Practice with
Percentiles and Quartiles
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 You will need paper, a pencil and a calculator.
 

1.

The Final Exam test scores were:  62, 66, 71, 75, 75, 78, 81, 83, 84, 85, 85, 87, 89, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 99.  Find the percentile rank for a score of 85 on this test.

Choose:

25th percentile
50th percentile
75th percentile
85th percentile

                                                               


 

2.

The heights of students in inches in Block 3 math class are  55, 59, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 64, 65, 68, 68, 69, 72, 74.  Find the percentile rank for a height of 61 inches.

Choose:

28th percentile
29th percentile
30th percentile
32nd percentile

                                                               


 

3.

The following data are exam grades of 10 students in a math class.     

Interval

Frequency

69 - 76

1

77 - 84

4

85 - 92

4

93 - 100

1

a)  Which interval contains the first (lower) quartile?

b)  Which interval contains the third (upper) quartile?

c)  If students who received at least an 85% on this exam received a "math star" pencil , what percent of the students received a pencil?

 

    ANSWER  


 

4.

The following data represents the heights ( in inches) of 14 students in Mrs. Schultzkie's math class:  65, 63, 68, 59, 74, 59, 68, 61, 64, 60, 69, 72, 55, 64.

Interval

Frequency

55-58

 

59-62

 

63-66

 

67-70

 

71-74

 

a)  Complete the table.

b)  Which interval contains the median?

c)  Which interval contains the third (upper) quartile?

d)  What percent of the students are shorter than 5 feet 7 inches?

 

  ANSWER