Question 55521
Which of the following statements is not true of a measure? 
a. A measure is a means of assigning numbers to ordered quantities. (Answer=c)
b. The unit of a measure is arbitrary.
c. A measure can be made exactly.
d. A measure is always an approximation.
If a student reports his weight to be 125.5 lbs, between what two values can we place his actual weight? (Answer=b)
a. 120 lbs. and 130 lbs.
b. 125 lbs. and 126 lbs.
c. 125.25 lbs. and 125.75 lbs.
d. 124.5 lbs. and 126.5 lbs.
. Which of the following things is continuous? (Answer=c)
a. Pennies in a piggy bank.
b. Trees in my back yard.
c. Stars in the night sky.
d. Water in a lake.
. Which of the following things is discrete? (Answer=a)
a. The age of a tree.
b. The height of a tree.
c. The circumference at the base of a tree.
d. The number of limbs on a tree