Information and IdeasVery hardChoosing data that fit a claim about shares of a total
Information and Ideas practice question
A town recorded how its waste was handled in two years.
Method | 2015 | 2025
Landfill | 60% | 25%
Recycling | 30% | 45%
Composting | 10% | 30%
The council's report notes that composting, not recycling, accounts for the larger part of the shift away from landfill, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. since composting's share rose by 20 points, from 10% to 30%, while recycling's rose by 15, from 30% to 45%.Correct
- B. because recycling is now 45%.
- C. since landfill fell from 60% to 25%.
- D. because composting was 10% in 2015.
Answer: A. since composting's share rose by 20 points, from 10% to 30%, while recycling's rose by 15, from 30% to 45%.
Landfill lost 35 points; composting gained 20 of them, recycling 15.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. because recycling is now 45%.
- Recycling's level, not its change.
- C. since landfill fell from 60% to 25%.
- The fall the claim is explaining, not its breakdown.
- D. because composting was 10% in 2015.
- A starting point alone.
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