Information and IdeasVery hardReading a table of two schools' pass rates
Information and Ideas practice question
Exam entries and passes
School | Entered | Passed
P | 200 | 150
Q | 50 | 45
An inspector notes that although School P had three times as many passes, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. School Q's pass rate of 90 percent is higher than School P's 75 percent.Correct
- B. School Q entered only 50 pupils.
- C. School P had 150 passes.
- D. School P entered four times as many pupils.
Answer: A. School Q's pass rate of 90 percent is higher than School P's 75 percent.
Rates, not counts.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. School Q entered only 50 pupils.
- Size alone.
- C. School P had 150 passes.
- A count, no rate.
- D. School P entered four times as many pupils.
- Size alone.
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