Continuous or Discrete

In a game, you can win 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 tickets.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

This is discrete because the data is finite and countable.

Points in a game where you win 1.75 points per hit on enemies. You can hit until your character is defeated.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

The points can be infinite. They are also not counted with integers.

The number of appointments that a doctor has in a day.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

The number of appointments is finite and countable.

The amount of calories that Ms. Medlin consumes in a day.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

The amount of calories that a person can eat does not have a particular cap, and there are likely decimal values involved if you are precisely measuring.

Tags

CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

The amount of bananas on Ms. Medlin's counter any given week.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

The number of bananas that I would buy is finite and countable. Usually somewhere between 0 and 5, if you must know.

The GPA of HHS students.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

This is not countable with integers.

Heights of infants at birth in DFW.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

This is not countable with integers and does not have a particular cap.

The number of pictures an HHS student takes during first period.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

The number of pictures that someone typically takes in a 45 minute period is a finite and countable value.

The amount of money that a company earns in a year.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

The amount of money that a company would make cannot be counted with integer values and there isn't a finite amount that they can make.

The number of Adele albums that a person owns.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Answer explanation

Adele has a finite number of albums and they are countable with integers.