Question

Molly records the interest earned in her savings account in the last 5 months. What are the mean, median, and mode of the data set?

Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
0.24
0.42
0.37
0.38
0.24
a.
mean: 0.37, median: 0.33, mode: 0.24
b.
mean: 0.24, median: 0.37, mode: 0.33
c.
mean: 0.33, median: 0.37, mode: 0.24
d.
mean: 0.33, median: 0.37, mode: 0.42


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

Answer 1

C

Mean = (0.24+0.42+0.37+0.38+0.24)/5 = 1.65/5 = 0.33
Median = middle value of sorted data (0.24, 0.24, 0.37, 0.38, 0.42) = 0.37
Mode = most frequent value = 0.24