Continuous vs Discrete Data

Darius can work no more than 20 hours a week at his part-time job. He gets paid $10 per hour.

• Discrete

• Continuous

A charter boat travels at a maximum rate of 15 miles per hour. The function d(x) = 15x represents the distance d(x), in miles, that the boat can travel in x hours. The charter boat can only travel 5 hours from the shore.

• Discrete

• Continuous

The Art Club is selling butter. They bought 500 pounds of butter. The butter is sold for $5 a pound and you can buy any amount of butter.

• Discrete

• Continuous

Joe is losing an average of .5 pounds a week.  Is this continuous or discrete data?

• Discrete

• Continuous

The time it takes for a light bulb to burn out. 

• Discrete

• Continuous

The time it takes you to drive to school.

• Continuous

• Discrete

The number of books in your locker.

• Continuous

• Discrete

The number of babies born at Greenville Memorial Hospital this month.

• Continuous

• Discrete

Determine if the data set is discrete or continuous.

The height of a horse.

• discrete

• continuous

Determine if the data set is discrete or continuous.

The amount of snow that falls, in inches, after a snowstorm.

• discrete

• continuous