Percentiles

If I tell you that you scored at the 55th percentile on your final exam, you would know:

• 55% of the class scored the same or worse than you did

• You earned a 55% on the exam

• You failed the exam

• 45% of the class scored worse than you did

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Given the data set: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 45, 102, calculate the percentile for the data value 11 in this set.

• 70^th percentile

• 62nd percentile

• 72.5^th percentile

• 75^th percentile

What is the percentile of the value 74 in the following group of 15 data values? 23, 30, 35, 55, 61, 65, 68, 69, 70, 74, 80, 85, 90, 100, 100

• 73rd

• 67th

• 75th

• 66th

What is the PERCENTILE for the data value of 20 in the given data set.

• 33rd

• 34th

• 27th

• 25th

What is the PERCENTILE for the data value of 30 in the given data set.

• 80th

• 75th

• 93rd

• 94th

Here are the weights (in pounds) of 10 puppies: 4, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 8, 10, 12, 13. What is the percentile of a 5 pound puppy?

• 30th percentile

• 20th percentile

• 70th percentile

• 40th percentile

Find the 58th percentile of this set of 12 values

5, 12, 16, 18, 22, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 45

• 22

• 25

• 30

• 31

If your doctor tells you that your height puts you at the 70th percentile, you will know that you are taller than or the same as__________ percent of people your age.

• 30

• 70

• 100

• 40

A student recently took the SATs and their score correlated to the 60th percentile. This means that ______________ percent of all students score higher than the score the student received.

• 60

• 40

• 20

• 100

The data below represents the scores students received on a recent Statistics quiz. Calculate the percentile for a student that scored 24 points.

20, 22, 21, 15, 18, 25, 19, 21, 22, 24

• 20th

• 80th

• 90th

• 99th