Information and IdeasEasy–MediumReading a museum attendance table
Information and Ideas practice question
Quarterly attendance at the Calder Science Museum (thousands of visitors)
Season | Weekday | Weekend
Winter | 6 | 9
Spring | 8 | 14
Summer | 13 | 22
According to the table, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. weekend visitors outnumbered weekday visitors in every season listed.Correct
- B. weekday visitors outnumbered weekend visitors in winter.
- C. summer weekday attendance was the year's highest figure.
- D. attendance did not vary between seasons.
Answer: A. weekend visitors outnumbered weekday visitors in every season listed.
In all three rows the weekend column exceeds the weekday column (winter 9 vs 6, spring 14 vs 8, summer 22 vs 13, in thousands).
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. weekday visitors outnumbered weekend visitors in winter.
- Winter weekends (9,000) beat winter weekdays (6,000).
- C. summer weekday attendance was the year's highest figure.
- Summer weekdays (13,000) trail summer weekends (22,000), the true maximum.
- D. attendance did not vary between seasons.
- Every season's figures differ from the others'.
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