Information and IdeasVery hardReading a table of bus punctuality
Information and Ideas practice question
Bus journeys in one month
Route | Journeys | On time
3 | 500 | 450
7 | 100 | 95
A manager notes that although Route 7 had far fewer late journeys, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. the two routes' shares of journeys on time are close, 90 percent against 95 percent, and Route 7's rests on a fifth as many journeys.Correct
- B. Route 3 had 450 journeys on time.
- C. Route 7 had 5 late journeys.
- D. Route 3 ran five times as many journeys.
Answer: A. the two routes' shares of journeys on time are close, 90 percent against 95 percent, and Route 7's rests on a fifth as many journeys.
Shares, and the sample behind them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Route 3 had 450 journeys on time.
- A count, no share.
- C. Route 7 had 5 late journeys.
- A count, no share.
- D. Route 3 ran five times as many journeys.
- True, but not about punctuality.
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