Video Transcript
Elizabeth has the following data:
three, six, four, five, and 𝑚. If the mode is six, find the value
of 𝑚.
We know that the mode of any set of
data is the value that appears most often. In this set of data, Elizabeth has
the numbers three, six, four, five, and the missing number 𝑚. We are also told that the mode is
six. This means that the most popular,
or most common, number is six. As three, four, five, and six all
appear once at present, the only way that the mode can be six is if the missing
number 𝑚 is six. The set of data three, six, four,
five, and six will have a mode of six. It is usually very straightforward
to find a missing number in a data set when given the mode.
