IXL | Calculate mean, median, mode, and range | 7th grade math

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Dr. Silva has delivered many babies. The 7 most recent babies had birth weights of:

5 kilograms

3 kilograms

3 kilograms

4 kilograms

4 kilograms

4 kilograms

4 kilograms

What was the mode of the birth weights?

kilograms

key idea

The mode is the number that appears most often.

solution

First, arrange the numbers from least to greatest:

3

3

4

4

4

4

5

Now count how many times each number appears.

3 appears 2 times.
4 appears 4 times.
5 appears 1 time.

The number that appears most often is 4.

The mode of the birth weights was 4 kilograms.

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Lesson: Mean, median, mode, and range

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Lesson: Mean, median, mode, and range