Question

The table shows the heights of the students in Mr. Jake's class. Find the mode of their heights.
$\begin{array}{cc}Height\left(Ininches\right)& No.ofstudents\\ 55& 5\\ 56& 3\\ 57& 5\\ 58& 2\\ 59& 10\\ 60& 3\\ 61& 5\\ 62& 2\end{array}$

• A. 55
• B. 59
• C. 57
• D. 61

Answer 1

The correct option is B 59

Mode is the most frequent data.

From given the frequency table we find that the highest frequency (No. of students) is 10. The height corresponds to this frequency is 59 inches.

Therefore, mode of the above data set is 59.