WorksheetsDiscrete vs Continuous
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The time it takes you to drive to school.
a)
Continuous
b)
Discrete
2.
The number of books in your locker.
a)
Continuous
b)
Discrete
3.
The number of babies born at Greenville Memorial Hospital this month.
a)
Continuous
b)
Discrete
4.
The time it takes for a light bulb to burn out.
a)
Continuous
b)
Discrete
5.
The cost of your lunch at Burger King.
a)
Continuous
b)
Discrete
6.
Which of the following is not a random variable?
a)
The number of heads in ten tosses of a fair coin.
b)
The number of passengers in cars passing though a toll booth.
c)
The age of the driver in cars passing through a toll booth.
d)
The response of randomly-selected people to thequestion, “Did you eat breakfast this morning?”
7.
Which of the following is not a random variable?
a)
The heights of randomly-selected buildings in New York City.
b)
The suit of a card randomly-selected from a 52-card deck.
c)
The number of children in randomly-selected households in the United States.
d)
The amount of money won (or lost) by next person to walk out of a casino in Las Vegas.
8.
Which of the following is true about every random variable
a)
It takes on numerical or categorical values.
b)
It describes the results of a random phenomenon.
c)
It’s behavior can be described by a probability distribution.
d)
(b) and (c) are true, but not (a).
9.
Decide whether the distribution is a probability distribution.
a)
Yes, it is a discrete probability distribution.
b)
No, it is not a discrete probability distribution.
10.
In government data, a family consists of two or more persons who live together and are related by blood or marriage. Choose an American family at random and count the number of people it contains. What is the probability that the family you choose has
more than 2 people?
more than 2 people?
a)
0.35
b)
0.42
c)
0.58
d)
1.00
100 %
