A Detailed Lesson Plan in

Mathematics-8

Student Teacher: Wirlo Paolo C. Espineda Date: February 15, 2017

Time: 9:30 am-10:30 am Grade/Section: Grade 8-6

Day: Tuesday Cooperating Teacher: Mr. Otelio D. Gorgonia

I. Objectives

At the end of the period, the students are expected to:

1. Identify and define the measures of central tendency of ungrouped data.

2. Develop Interest and show enthusiasm in determining the values of the measures of the
central tendency.
3. Compute the values of the measures of the central tendency for ungrouped data.
4. Solve problems involving the measures of the central tendency for ungrouped data.

II. Subject Matter

a. Major Concept: Measures of central tendency and Measures of variability

b. Minor Concept: Measures of central tendency of an ungrouped data
Concept: The mean, median and mode
c. References: Mathematics-Grade 8 Learners Module, First Edition, 2013 by Emmanuel P.
Abuzo et. Al
d. Materials: Visual aids, flashcards, meta strips, and chalkboard
e. Teaching Strategies: Discovery Approach, Discussion and Inductive method of teaching
f. Multiple Intelligences: Logical/Mathematical and Interpersonal Intelligence
g. Value aims: The students will learn unity and collaboration in a group, patience and
accuracy in solving mathematical problems.
h. Process/Skills: Solving values of the measures of the central tendency

III. Procedure

A. Daily Routine
-Arranging of chairs, cleaning the board, prayer and checking the attendance.
 Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

B. Review

What have we discussed last meeting?

We have discussed the different terminologies in
measures of central tendency.
What are the important terms used in the
measures of the central tendency?
Grouped and ungrouped data, mean, median,
mode, frequency, total number of scores, and
summation.
What is the difference between Grouped and
Ungrouped data?
In grouped data, scores are written in classes or
clusters while ungrouped data is based on
individual scores.
How about the three measures of central
tendency?
The mean is known as arithmetic mean or average,
while median is the middle score value, and the
mode is the number that has the greatest
frequency.
Then we also talked about the total number of
scores, individual scores, frequency, and
summation. How do they differ from each other?
Total number of scores (N) is the total number of
individual scores in the given data, While
individual scores (x) are the numbers comprising
the given data. Frequency is the number of times
that a number happens or occurs in a set of data,
while summation is the sum of all the numbers in
the data.

C. Motivation

I will call volunteer students to think of their

favorite numbers ranging from 1-50. You will not
tell me about your chosen number. Just keep it in
your minds. Then I will try to guess your number
using the cards which I will show to you. You will
just tell me whether your number is found in each
card or not. Are you ready?
Yes, sir!
 CARD 1 CARD 2
1 3 5 7 9 2 3 6 7 10
11 13 15 17 19 11 14 15 18 19
21 23 25 27 29 22 23 26 27 30
31 33 35 37 39 31 34 35 38 39
41 43 45 47 49 42 43 46 47 50

CARD 3 CARD 4
4 5 6 7 12 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 21 23 13 14 15 26 27
24 25 29 30 32 28 29 30 31 32
33 34 35 40 41 33 34 35 44 45
42 43 48 49 50 46 47 48 49 50

CARD 5 CARD 6
16 17 18 19 21 20 22 24 25 28
23 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
36 37 38 39 40 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 46 47 48 49 50

D. Presentation

Today we will be discussing the measures of

central tendency of an ungrouped data. We will
determine and define the three measures of
central tendency-mean, median and mode. We
will also discuss how to compute the values of the
three measures and use to solve problems
involving the measures of central tendency of an
ungrouped data.

E. Lesson Proper

Activity
I will group the class into three (3). Each group will
need to complete the tasks presented in meta
strips.

For Group 1:
 Write in the strips provided for you, the
days of your birthdays.
 Paste it in front of your clothes.
 Arrange yourselves based on the numbers
you have from lowest to the highest
number.
  Get the summation of all the numbers in
your group, and divide it by the total
number of students in your group (N).

For Group 2:
 Write in the strips provided for you, your
weights in kilograms.
 Paste it in front of your clothes.
 Arrange yourselves based on the numbers
you have from lowest to the highest
number.
 Get the number of the student standing in
the middle of the line in your group.

For Group 3:
 Write in the strips provided for you, the
days of your birthdays.
 Paste it in front of your clothes.
 Arrange yourselves based on the numbers
you have from lowest to the highest
number.
 Get the number that appears most often
or frequent in your group.

Analysis
What can you observe with the numbers in front
of your clothes? How are they used in your activity
We used our numbers as our data where we
consolidated the individual numbers in our group.
What is the third step in your activity?
We arranged ourselves based on the numbers we
What do you think will happen if the numbers are have in our clothes from lowest to highest.
not arranged base on the ascending order of the
values? Will it affect your answers?

For Group 1?
No sir! Even if it will not be arranged, the answer
How about the Group 2? will still be the same.

