Information and IdeasHardReading a table of a farm's costs and income
Information and Ideas practice question
A farm's crops in 2024
Crop | Hectares | Income | Costs
Wheat | 100 | $120,000 | $90,000
Beans | 20 | $40,000 | $16,000
The farmer notes that beans, grown on far less land, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. earned a higher profit per hectare: $1,200 against $300 for wheat.Correct
- B. brought in $40,000.
- C. cost $16,000 to grow.
- D. were grown on 20 hectares.
Answer: A. earned a higher profit per hectare: $1,200 against $300 for wheat.
(40,000 − 16,000)/20 against (120,000 − 90,000)/100.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. brought in $40,000.
- Income alone.
- C. cost $16,000 to grow.
- Costs alone.
- D. were grown on 20 hectares.
- Repeats 'far less land'.
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