Information and IdeasHardSupporting a share claim with the total
Information and Ideas practice question
A town's households by heating type:
Gas: 3,000
Electric: 1,500
Oil: 900
Wood: 600
A councillor claims that half of the town's households heat with gas. Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the claim?
- A. Gas heats 3,000 of the 6,000 households, which is exactly half.Correct
- B. Gas heats twice as many households as electricity.
- C. Gas is the most common heating type.
- D. Gas heats 3,000 households.
Answer: A. Gas heats 3,000 of the 6,000 households, which is exactly half.
Half of the total: 3,000 of 6,000.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Gas heats twice as many households as electricity.
- A comparison with one type doesn't establish half of all.
- C. Gas is the most common heating type.
- Most common doesn't establish half.
- D. Gas heats 3,000 households.
- A count without the total.
More Information and Ideas questions
- Hard
Which finding, if true, would most strongly support the researcher's hypothesis? - Hard
Which choice most logically completes the text with a conclusion the evidence supports? - Hard
Which quotation from the passage would best support the student's claim? - Hard
Which choice best describes data that would support the conclusion that more daily reading is associated with … - Hard
Which choice most logically completes the text with a conclusion the evidence supports? - Hard
Which statement about the data would best support the claim that the bus lane made the route faster?
Not affiliated with the College Board. SAT is a trademark of the College Board.