Question

Sally and her friends are bowling. They have all of their bowling balls lined up on the rack waiting to play. The weights of the balls, in pounds, are shown below:

10, 16, 16, 10, 12, 10, 12, 16, 10, 13

What is the mode (most frequently occurring) weight of the bowling balls?

A. 10 pounds
B. 13 pounds
C. 12 pounds

Answer 1

The mode of the bowling ball weights is the most frequently occurring weight, which, in this case, is 10 pounds, appearing 4 times.

Step-by-step explanation:

The mode of the weights of the bowling balls is the weight that occurs most frequently in the given list. We have the following weights listed for Sally and her friends' bowling balls: 10, 16, 16, 10, 12, 10, 12, 16, 10, 13.

Counting the number of times each weight occurs, we have:

• 10 pounds - 4 times
• 12 pounds - 2 times
• 13 pounds - 1 time
• 16 pounds - 3 times

The weight that occurs most frequently is 10 pounds, as it appears 4 times. Therefore, the mode is 10 pounds.