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GCSE Maths: Averages: mode (frequency table)

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  1. How do you find the mode from a frequency table?

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    Pick the value (or category) with the highest frequency — not the highest frequency itself.

  2. Can the mode be a non-numerical category, such as a colour?

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    Yes. The mode is simply the most frequent value, so it works for categories like colours or travel methods.

  3. The value that appears most often in a data set is called the ?.

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    mode

  4. How do you work out the range from a frequency table?

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    Subtract the smallest value with a non-zero frequency from the largest value with a non-zero frequency (ignore the frequencies themselves).

  5. How do you find the total of all values from a frequency table?

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    Multiply each value by its frequency and add up the products.

  6. What is a modal class interval in a grouped frequency table?

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    The class interval (group) with the highest frequency.

  7. Why can grouped data only give a modal class, not an exact mode?

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    The individual values are not known — only which interval each falls in — so you can only identify the most frequent interval.

  8. How does adding a value inside the existing range affect the range?

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    It remains the same — the range only changes if the new value is smaller than the minimum or larger than the maximum.

  9. When does adding one new data value change the mode?

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    Only when the new value's frequency becomes the highest (or ties for highest); otherwise the mode remains the same.

  10. How do you find the fraction of data values above a given boundary from a frequency table?

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    Add the frequencies of the intervals above the boundary and divide by the total frequency.

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