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Books sold at a bookshop last month Section | Books sold Fiction | 640 Children's | 410 History | 150 According to the table, fiction sold ____

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

  1. A. more than four times as many books as history.Correct
  2. B. fewer books than the children's section.
  3. C. exactly 410 books.
  4. D. about the same number as history.

Answer: A. more than four times as many books as history.

640 is more than 4 × 150.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. fewer books than the children's section.
640 is more than 410.
C. exactly 410 books.
410 is children's.
D. about the same number as history.
640 is far more than 150.

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