Sir, it will probably change because the number in

the middle position will change. So the answer will
And for the Group 3? Would it still be the same? vary.

Yes, sir! The answer will always be the same

because only the arrangement will vary but the
If you associate what you have done today to the numbers were the same.
terminologies or the definition of terms, what can
you conclude?

For Group 1?
In our group, we get the summation of the
numbers and divided by the total number of our
group. It’s like the mean or the average.
How about the second Group?
We have find the middle score value. So it would
be the median.
And the third Group?
We are able to determine the most frequent or
often number. So it would be the mode.
Abstraction
What you have done recently is finding the values
of the measures of central tendency of an
ungrouped data.

What are the three measures of central tendency?

The three measures are the mean, median, and
mode.
Why do you think it is for the ungrouped data?
Ungrouped, because the data is based on
individual scores or in other words, not grouped.
The first measure is the mean or also known as
arithmetic mean or average. It is the most
commonly used measure of central tendency. It is
used to describe a set of data where the measures
cluster and concentrate at a point.

Based on your activity lately, how would you get Get the sum of the measures or individual scores
the value of the mean? and divide by the total number of scores (N).

It could be represented by a formula,

∑𝑥
X= 𝑁
For example, we have the following scores in a
mathematics quiz of grade 8 students:

20 18 12 16 14 13 14 13 14 16

Find the mean of the ungrouped data.

What you will do is get the summation or add all

the scores in the given data. So, adding all the
scores, we get 150. Therefore ∑x=150 then divide
it by the total number of scores in the data (N).
Since there are 10 individual scores, therefore,
∑𝑥
N=10. Using the formula X= 𝑁 ,

150
We get x= 10
Therefore, x=15

The second measure of central tendency is the

median. It is the middle score value in a set of
data.
How would you find the median?
First arrange the individual scores from lowest to
highest and then get the middle score value.
In our example, arranging the scores we get,
12 13 13 14 14 14 16 16 18 20

If in a set of data, two middle score values

appeared, get the mean of the two and that would
14+14 28
be your median. Therefore, 2 = 2 md=14

And the third measure of central tendency is the

mode. It is the measure or value which occurs
most frequently in a set of data. It is the value with
the greatest frequency.

How did you find the mode?

We just select the number that appears most
In the given example, the score that appeared often in a set.
most often or the number that has the greatest
frequency in the group is 14. So, x=14

If two numbers/measures appear the same

number of times, then the set is bimodal. If three
numbers/measures appear the same number of
times, then the set is trimodal. If every measure
appears the same number of times, then the set of
data has no mode.

Application
-Have you ever wondered why a certain size of
shoe or brand of shirt is made more available than
other sizes?

-have you asked yourself why a certain basketball

player gets more playing time than the rest of his
team mates?
-have you ever thought of comparing your
academic performance with your classmates?

It’s all because of the measures of the central

tendency-mean, median, and mode.

I have here a picture of a certain basketball team

with their team players. You will need to identify
the following values:
1. What is the average or mean of the jersey
numbers of the players?

2. How about the jersey number of the middle

player(s) or the median?

3. And the jersey number of the most frequent

number in the players.

IV. Evaluation
∑X= 20+18+12+16+14+15+10+
Get ½ sheet of paper. Determine the values of the 20+17+13+11+19+15+10+15
mean, median, and mode of the following data: ∑x=225
1. The scores in Mathematics quiz of fifteen
students are as follows: ∑𝑥 225
X= 𝑁 15 x=15

20 18 12 16 14 15 10 20
md= 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 17, 18,
17 13 11 19 15 10 and 15
19, 20, 20
md=15

x= 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 20
x=15

∑x= 92+90+88+79+81+85+95+86+84+
89+91+85+92+88+83+87+85+70+90+80
2. The mathematics grades of 20 Grade 8 students
∑x=1720
in third grading period are as follows:
∑𝑥 1720
92 90 88 79 81 85 95 86 84 89 91 X= 𝑁 20
x=86
85 92 88 93 87 85 70 90 and 80
md= 70 79 80 81 83 84 85 85 85
86 87 88 88 89 90 90 91 92 92 95
86+87 173
md= md= md=86.5
2 2

x= 70 79 80 81 83 84 85 85 85
86 87 88 88 89 90 90 91 92 92 95
 X= 85

V. Assignment

Compute the measures of the central tendencies

of the following:

1. Jammille store have sales for the month of April

2016 of 200 520 340 360 400 480 520 300
400 500 600 450 350 250 500 350 320
480 460 410 310 510 500 320 620 600
470 290 490 and 590.

2. The fifteen (15) sections of Grade-8 students in

SAIS have the following number of students in
each class:

I-50 IV-42 VII-47 X-50 XIII-45

II-45 V-49 VIII-45 XI-43 XIV-44
III-48 VI-43 IX-48 XII-40 XV-46