Lesson: Identifying The Regions Of Areas Under The Normal Curve

INTRODUCTION

Normal distributions or Gaussian distribution is a distribution consist of a very

large number of cases and the three measures of averages mean, median, mode
are equal. The distribution is symmetrical and the fewness is zero.

It is very important in statistics and are often used in the natural and social
sciences to represent real-valued random variables whose distributions are not
known. Their importance is partly due to the central limit theorem. It states that,
under some conditions, the average of many samples (observations) of a random
variable with finite mean and variance is itself a random variable whose distribution
converges to a normal distribution as the number of samples increases. Therefore,
physical quantities that are expected to be the sum of many independent processes
(such as measurement errors) often have distributions that are nearly normal. If we
say normal distribution, normal curve is included here.

A normal curve is the probability distribution curve of a normal random variable.

It is a graphical representation of a normal distribution. It is a symmetrical bell-
shaped curve representing the probability density function of a normal distribution.
The area of a vertical section of the curve represents the probability that the random
variable lies between the values which delimit the section.
 ACTIVITY 1

COLOR GAME!!!

MATERIALS TO BRING:
 Crayons (BLUE, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, BLACK, PINK, GREEN, VIOLET)
 Copy of Activity Sheet
 Pencil
 Timer

MECHANICS OF THE GAME:

1. Each students will be given a copy of the activity sheet which is shown below.
2. What they need to do is to find and color the 8 words that are connected to the
topic.
3. The 8 words that they need to find and color are already given below together
with its assigned color of crayon.
4. Student who will be the first one to find and color the 8 words will get additional
2 points.
5. Before the students do the activity the teacher will set the timer first.

D I S T R I B U T I O N U U W A D W G H
O Y U I D A E F T Y E R V A M P O M I N
U A A E D A G Y S V F L A H O P E V T B
Z P N I O N F Y T O J O I G L A E I I U
S L G N R G D R T N J U R I N D I C E L
C U E S I G F E O C T I D O Y F H E M S
O S L T E E B D L H U S A P S G S G I E
R M I E S O J D E R O E C N A I R A V L
E I K I A M Y G H P Q W E F M O L N T B
K N A N N O T I W P A A E E H P N D W A
L U P S D G R R E O E H L L R P A A O I
X S E O A O W B U V Y N S T E A I I H R
C R R C L P Q Y R Q J E Y L W B R O S A
V D E R G T I U T W G O L W L T D N T V
B G Z A O R C A N E D I S O R E A P I M
N H M T T L S Q A R D L E S K E B E Z O
M K A E A E S E P T X Y L E J J K R E D
K H A M F O R Y O U R I N F O R M A T N
D H R X E W Y N B C S B A O C I B U R A
F O U N J L U C A S G A R C I A G E I R
N E O N O I T A I V E D D R A D N A T S
WORDS TO FIND

 NORMAL CURVE (blue)

 BELL SHAPED (red)
 DISTRIBUTION (yellow)
 MEAN (orange)
 VARIANCE (black)
 STANDARD DEVIATION (pink)
 Z SCORE (green)
 RANDOM VARIABLES (violet)

DISCUSSION

There are many different normal distributions, with each one depending on two
parameters: the population mean, μ, and the population standard deviation, σ.
Rather than performing computations on each new set of parameters for a variety of
normal curves, it is easier to work in reference to the "simplest case" of the normal
curves, called the standard normal distribution.

The process of converting a value from a normal distribution to a value for the
standard normal distribution is called "standardizing" and requires the use of z-
scores.

A z-score (or standard score) represents the number of standard deviations a

given value x falls from the mean, A z-score is a measure of position that indicates
the number of standard deviations a data value lies from the mean. It is the
horizontal scale of a standard normal distribution.

The z-score is positive if the value lies above the mean, and negative if it lies
below the mean.

To calculate a z-score, the population mean and standard deviation must be

known.

This is the formula for finding the value of Z-score:

x- given measure
μ- population mean
σ- standard deviation
 Here are the 4 process to determine areas and normal curve given
as Z value:

1. Express the given z value into three digit form.

2. Using the Z table find the first two digits on the left column.
3. Match the third digit with the appropriate column on the right.
4. Read the area at the intersection of the row and column.

Z TABLE

In identifying the regions of areas under the normal curve, we need

to use the graph. The graph is shown below:
 As you can see in the graph above, the 68-95-99.7 (RULE) were being used
wherein:
 Approximately 68% of the data lies within 1 standard deviation of the mean.
 Approximately 95% of the data lies within 2 standard deviations of the mean.
 Approximately 99.7% of the data lies within 3 standard deviation of the mean.

The following are the properties of the normal curve:

 The rule applies only to NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED DATA.

