Information and IdeasVery hardRecognising a shrinking share despite a rising count
Information and Ideas practice question
A bookshop's sales:
2015: 20,000 books sold, of which 8,000 were fiction
2025: 30,000 books sold, of which 9,000 were fiction
Which statement is best supported by the data?
- A. Fiction sales rose in number but fell as a share of all sales, from 40% to 30%.Correct
- B. Fiction sales fell in number.
- C. Fiction's share of sales rose.
- D. Total sales fell between 2015 and 2025.
Answer: A. Fiction sales rose in number but fell as a share of all sales, from 40% to 30%.
8,000 of 20,000 is 40%; 9,000 of 30,000 is 30%.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Fiction sales fell in number.
- 8,000 rose to 9,000.
- C. Fiction's share of sales rose.
- The share fell.
- D. Total sales fell between 2015 and 2025.
- Total sales rose from 20,000 to 30,000.
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