Each of the students in Year 10 recorded how
many books they read last month and the types
of books they read. This information is shown in
the bar charts below.
a) Find the median number of books read or
state that it is impossible to do so.
b) Find the median type of book read or state
that it is impossible to do so.
c) Is it possible to calculate the modal number
of books read and the modal type of book
read?
Write a sentence to explain your answer.
Frequency
40
30
20
10
0
Number of books read
I
0 1 2 3 4
Number of books
Frequency
70
60
50
40
30
20-
10
0
Types of books read
Non-fiction
Type of book
Other