Information and IdeasHardReading a table of library borrowings by category
Information and Ideas practice question
Library borrowings by category
Category | 2014 | 2024
Fiction | 20,000 | 24,000
Non-fiction | 10,000 | 6,000
Children's | 8,000 | 16,000
A librarian notes that the pattern of borrowing has shifted: ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. children's borrowings doubled while non-fiction fell by 40 percent.Correct
- B. fiction remains the largest category.
- C. children's borrowings were 16,000 in 2024.
- D. total borrowings rose.
Answer: A. children's borrowings doubled while non-fiction fell by 40 percent.
Doubling against a 40 percent fall.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. fiction remains the largest category.
- True, but not a shift.
- C. children's borrowings were 16,000 in 2024.
- One figure.
- D. total borrowings rose.
- The total hides the shift.
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