Discrete and Continuous Data

Continuous data refers to data that can be measured. This data has values that are ​____ and have ​______ number of possible values.

• not fixed

• an infinite

• fixed

• finite

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

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Continuous data measurements can be broken down into ________ parts.

• smaller individual parts
• larger individual parts
• imaginary numbers
• all other options

An example of continuous data would be the ______ of a person.

• height

• ethnicity

• opinons

• emotions

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

An example of continuous data would be the ______ taken to get changed after PE.

• time
• route
• method
• number of clothes

An example of continuous data would be ______ as this changes throughout the day.

• temperature
• emotion
• attention
• location

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Discrete data is information that _______.

• can only take certain values
• can take any value
• cannot take any value
• can only be qualitative

Discrete data does NOT have to be a ______. For example, a child can have size 3½ shoes but cannot have size 3¾.

• whole number
• imaginary number
• prime number
• random number

The number of children attening nursery each day is an example of ______.

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CCSS.K.CC.A.3

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The profit a company makes each month is an example of _______.

Discrete data is often displayed using _______.

• tally charts
• pie charts
• pictograms
• all other options

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