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Information and Ideas practice question
Unsold bread at a bakery, by weekday (loaves)
Day | Baked | Unsold
Monday | 120 | 30
Wednesday | 120 | 12
Friday | 160 | 8
The baker notes that ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. Monday has by far the most unsold bread, with 30 loaves left from 120, against 12 on Wednesday and 8 on Friday.Correct
- B. 160 loaves are baked on Friday.
- C. the same number of loaves is baked on Monday and Wednesday.
- D. Friday has the most loaves baked.
Answer: A. Monday has by far the most unsold bread, with 30 loaves left from 120, against 12 on Wednesday and 8 on Friday.
Monday's waste stands out.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 160 loaves are baked on Friday.
- A count, no comparison of waste.
- C. the same number of loaves is baked on Monday and Wednesday.
- True, but not about unsold bread.
- D. Friday has the most loaves baked.
- True, but not about unsold bread.
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