The mode is a statistical term for the value that occurs most frequently in a set of numbers. Learn about the difference between the mean, median, and mode.

Learn about the mean, median, mode and range with BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3 Maths.

Glossary Mean, median and mode There are several ways to calculate an average, the three most common being the mean, median and mode.

The mean is 20 eggs per chicken. The median, however, is the middle chicken, chicken number 6 in this case. Five chickens are more prodigious egg-layers, five less.

Learn about the mean, median, mode and range with BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3 Maths.