Information and IdeasMediumReading a table of a cinema's screenings
Information and Ideas practice question
Screenings of two films in one week
Film | Screenings | Total tickets sold
Comedy | 20 | 2,400
Drama | 10 | 1,500
The cinema manager observes that the drama, despite fewer screenings, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. drew more people per screening: 150 on average, against 120 for the comedy.Correct
- B. sold 1,500 tickets.
- C. had 10 screenings.
- D. sold fewer tickets in total than the comedy.
Answer: A. drew more people per screening: 150 on average, against 120 for the comedy.
1,500/10 beats 2,400/20.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. sold 1,500 tickets.
- A total, no per-screening comparison.
- C. had 10 screenings.
- Repeats 'fewer screenings'.
- D. sold fewer tickets in total than the comedy.
- True, but the sentence sets up a point in the drama's favour.
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