Information and IdeasHardReading a table of a restaurant's dishes
Information and Ideas practice question
Dishes sold at a restaurant in one month
Dish | Portions sold | Profit per portion
Steak | 400 | $6
Pasta | 900 | $4
The owner notes that although pasta is the bigger seller, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. the two dishes bring in similar profits overall: $3,600 from pasta against $2,400 from steak, despite pasta selling more than twice as many portions.Correct
- B. pasta sold 900 portions.
- C. steak earns $6 per portion.
- D. pasta earns less per portion than steak.
Answer: A. the two dishes bring in similar profits overall: $3,600 from pasta against $2,400 from steak, despite pasta selling more than twice as many portions.
Totals compared, not counts.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. pasta sold 900 portions.
- Repeats the sales lead.
- C. steak earns $6 per portion.
- One figure.
- D. pasta earns less per portion than steak.
- True, but no totals.
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