Interpret discrete and continuous data

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you have a bag of sweets 🍬. You can count them one by one — that's discrete data!

2. 2

   Which of these is discrete data?

3. 3

   Look at this picture. Discrete data is like counting coloured buttons 🟢🔵🟡 in a pile. Continuous data is like pouring water into a measuring jug and seeing how high it goes 📏.

4. 4

   Let's read a bar chart of pets. Each bar shows how many children have that pet. The bar for dogs goes up to 6 — that means 6 children have a dog!

5. 5

   Tap the bar that shows how many oranges are in the basket.

6. 6

   Now let's look at continuous data. Imagine a thermometer showing how hot it is 🌡️. You don't count the temperature — you read it on a scale!

7. 7

   Drag the thermometer to show 15°C — that's a continuous measurement!

8. 8

   Is the number of children in your class discrete or continuous data?