Information and IdeasVery hardReading a table of gym membership retention
Information and Ideas practice question
Members of a gym who joined in January, and how many remained at year end
Joining offer | Joined | Still members in December
No offer | 300 | 180
First month free | 900 | 360
A manager argues that the free-month offer brought in many members who did not stay, supporting the claim with the observation that ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. only 40% of those who joined with a free month were still members in December, compared with 60% of those who joined without an offer.Correct
- B. 900 people joined with the free-month offer.
- C. 360 members who joined with the offer remained in December, twice as many as remained from the no-offer group.
- D. 180 of the no-offer joiners stayed.
Answer: A. only 40% of those who joined with a free month were still members in December, compared with 60% of those who joined without an offer.
Retention rates, compared.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 900 people joined with the free-month offer.
- The 'brought in many' half only.
- C. 360 members who joined with the offer remained in December, twice as many as remained from the no-offer group.
- Absolute numbers favour the offer, which is the opposite of the claim.
- D. 180 of the no-offer joiners stayed.
- One group only.
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