Types of Data
Maths: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 8.1.1
Continuous and Discrete Data
Continuous data can take any value within a range. Discrete data can only take certain values. We can group continuous data.
Continuous data
- Continuous data can take any value.
- E.g. Height.
- A person can be any height (e.g. 180 cm, 180.1, 180.01 cm).
Discrete data
- Discrete data can only take certain values.
- E.g. The number of animals in a pet shop.
- There can be 35 animals or 36 animals but there cannot be 35.5 animals.
Test yourself on Types of Data
Which of the following is an example of continuous data?
Which of the following is an example of continuous data?
Which of the following is an example of discrete data?
Which of the following is an example of discrete data?