Free Grade 3 Mode Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Mode: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. The mean is the total divided by how many values. The median is the middle value in order. The mode is the most common. The range is largest minus smallest.
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35 min
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Learning objectives
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- RememberIdentify mode
Identify mode accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain mode
Explain mode accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate mode
Calculate mode accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare mode
Compare mode accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Mode works
The mean is the total divided by how many values. The median is the middle value in order. The mode is the most common. The range is largest minus smallest.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.For the data 1, 11, 12, 19, 20, find the mean, median, mode and range.[1]
- 2.For the data 4, 14, 18, 20, 20, find the mean, median, mode and range.[1]
- 3.For the data 2, 2, 3, 4, 17, find the mean, median, mode and range.[1]
- 4.For the data 3, 6, 6, 15, 16, find the mean, median, mode and range.[1]
- 5.For the data 15, 16, 18, 23, 30, 33, 40, find the mean, median, mode and range.[2]
- 6.For the data 8, 12, 15, 23, 28, 29, 37, find the mean, median, mode and range.[2]
- 7.For the data 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 31, 40, find the mean, median, mode and range.[2]
- 8.For the data 1, 5, 10, 16, 19, 22, 35, find the mean, median, mode and range.[2]
- 9.For the data 1, 16, 16, 18, 21, 34, 38, 42, 56, find the mean, median, mode and range.[3]
- 10.For the data 2, 3, 14, 35, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, find the mean, median, mode and range.[3]
- 11.For the data 1, 6, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 33, 43, find the mean, median, mode and range.[3]
- 12.For the data 9, 18, 20, 23, 36, 36, 44, 46, 55, find the mean, median, mode and range.[3]
Show answers and working
1. Mean 12.6, median 12, mode none, range 19
Mean = 63 ÷ 5 = 12.6. Median = middle value in order = 12. Mode = most common = no repeated value. Range = 20 − 1 = 19.
2. Mean 15.2, median 18, mode 20, range 16
Mean = 76 ÷ 5 = 15.2. Median = middle value in order = 18. Mode = most common = 20. Range = 20 − 4 = 16.
3. Mean 5.6, median 3, mode 2, range 15
Mean = 28 ÷ 5 = 5.6. Median = middle value in order = 3. Mode = most common = 2. Range = 17 − 2 = 15.
4. Mean 9.2, median 6, mode 6, range 13
Mean = 46 ÷ 5 = 9.2. Median = middle value in order = 6. Mode = most common = 6. Range = 16 − 3 = 13.
5. Mean 25, median 23, mode none, range 25
Mean = 175 ÷ 7 = 25. Median = middle value in order = 23. Mode = most common = no repeated value. Range = 40 − 15 = 25.
6. Mean 21.71, median 23, mode none, range 29
Mean = 152 ÷ 7 = 21.71. Median = middle value in order = 23. Mode = most common = no repeated value. Range = 37 − 8 = 29.
7. Mean 15.14, median 10, mode none, range 37
Mean = 106 ÷ 7 = 15.14. Median = middle value in order = 10. Mode = most common = no repeated value. Range = 40 − 3 = 37.
8. Mean 15.43, median 16, mode none, range 34
Mean = 108 ÷ 7 = 15.43. Median = middle value in order = 16. Mode = most common = no repeated value. Range = 35 − 1 = 34.
9. Mean 26.89, median 21, mode 16, range 55
Mean = 242 ÷ 9 = 26.89. Median = middle value in order = 21. Mode = most common = 16. Range = 56 − 1 = 55.
10. Mean 30, median 39, mode none, range 46
Mean = 270 ÷ 9 = 30. Median = middle value in order = 39. Mode = most common = no repeated value. Range = 48 − 2 = 46.
11. Mean 18.11, median 16, mode none, range 42
Mean = 163 ÷ 9 = 18.11. Median = middle value in order = 16. Mode = most common = no repeated value. Range = 43 − 1 = 42.
12. Mean 31.89, median 36, mode 36, range 46
Mean = 287 ÷ 9 = 31.89. Median = middle value in order = 36. Mode = most common = 36. Range = 55 − 9 = 46.
Worked examples
For the data 2, 7, 10, 12, 18, find the mean, median, mode and range.
- Mean = 49 ÷ 5 = 9.8.
- Median = middle value in order = 10.
- Mode = most common = no repeated value.
- Range = 18 − 2 = 16.
- Answer: Mean 9.8, median 10, mode none, range 16
For the data 9, 13, 17, 21, 22, 34, 35, find the mean, median, mode and range.
- Mean = 151 ÷ 7 = 21.57.
- Median = middle value in order = 21.
- Mode = most common = no repeated value.
- Range = 35 − 9 = 26.
- Answer: Mean 21.57, median 21, mode none, range 26
For the data 2, 3, 6, 10, 25, 42, 47, 47, 56, find the mean, median, mode and range.
- Mean = 238 ÷ 9 = 26.44.
- Median = middle value in order = 25.
- Mode = most common = 47.
- Range = 56 − 2 = 54.
- Answer: Mean 26.44, median 25, mode 47, range 54
Interactive practice
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Finds the median without ordering the data.
Correction: Always put the numbers in order first.
Gives the range as the two end numbers.
Correction: Range is one number: largest minus smallest.
Teacher tips
- · Collect real class data (heights, shoe sizes).
Parent tips
- · Work out your average bedtime over a week.
Real-life applications
- · Sports averages, typical prices, test scores.
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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Median, Mean, Measurement. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the lesson plan sequenced?
- Recognition first, then understanding, application, reasoning and finally mastery — the same ladder used across every free resource on the platform.
- What comes next after Mode?
- Move on to Range, Averages from Tables, Data Presentation, Data Collection, which build directly on this idea.
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