Discrete and Continuous Random Variables

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Rotating a spinner that has 4 equally divided parts: blue, green, yellow, and red

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Collecting data about the mileage per liter of a certain brand and model of a car

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

tossing a pair of fair coins

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

Measuring the length of time it takes before a dolphin surfaces in the ocean to breath

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Which of the following is a discrete random variable.

• The amount of snow that falls in Glens Falls each November.

• The heights of basketball players in the NBA.

• The number of days that it snowed last winter.

• The time it takes high school students to run the mile.

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable

Identify whether the experiment involves a discrete or a continuous random variable.

• Discrete Random Variable

• Continuous Random Variable