
then Q3 = 72. Therefore, 75% of the Q1 = 40. Therefore, 25% of the data
data distribution fall below 72. distribution fall below 40.
Activity 2:
Find the position of the 2nd decile (D2) using the formula:
k(N+1) 2(15+1) 32
D2 = 10 = 10 = 10 = 3.2 ≈ 3 (3𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎)
Since D2 is the 3rd data then D2 = 15.
2nd DECILE Therefore, this implies that 20% of the data distribution fall below 15.
Find the position of the 6th decile (D6) using the formula:
k(N+1) 6(15+1) 96
D6 = 10 = 10 = 10 = 9.6 ≈ 10 (10𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎)
Since D6 is the 10th data then D6 = 25.
Therefore, this implies that 60% of the data distribution fall below 25.

6th DECILE
Find the position of the 8th decile (D8) using the formula:
k(N+1) 8(15+1) 128
D8 = 10 = 10 = 10 = 12.8 ≈ 13 (13𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎)
Since D8 is the 13th data then D8 = 30.
Therefore, this implies that 80% of the data distribution fall below 30.

8th DECILE
What’s New:
1. Median 2. Word Problem 3. Quartile 4. Decile 5. Problem Solving
What’s In:
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A
What I Know:
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C
Answer Key
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Additional Activities: (Optional)
1. 1, 1
2. 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4
3. 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6
4. 𝑄3 =10th which is 5
Interpret: This means that 75% of the data distribution fall below 5.
5. 𝐷4 =5th which is 3
Interpret: This means that 40% of the data distribution fall below 3.
Assessment:
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. A
What I Can Do:
1. Deciles are the nine score points in which divide a distribution into ten equal
parts while Quartiles are the score points which divide the distribution into
four equal parts.
2. Yes.
What I Have Learned:
Answers vary
References:
Melvin M. Callanta, et. al, Mathematics Learner’s Module 10 Pasig City: Department of
Education 2015, pp. 336-375

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 I AM A FILIPINO
by Carlos P. Romulo
I am a Filipino – inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the It is the mark of my manhood, the symbol of my dignity as
uncertain future. As such, I must prove equal to a two-fold a human being. Like the seeds that were once buried in the
task – the task of meeting my responsibility to the past, and tomb of Tutankhamen many thousands of years ago, it shall
the task of performing my obligation to the future. grow and flower and bear fruit again. It is the insigne of my
I am sprung from a hardy race – child many generations race, and my generation is but a stage in the unending
removed of ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries, search of my people for freedom and happiness.
the memory comes rushing back to me: of brown-skinned I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the
men putting out to sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts West. The East, with its languor and mysticism, its passivity
were stout. Over the sea I see them come, borne upon the and endurance, was my mother, and my sire was the West
billowing wave and the whistling wind, carried upon the that came thundering across the seas with the Cross and
mighty swell of hope – hope in the free abundance of the new Sword and the Machine. I am of the East, an eager
land that was to be their home and their children’s forever. participant in its struggles for liberation from the imperialist
This is the land they sought and found. Every inch of shore yoke. But I know also that the East must awake from its
that their eyes first set upon, every hill and mountain that centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has bound its
beckoned to them with a green and purple invitation, every limbs, and start moving where destiny awaits.
mile of rolling plain that their view encompassed, every river For I, too, am of the West, and the vigorous peoples of the
and lake that promised a plentiful living and the fruitfulness West have destroyed forever the peace and quiet that once
of commerce, is a hollowed spot to me. were ours. I can no longer live, a being apart from those
By the strength of their hearts and hands, by every right of whose world now trembles to the roar of bomb and cannon
law, human and divine, this land and all the appurtenances shot. For no man and no nation is an island, but a part of the
thereof – the black and fertile soil, the seas and lakes and main, and there is no longer any East and West – only
rivers teeming with fish, the forests with their inexhaustible individuals and nations making those momentous choices
wealth in wild and timber, the mountains with their bowels that are the hinges upon which history revolves. At the
swollen with minerals – the whole of this rich and happy land vanguard of progress in this part of the world I stand – a
has been for centuries without number, the land of my forlorn figure in the eyes of some, but not one defeated and
fathers. This land I received in trust from them, and in trust lost. For through the thick, interlacing branches of habit and
will pass it to my children, and so on until the world is no custom above me I have seen the light of the sun, and I
more. know that it is good. I have seen the light of justice and
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes equality and freedom, my heart has been lifted by the vision
– seed that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage of democracy, and I shall not rest until my land and my
and defiance. In my veins yet pulses the same hot blood that people shall have been blessed by these, beyond the power
sent Lapulapu to battle against the alien foe, that drove Diego of any man or nation to subvert or destroy.
Silang and Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge
oppressor. shall I give that I may prove worthy of my inheritance? I
That seed is immortal. It is the self-same seed that flowered shall give the pledge that has come ringing down the
in the heart of Jose Rizal that morning in Bagumbayan when corridors of the centuries, and it shall be compounded of the
a volley of shots put an end to all that was mortal of him and joyous cries of my Malayan forebears when first they saw
made his spirit deathless forever; the same that flowered in the contours of this land loom before their eyes, of the battle
the hearts of Bonifacio in Balintawak, of Gregorio del Pilar cries that have resounded in every field of combat from
at Tirad Pass, of Antonio Luna at Calumpit, that bloomed in Mactan to Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they
flowers of frustration in the sad heart of Emilio Aguinaldo at sing:
Palanan, and yet burst forth royally again in the proud heart “I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until
of Manuel L. Quezon when he stood at last on the threshold freedom shall have been added unto my inheritance—for
of ancient Malacanang Palace, in the symbolic act of myself and my children and my children’s children—
possession and racial vindication. The seed I bear within me forever.”
is an immortal seed.

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