Explaining discrete or continuous


This task is about identifying whether data is 'discrete' or 'continuous'.
Data are either discrete or continuous.
Finish each of the sentences below.

a)
An example of discrete data is how many words there are in each sentence of a story.
This is discrete data because
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


b)
An example of continuous data is the amount of fluid that some students drink at lunchtime.
This is continuous data because
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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