Information and IdeasMediumReading a table of a cafe's waste
Information and Ideas practice question
Food thrown away at a cafe in one week (kilograms)
Item | Bought | Thrown away
Bread | 40 | 12
Salad | 20 | 9
Cheese | 15 | 1
The manager notes that salad is the biggest problem: ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. nearly half of it was thrown away, a far larger share than for bread or cheese.Correct
- B. 20 kilograms of salad were bought.
- C. 12 kilograms of bread were thrown away.
- D. cheese was hardly wasted at all.
Answer: A. nearly half of it was thrown away, a far larger share than for bread or cheese.
9 of 20 against 12 of 40 and 1 of 15.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 20 kilograms of salad were bought.
- Bought, no waste.
- C. 12 kilograms of bread were thrown away.
- A larger weight but a smaller share.
- D. cheese was hardly wasted at all.
- About cheese, not salad.
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