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Grade 6 · Worksheet

Collecting data

Conducting an investigation

Name: ______________________________Date: ______________Score: ______ / 20
  1. 1.

    What type of data is the number of brothers a learner has?

    1. Adiscrete
    2. Bcontinuous
    3. Ccategorical
  2. 2.

    What is discrete data?

    1. Adata you count, always whole numbers
    2. Bdata you measure, which can take any value
    3. Cdata that is a name or category
  3. 3.

    What is categorical data?

    1. Adata that is a name or a category, not a number
    2. Bdata you count in whole numbers
    3. Cdata you measure
  4. 4.

    A drug company wants to know how people find a new drug. What is the best method?

    1. Ainterview people using the drug about their experience
    2. Bmeasure how much drug is sold
    3. Ccount how many people buy it
  5. 5.

    Sort each of these by data type.

    Write each item’s group (Discrete / Continuous / Categorical):

    • the number of goals scored
    • the number of people on a bus
    • the mass of a baby
    • the time to run 100 m
    • a favourite sport
    • the colour of a car
  6. 6.

    A baby's mass could be 3.24 kg.

    True False
  7. 7.

    What type of data is the number of cars in a car park?

    1. Acontinuous
    2. Bdiscrete
    3. Ccategorical
  8. 8.

    What type of data is the number of goals scored in a match?

    1. Acontinuous
    2. Bcategorical
    3. Cdiscrete
  9. 9.

    What type of data is the number of people on a bus?

    1. Adiscrete
    2. Bcontinuous
    3. Ccategorical
  10. 10.

    The country someone was born in is continuous data.

    True False
  11. 11.

    The type of pet someone owns is continuous data.

    True False
  12. 12.

    A learner's favourite sport is discrete data.

    True False
  13. 13.

    The colour of a car is discrete data.

    True False
  14. 14.

    The country someone was born in is discrete data.

    True False
  15. 15.

    What type of data is the temperature at noon?

    1. Adiscrete
    2. Bcategorical
    3. Ccontinuous
  16. 16.

    What type of data is the length of a leaf?

    1. Acontinuous
    2. Bdiscrete
    3. Ccategorical
  17. 17.

    The number of people on a bus is continuous data.

    True False
  18. 18.

    The number of books on a shelf is continuous data.

    True False
  19. 19.

    The number of cars in a car park is discrete data.

    True False
  20. 20.

    The number of goals scored in a match is discrete data.

    True False
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Answer key

Collecting data — Conducting an investigation

  1. 1.A. discrete
  2. 2.A. data you count, always whole numbers
  3. 3.A. data that is a name or a category, not a number
  4. 4.A. interview people using the drug about their experience
  5. 5.the number of goals scored = Discrete; the number of people on a bus = Discrete; the mass of a baby = Continuous; the time to run 100 m = Continuous; a favourite sport = Categorical; the colour of a car = Categorical
  6. 6.True
  7. 7.B. discrete
  8. 8.C. discrete
  9. 9.A. discrete
  10. 10.False
  11. 11.False
  12. 12.False
  13. 13.False
  14. 14.False
  15. 15.C. continuous
  16. 16.A. continuous
  17. 17.False
  18. 18.False
  19. 19.True
  20. 20.True