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Data Handling

Discrete and continuous data

Which data is discrete and which is continuous?

  1. the number of pages in a book
  2. the amount of money in a piggy bank
  3. the men's 100m sprint record time
  4. the number of Smarties in a tube
  5. the capacity of a car's petrol tank
  6. the length of your shoe
  7. the number of hairs on your head
  8. your age
  9. the temperature in Bulwell
  10. your shoe size

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Answers

  1. discrete
  2. discrete
  3. continuous
  4. discrete
  5. continuous
  6. continuous
  7. discrete
  8. continuous
  9. continuous
  10. discrete