Information and IdeasHardUsing all four rows to support a pattern
Information and Ideas practice question
Cyclists counted at a junction and that day's average temperature:
Monday: 14°C, 310 cyclists
Tuesday: 22°C, 480 cyclists
Wednesday: 9°C, 210 cyclists
Thursday: 18°C, 400 cyclists
A planner claims that more cyclists use the junction on warmer days. Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the claim?
- A. The warmest day, Tuesday at 22°C, had the most cyclists (480) and the coldest, Wednesday at 9°C, had the fewest (210), with the other two days in between on both measures.Correct
- B. Tuesday had 480 cyclists.
- C. Monday's average temperature was 14°C.
- D. Thursday had more cyclists than Monday.
Answer: A. The warmest day, Tuesday at 22°C, had the most cyclists (480) and the coldest, Wednesday at 9°C, had the fewest (210), with the other two days in between on both measures.
The claim is a relationship between two variables; choice A shows both variables ranking the days the same way.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Tuesday had 480 cyclists.
- One count with no temperature attached.
- C. Monday's average temperature was 14°C.
- One temperature with no count attached.
- D. Thursday had more cyclists than Monday.
- True, but it doesn't mention temperature at all.
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