IXL | Interpret stem-and-leaf plots to find the mode

The bird watcher counted the number of birds in each flock that passed overhead.

What is the mode of the numbers?

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For a social studies project, Danny counted the number of classrooms in each school in the city.

What is the mode of the numbers?

The mode is the number that appears most often.

Read the numbers from the stem-and-leaf plot. The stem is the first part of the number, and the leaf is the last digit.

First, arrange the numbers from least to greatest:

Now count how many times each number appears.

21 appears 1 time.
24 appears 2 times.
37 appears 5 times.
41 appears 2 times.

The number that appears most often is 37.

The mode is 37.

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