Question

what is the term mode means

Answer 1

Mean:

-- Also known as the average. The mean is found by adding up all of the given data and
dividing by the number of data entries.

Example:
- the grade 10 math class recently had a mathematics test and the grades were as
follows:

78
66
82 464 / 6 = 77.3
89
75 Hence, 77.3 is the mean average of the class.
+ 74
464

Mode:

-- this is the number that occurs most often.

Example:
- find the mode of the following data:

78 56 68 92 84 76 74 56 68 66 78 72 66
65 53 61 62 78 84 61 90 87 77 62 88 81

The mode is 78.