SSAT Middle Level Quantitative - How to find mode

Find the mode in this set:

856, 479, 256, 245, 256, 659, 213, 256, 478, 789.

Explanation

Identify the number that appears most frequently.

The answer is

What is the mode of this set of numbers?

Explanation

In a set, the mode is the number that appears most frequently.

The number 232 is the number that appears most frequently because is the only number that appears twice. Therefore, it is the mode.

Give the mode of the following data set:

$\left {1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 9, 10 \right }$

The set has four modes: 3, 4, 5, and 6.

The set has no mode.

Explanation

The element 6 appears four times, more frequently than any other element, and is therefore the (only) mode.

Find the mode in this set:

Explanation

Fing the number that appears most frequently in the set.

The answer is .

Jenny was selling magazines for a fundraiser. Below is the number of magzines she sold per day over the last days:

What is the mode of the number of magazines that she sold per day?

Explanation

The mode of a set is the number that occurs the most often in the set.

Given that appears more than any other number ( times), it is the mode of the set.

Find the mode of this set of numbers:

$5\frac{1}{5}, 5\frac{3}{5}, 3\frac{1}{5}, 1\frac{3}{5}, 5\frac{3}{5}, 15\frac{3}{5}.$

$5\frac{3}{5}$

$1\frac{3}{5}$

$15\frac{3}{5}$

$3\frac{1}{5}$

$5\frac{1}{5}$

Explanation

Find the number that appears most frequently.

The answer is $5\frac{3}{5}$ .

Bruce sells cookies to his neighbors. On Monday, he sold cookies, on Tuesday he sold cookes, on Wednesday he sold cookies, on Thursday he sold cookies, and on Friday he sold cookies. What is the mode of the daily cookies he sold?

Explanation

The mode is the number that appears the most in a sequence. Given that the number appears twice while the other numbers only appear once, it is the mode.

What is the mode of the above set?

Explanation

The mode is the most occuring value which is since it occured separate times in the set.

John loves to play video games, and in a new game, his point scores have been 12, 12, 11, 11, 12, 10, and 9 for the 7 games that he has played so far. What is the mode of his scores?

Explanation

A mode is a number (or score in this case) that occurs the most in a set. In this set, the number 12 occurs three times, the most of any of the numbers. Therefore, it is the mode and the correct answer is 12.

Use the following data set to answer the question: