4th grade math problem:
Paper route money collected
Monday $4.00
Tuesday $2.50
Wednesday $6.00
Thursday $7.50
Friday $4.00
She's being asked for the "median" and the "mode" of this table.
Really my question is, what is a mode?
The mode is the number that appears most often.
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/select/dm_mean_median.html
Thank you!
In mathematics, the mode refers to the value(s) that appear most frequently in a given set of numbers. In the given table, you have the amounts of money collected on each day of the week. To find the mode, you need to determine the value(s) that occur most often.
To find the mode of a set of numbers, follow these steps:
1. Arrange the numbers in ascending order (from smallest to largest).
2. Count the frequency of each number. The frequency of a number represents how many times it appears in the set.
3. Identify the number(s) with the highest frequency. These will be the mode(s) of the set.
Let's find the mode for the given table:
Monday: $4.00
Tuesday: $2.50
Wednesday: $6.00
Thursday: $7.50
Friday: $4.00
If we arrange the amounts in ascending order, it will be:
$2.50, $4.00, $4.00, $6.00, $7.50
Looking at the numbers, you can see that both $4.00 and $2.50 occur more than once. Since there is more than one value that appears most frequently, the mode of this set is considered to be "bimodal" – having two modes ($4.00 and $2.50).
Now, let's move on to finding the median.