 A percentile rank indicates a place in any set of the data where a certain
percentage of the data falls AT or BELOW.
 EXAMPLES

Problem 1. Ate Apol cooked 58 pieces of turon for 50 students. What will be the Z
value and the graph of area under the normal curve if it has a standard deviation of
4?

Given: μ=50 σ=4 x=58

Formula:

Mean
Solution:

38 42 46 50 54 58 62

= = Z=2.00 97.5%

Problem 2. Ilijan Multi-Purpose Cooperative delivers 74 kg of flour to their 60

customers which has the standard deviation of 10. Find the value of Z and the graph
of area under the normal curve.

Given: μ= 60 σ=10 x= 74
Formula:

Mean
Solution:

30 40 50 60 7074 80 90

= = Z= 1.40 0.4192 84%-97.5%

Problem 3. Mayor Beverly Dimacuha gives 82 checks for 75 scholars in Binutbot,
Batangas City with the standard deviation of 15. Find the value of Z and graph the
areas under the normal curve table.

Given: μ= 75 σ=15 x= 82
Formula:

Mean
Solution:

30 45 60 75 82 90 105 120

= = Z= 0.47 0.1808 50%-84%

Problem 4. Ka Tonying deliver 30 sacks of coconut shell in 7 diferrent stores in

Batangas City with the standard deviation of 9. Find the Z value and graph it using
the areas under the normal curve table.

Given: μ= 7 σ= 9 x= 30
Formula:

Mean
Solution:

-17 -11 -2 7 16 2530 34

= = Z= 2.56 0.4948 97.5%-99.85%

ACTIVITY 2
 THERE’S ALWAYS A CHOICE!!!

Direction: Find the Z value of the c given under the star in the left side and then
choose your answer from the choices under the emoticon in the right side. Do not
forget to illustrate the graph of areas under its normal curve. Put your answers on
the blank.

1. Mang Karding has 100 sacks of A. 0.0160

_________ sinandomeng rice in 88
different stores in Batangas B. 0.3413
City with the standard deviation
of 8. Find the Z value and C. 0.4938
graph it using the areas under
the normal curve table. D. 0.1345

2. Rosa’s flowershop offers 78 E. 0.4082

_________ boquet in 90 different types of
flowers in Batangas City with F. 0.4772
the standard deviation of 9.
G. 0.4327
Find the Z value and graph it
using the areas under the H. 1.0921
normal curve table. I.
_________ 0.4744
3. Nikolasa has 77 pair of shoes
in 63 different closet in their J. 0.8880
house with the standard
deviation of 5. Find the Z value K. 0.4974
and graph it using the areas
under the normal curve table. L.0.4938
________
4. Darna has 189 kimona in 150
M. 0.3944
different occasion in Makati
City with the standard deviation
N. 0.1003
of 20. Find the Z value and
graph it using the areas under
O. 0.4332
the normal curve table.
_________ 5. Lolo Basyong red 70 stories
of 62 different stories of Lola
Basyang with the standard
deviation of 8. Find the Z
value and graph it using the
areas under the normal
curve table.

_________ 6. Lola Basyang wrote 200

stories in 185 different
genres in Phoenix Publishing
House with the standard
deviation of 12. Find the Z
value and graph it using the
areas under the normal
curve table.

7. Kakang Iska planted 78

____________mongo beans in 62 different
places in her backyard with
the standard deviation of 8.
Find the Z value and graph it
using the areas under the
normal curve table.
________ 8. Aling Bennierose sold 82
palamig in 62 different
people in Ilijan with the
standard deviation of 8. Find
the Z value and graph it
using the areas under the
normal curve table.

_______ 9. Manang Shane bought 50

kikiam for her 62 godchildren
with the standard deviation of
8. Find the Z value and
graph it using the areas
under the normal curve table.

________ 10. Mam Lorna distributed 42

cellphone permit for 62
students with the standard
deviation of 8. Find the Z
value and graph it using the
areas under the normal
curve table.
MORAL LESSON

“Do not dream with ease because dream comes from hardship.”
“Life is like solving equation, it needs formula to get the perfect success
and sequence”.

ASSESSMENT

Direction: Please answer the following questions.

1. What rule is being used in normal distribution?

2. What is the shape of the graph of normal curve?
3. If μ: population mean, what is x:_________?
4. What is the formula for finding the Z value?
5. What is the other term for normal distribution?

PERFORMANCE TASK

Direction
1. Divide the class into two (2) groups.
2. Each group should make songs about identifying the regions of
areas under normal curve and out of it the group also should make
an interpretative dance.

Criteria:

Content 15%
Originality 10%
Lyrics 20%
Message 10%
Interpretation 25%
Teamwork 20%
Total 100%