The marks out of 10 obtained by 24 students in a mathematics test are given below. Find the mode.
4, 3, 5, 2, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 5, 8, 5, 6, 2, 5, 4, 7, 8, 9, 2, 4, 5, 6, 4
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → 4
The mode is the mark obtained by the largest number of students, so each mark is counted.
2: 3 students
3: 1 student
4: 6 students
5: 5 students
6: 2 students
7: 1 student
8: 5 students
9: 1 student
Total: \(3+1+6+5+2+1+5+1=24\) students
The mark 4 occurs most often, so the mode is 4.