What if you have 2 modes in a math problem?

Answer 1

If you have two modes, you divide them by the amount there are.

A mode (the most frequently occurring number in a group of figures) is simply a statistic used to characterize a group of numbers or data with one figure. Unlike an average or mean, the mode does not undergo any transformation and is always a number that actually exists in the data.

As the mode is the most frequently occurring number in a group of numbers, it is entirely possible to have two (or more) modes.

These invented examples should serve as illustrations:

Number of tropical fish in aquaria in five homes: Jones (10); Nash (4); Zebrowski (10); Hackett (3); Peters (6). The mode here is 10, the number that appears most frequently.

Number of plants in aquaria in five homes: Jones (10); Nash (7); Zebrowski (10); Hackett (7); Peters (2). Here, the modes are 10 and 7, as both numbers appear more frequently than any others.

Answer 2

Well, honey, having two modes in a math problem just means you have two numbers that show up the most frequently. It's like having two popular kids in a classroom full of numbers. So, go ahead and flaunt those modes like the math royalty they are!