Percentile — Algebra II, what it means and where it is taught
The percentage of the population at or below a value.
Taught in Algebra II.
Where it is taught
Practise this idea
2 questions in the course bank use Percentile, in The Normal Distribution.
Problem 1
Using the empirical rule, approximately: mean 500, deviation 100. What score is at the 84th percentile?
Worked answer
600
That is one deviation above
500+100=600
Problem 2
Using the empirical rule, approximately: mean 500, deviation 100. What score is at the 16th percentile?
Worked answer
400
500-100=400