What is Mode in GMAT?

Q: What is Mode in GMAT?

The most frequently occurring value in a data set. The mode is simply the value that shows up most often in a list of numbers. If you asked ten friends their shoe size and "9" came up more than any other size, then 9 is the mode. It's useful when you care about what's most common or most popular rather than the average, a shoe store cares far more about the mode (which size sells most) than the average size. A set can even have two modes, or none at all if nothing repeats.

Mode

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Definition

The most frequently occurring value in a data set.

Mode in plain English

The mode is simply the value that shows up most often in a list of numbers. If you asked ten friends their shoe size and "9" came up more than any other size, then 9 is the mode. It's useful when you care about what's most common or most popular rather than the average, a shoe store cares far more about the mode (which size sells most) than the average size. A set can even have two modes, or none at all if nothing repeats.

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Greatest Common Divisor (GCD)
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