MEASURES OF POSITION FOR UNGROUPED DATA

The median score is also the _____.

• 75th percentile

• 5th decile

• 3rd decile

• 1st quartile

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score point that describes the distribution is called a ___________.

• percentile

• decile

• quartile

• median

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The lower quartile is equal to ______________.

• 50th percentile

• 25th percentile

• 2nd decile

• 3rd quartile

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Rochelle got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70th percentile in a mathematics test. Which of the following is NOT true?

• She scored above 70% of her classmates.

• Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above.

• If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test.

• Her score is below the 5th decile.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

In a 100-item test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. What does it imply?

• The students should answer at least 75 items correctly to pass the test.

• The students should answer at least 50 items correctly to pass the test.

• The students should answer at most 75 items correctly to pass the test.

• The students should answer at most 50 items correctly to pass the test

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

In the set of scores: 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19, the median score is _____.

• 17

• 16

• 15

• 13

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

In a 70-item test, Melody got a score of 50 which is the third quartile. This means that:

• she got the highest score.

• her score is higher than 25% of her classmates.

• she surpassed 75% of her classmates.

• seventy-five percent of the class did not pass the test.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The 1st quartile of the ages of 250 fourth year students is 16 years old. Which of the following statements is true?

• Most of the students are below 16 years old.

• Seventy-five percent of the students are 16 years old and above.

• Twenty-five percent of the students are 16 years old.

• One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

In a group of 55 examinees taking the 50-item test, Rachel obtained a score of 38. This implies that her score is ______________.

• below the 50th percentile

• at the upper quartile

• the 55th percentile

• below the 3rd decile

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Consider the score distribution of 15 students given below:

83, 72, 87, 79, 82, 77, 80, 73, 86, 81, 79, 82, 79, 74, 74.

The mean in the given score distribution of 15 students can also be interpreted as ______.

• seven students scored higher than 79.

• seven students scored lower than 79.

• seven students scored lower than 79 and seven students scored higher than 79.

• fourteen students scored lower than 79.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C