Question

john looked at his calendar to figure out how much time he spent babysitting each month. what is the mode of the numbers?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the data values

From the bar - graph, the number of hours for each month: June \(8\), July \(7.5\), August \(9.5\), September \(9\), October \(8\), November \(9\), December \(7.5\)

Step2: Recall the definition of mode

The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set.

Step3: Count the frequency of each value

• Value \(8\) appears \(2\) times.
• Value \(7.5\) appears \(2\) times.
• Value \(9.5\) appears \(1\) time.
• Value \(9\) appears \(2\) times.

Answer:

The data set has three modes: \(7.5\), \(8\), and \(9\)