John is participating in a fundraiser for heart health, and his family and friends have made a total of 6 pledges in the following amounts:

Question

$6.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$3.00$7.00
What was the mode of the pledge amounts?

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Answer 1

To find the mode of the pledge amounts, we first list the individual pledge amounts:

• $6.00
• $5.00
• $5.00
• $5.00
• $3.00
• $7.00

Next, we count the frequency of each amount:

• $3.00: 1 occurrence
• $5.00: 3 occurrences
• $6.00: 1 occurrence
• $7.00: 1 occurrence

The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set. Here, the amount that appears most often is $5.00, which occurs 3 times.

Thus, the mode of the pledge amounts is:

\[ \boxed{5.00} \]