Continuous vs Discrete Data

The weight of a package you are mailing at the post office.

• Discrete

• Continuous

The temperature at noon.

• discrete

• continuous

The number of people in your class.

• discrete

• continuous

Is the following graph continuous or discrete?

• Discrete Graph

• Continuous Graph

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Is the following graph continuous or discrete?

• Discrete Graph

• Continuous Graph

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

• Discrete

• Continuous

The number of orange Skittles in a bag. 

• Discrete

• Continuous

Determine if the following set of data is discrete or continuous?

The number of orange skittles in a bag.

• Continuous

• Discrete

Which of the following is discrete data?

• Sam is 160 cm tall

• Sam ran 100m in 10.2 seconds

• Sam weighs 75 lbs

• Sam has two brothers and one sister.

The time it takes to travel from one city to another

• discrete

• continuous