FINDING THE MODE

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I. The Mode
1.Definition
The mode of a data set is the value that appears most often.
2. How to finding the mode of the data set:
To find the mode of the data set, we can use 2 ways:
Way #1: We can write the data values (if they are numbers) in order from least to greatest and count
how each value appears.
Way #2: We can use a frequency table to record the number of times each value occur.

3.Examples
Find the mode of the data set 2,5,7,3,8,5,8,2,4,8,9
A. Use way#1 to find the Mode of a Data Set.
Step 1: Put the values in order: 2,2,3,4,5,5,7,8,8,8,9
Step 2: Count how many times each value appears:

Step 3: Choose the value which appears most: Number 8 (3 times)

B. Use way#2 to find the Mode of the data set.

Step 1: Draw a frequency table.
Step 2: Count how many times each value occurs and fill in the table.
Step 3: Choose the value which appears most. (Number 8)

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II.Practice
LEVEL 1
Q1: Finding the mode of the following sets of data
a. 7,8,0,3,0,6,0,11,1 b.2,3,0,3,4,5,6,7,9,5,,1,5,2 c.16,8,12,13,8,17,13,8,9,8
d.8.2,8.1,8.1,8.2,8.1,8.2,8.2 e. 1,3,2,0,4,2,1,4,2,3,0,3,3,2,2,5,2,3,1,2
Q2: The following data points represent the number of goals scored by a player in 10 consecutive
matches: 2,1,2,0,1,2,1,4,4,2. What was the mode score ?
Q3 (multiple choice): Find the mode of the values 4,7,2,8,9,3,4,2,4,8,6 and 8
A. 4 and 2 B. 7 and 8 C. 2,4 and 8 D. 4 and 8
Q4: The table shows that the number of goals scored by a team in a football season. What was the
mode number of goals scored ?

LEVEL 2
Q5. The table shows the average temperature of a city on each day in April 2022. Find the mode of the
temperatures

Q6:Given that the mode of the values 13,12,18,8 and a is 12. Find the value of a ?

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LEVEL 3
Q7: For this column graph on shoe size.
i. draw and complete the frequency table.
Ii .determine the mode and the median of shoe size:

Q8: The following data are the ages of students in a chess club. What is the difference between the
mean of age and the mode of age ?

Q9: Bill carried out a survey of the number of school dinners students had in one week. The table
shows this information. The table shows this information. Copy and complete the table.

a. Write down the mode

b. How many students were there altogether ?
c. How many school dinners were served during the week ?
d. Calculate the mean number of number of school dinners ?
Q10: Sarah works in a post office. She recorded the number of parcels posted on each of 16 days.
Here are the results.

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a. Complete the frequency table

b. Write down the mode

c. Work out the range (range= the largest value – the smallest value )
Q11: Some students were asked how many pets they owned. The results are given in the bar chart
below.

a. Complete the frequency table

b. Write down the mode

c. How many students were asked together ?
d. How many pets are owned, in total, by all the students ?
e. Find the median number of pets owned ?
Q12(SAT):

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The table above shown the scores for Jay’s first seven math quizzes. Which of the following are true
about this scores ?
I. The mode is greater than the median
II. The median is greater than the mean.
III. The range is greater than 20 (range = the largest value – the smallest value)
A. II only
B. III only
C. I and II
D. I, II and III
Q13 (SAT):

The table above lists the number of calories in each of Mary’s last 10 meals. If A 900-calorie meal that
she had today is added to the values listed, which of the following statistical measures of the data will
not change?
I. Median
II. Mode
III. Range
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I , II and III
Q14: The table below shows the distribution of ages of the 20 students enrolled in a college class.
Which of the following gives the correct order of the mean, median and mode of the ages ?

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A. mode <median < mean
B. mode < mean < median
C. median < mode < mean
D. mean < mode < median

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