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Information and Ideas practice question
Books borrowed from a library by category last year:
Fiction: 18,000
Children's: 12,000
Non-fiction: 6,000
Reference: 1,000
Which statement is best supported by the data?
- A. Fiction accounted for almost half of all books borrowed.Correct
- B. Children's books were borrowed more than fiction.
- C. Non-fiction was borrowed more than children's books.
- D. Reference books were borrowed more than 2,000 times.
Answer: A. Fiction accounted for almost half of all books borrowed.
Total 37,000; fiction 18,000 is just under half.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Children's books were borrowed more than fiction.
- 12,000 < 18,000.
- C. Non-fiction was borrowed more than children's books.
- 6,000 < 12,000.
- D. Reference books were borrowed more than 2,000 times.
- 1,000 < 2,000.
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