Question

A selection of staff wages is collected and shown below. £254 £254 £310 £276 £116 £90 £312 £180 £180 £536 £350 £243 £221 £165 £239 £700 What is the mode of staff wages? £ and £

Answer 1

the mode is the amount/s which occurs most frequently.

In this data set there are 2 values which occur twice

the mode is £254 and £180

Answer 2

Answer:

The mode of staff wages is:

   £ 180   and    £ 254

Step-by-step explanation:

The mode of a data set is a data value that exist or occur in the set most frequently (i.e. most of the times)

We are given data points as:

£254 £254 £310    £276     £116 £90     £312 £180    £180 £536 £350     £243     £221     £165   £239  £700

On arranging these data points along with their frequency we get:

      Data point                   Frequency

         £90                          1

        £116                                 1

        £165                                1

        £180                                2

        £221                          1

        £239                          1

        £243                                1

      £254                                 2

       £276                                  1

       £310                                   1

        £312                                  1

       £350                                  1

       £536                                  1

  £700                                   1

Two data points has highest frequency

   £180    and     £254

( since both have frequency 2)