Introduction to a Mode

Q.

Calculate the mode of the following sizes of shoes, sold in a shop on a day:$4,8,7,5,8,3,2,8,1,5,4,8,6,1,2,9,5$

Q. Five mangoes, three guavas, one pineapples, six apples, and four strawberries are packed in a fruit basket. Which fruit appears the most frequently?

1. Strawberry
2. Guava
3. Mango
4. Apple

Q. A teacher recorded the marks of 7 students, as shown in the table. What is the mode of the given data?

Student	Marks
Abel	85
Annie	73
Betty	69
Carol	85
David	87.5
Dennis	85
Elizabeth	73

1. 85
2. 87.5
3. 73
4. Data has no mode

Q. Tina brought cupcakes with different icings for her classmates one day.
Variety of CupcakesEaten by Number of Classmates

Berry Cupcake	5
Lemon Cupcake	9
Pistachio Cupcake	3
White-cream Cupcake	4

Tina's mother asked her which cupcakes were the most popular. Can you guess the answer?

1. 9
2. Lemon Cupcakes
3. Pistachio Cupcake

Q. Match the following data set with their corresponding number of modes.

1. Unimodal data
2. Bimodal data
3. No mode

Q. Determine the mode of the following data set.

8	6	2	3	4
0	8	1	4	2

1. Only 2.
2. Only 2 and 4.
3. 2, 4 and 8

Q. Mode(s) is/are the occuring value(s) or object(s) in a data set.

1. most frequently
2. least frequently
3. equally

Q. The weights of 14 students were recorded at random and the data is as shown below:

35 kg, 37 kg, 35 kg, 32 kg, 39 kg, 35 kg, 40 kg, 32 kg, 37 kg, 39 kg, 32 kg, 37 kg, 41 kg, 32 kg

Find the modal weight.

1. 41 kg
2. 32 kg
3. 35 kg
4. 40 kg

Q. The ages of attendees of a seminar are listed in the following table. Age

23	36	36	45	35
34	28	34	46

What is/are the modal age(s) of the attendees?

1. 34 years
2. 34 and 36 years

Q. Felix goes to a park and records the different colors of flowers he sees. What is the mode of the given data?

Color	Number of flowers
Pink	15
Orange	19
Yellow	18
Purple	15
Red	24

1. 19
2. 15
3. 24
4. 27

Q. Benny works at the supermarket and is asked to record the number of items on the snacks aisle. What is the mode of the given data?

Snacks	Number of items
Chips	76
Biscuits	81
Chocolates	31
Cookies	32
Pastries	78
Soda	28

1. 31
2. 76
3. 81
4. Data set has no mode

Q. Mary sells 10 different kinds of lollipops. What is the mode of the given data?

Lollipop flavor	Number sold
Grape	13
Mango	16
Cola	19
Choco swirl	21
Fruit punch	13
Watermelon	16
Sour apple	13
Bubblegum	21
Peach	13
Orange	13

1. 13
2. 19
3. 21
4. 16