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Information and Ideas practice question
Books lent by a school library, by term:
Autumn: 1,400
Spring: 1,150
Summer: 900
Which choice most accurately completes the statement? 'The library lent ____ fewer books in summer than in autumn.'
- A. 500Correct
- B. 250
- C. 1,400
- D. 900
Answer: A. 500
1,400 − 900 = 500.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 250
- 250 is the autumn-to-spring drop, or the spring-to-summer drop.
- C. 1,400
- 1,400 is the autumn figure alone.
- D. 900
- 900 is the summer figure alone.
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