Question

Aziz wonders how many pieces of pizza people tend to eat at a pizza party. He surveys 11 people at the end of a pizza party and asks them how many pieces of pizza they ate. A list of his results follows. Find and interpret the mode of his data.

Number of Pieces of Pizza Eaten: 6, 2, 1, 2, 4, 5, 2, 2, 4, 6, 7(1 point)
Responses

The mode for number of pieces of pizza eaten is 4. This means about half of people ate more than 4 pieces of pizza and about half of people ate fewer than 4 pieces of pizza.
The mode for number of pieces of pizza eaten is 4. This means about half of people ate more than 4 pieces of pizza and about half of people ate fewer than 4 pieces of pizza.

The mode for number of pieces of pizza eaten is 2. This means that the majority of people ate 2 pieces of pizza.
The mode for number of pieces of pizza eaten is 2. This means that the majority of people ate 2 pieces of pizza.

The mode for number of pieces of pizza eaten is 2. This means more people ate 2 pieces of pizza than any other number of pieces of pizza.
The mode for number of pieces of pizza eaten is 2. This means more people ate 2 pieces of pizza than any other number of pieces of pizza.

There is no mode. This means there is no number of pieces of pizza that was eaten most often.

Answer 1

Mode = 2.

Interpretation: 2 pieces was the most common response (4 out of 11 people), i.e., more people ate 2 pieces than any other specific number. (Note: 4/11 is not a majority.)