Highest Frequency: Fluency & Practice
Mathematics
GCSE Higher
11 questions
~22 mins
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A worksheet focused on identifying and calculating the Highest Frequency (Mode) from frequency tables, designed for GCSE Higher students to develop procedural fluency and problem-solving skills.
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Highest Frequency: Fluency & Practice
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Grade GCSE Higher
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Practice Questions
Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
Given the frequency table below, what is the mode?
| Data Value | Frequency |
|--------------|-----------|
| 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 |
| 14 | 3 |
| 16 | 8 |
[2 marks]2.
Calculate the highest frequency in the following data:
| Number | Frequency |
|---------|-----------|
| 5 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 |
[2 marks]3.
A frequency table shows the following data:
| Category | Frequency |
|------------|-----------|
| A | 4 |
| B | 9 |
| C | 9 |
| D | 2 |
What is the mode of this data set?
[2 marks]4.
Plot the data points for the following frequency data on the grid:
Values: 2, 4, 6, 8
Frequencies: 3, 5, 2, 5
Identify the mode from the plotted data.
[3 marks]5.
In a class survey, the number of pets owned by students is recorded in a frequency table. The data shows:
| Number of Pets | Frequency |
|-----------------|-----------|
| 0 | 12 |
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 15 |
What is the highest frequency, and which values are the modes?
[3 marks]6.
A dataset has the following frequency table:
| Result | Frequency |
|---------|-----------|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 |
Which value(s) occur with the highest frequency?
[2 marks]7.
A table shows the number of hours students spend on homework each week:
| Hours | Frequency |
|--------|-----------|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 |
Determine the mode of the data.
[2 marks]8.
Construct a frequency table for the following data: 12, 15, 12, 14, 15, 15, 16, 12.
Identify the mode.
[3 marks]9.
A class conducted a survey on preferred sports. The results are:
| Sport | Number of votes |
|---------|-----------------|
| Football| 20 |
| Basketball | 20 |
| Tennis | 15 |
| Cricket | 10 |
What is the highest frequency and which sports are the modes?
[3 marks]10.
Identify and correct the mistake in this statement: 'The mode of the data set 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6 is 5 because it occurs most often.'
[2 marks]11.
In a frequency table, the modes are 8 and 10 with the highest frequency of 12. Explain why this data is bimodal.
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- 1/1/2026
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