Information and IdeasHardSupporting a share claim with the total
Information and Ideas practice question
Entries in a village show, by category:
Vegetables: 90
Flowers: 60
Baking: 45
Crafts: 30
An organiser claims that vegetables made up two fifths of all entries. Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the claim?
- A. Vegetables were 90 of the 225 entries, which is 40%, or two fifths.Correct
- B. Vegetables had more entries than any other category.
- C. Vegetables had three times as many entries as crafts.
- D. There were 90 vegetable entries.
Answer: A. Vegetables were 90 of the 225 entries, which is 40%, or two fifths.
A share needs the total: 90 of 225 is 40%.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Vegetables had more entries than any other category.
- Most entries doesn't establish the fraction.
- C. Vegetables had three times as many entries as crafts.
- A comparison with one category only.
- D. There were 90 vegetable entries.
- A count without the total.
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