Information and IdeasHardReading a table of a farm's egg production
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Eggs laid per week by two flocks
Flock | Hens | Eggs per week
Barn | 200 | 1,000
Free-range | 50 | 300
The farmer observes that the free-range hens, though fewer, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. lay more eggs each: 300 eggs from 50 hens is 6 per hen per week, against 5 per hen for the barn flock.Correct
- B. produce 300 eggs a week.
- C. are outnumbered four to one by the barn hens.
- D. lay fewer eggs in total than the barn flock.
Answer: A. lay more eggs each: 300 eggs from 50 hens is 6 per hen per week, against 5 per hen for the barn flock.
Per-hen rate is higher.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. produce 300 eggs a week.
- A total, no per-hen comparison.
- C. are outnumbered four to one by the barn hens.
- Repeats 'fewer'.
- D. lay fewer eggs in total than the barn flock.
- True, but the sentence's 'though fewer' sets up a point in their favour.
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