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Information and Ideas practice question
A stall counted the ice creams it sold on two afternoons.
Afternoon | Ice creams
Sunny | 80
Cloudy | 35
The stall sold ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. 45 more ice creams on the sunny afternoon than on the cloudy one.Correct
- B. 115 more ice creams on the sunny afternoon than on the cloudy one.
- C. 45 more ice creams on the cloudy afternoon than on the sunny one.
- D. the same number on both afternoons.
Answer: A. 45 more ice creams on the sunny afternoon than on the cloudy one.
80 − 35 = 45.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 115 more ice creams on the sunny afternoon than on the cloudy one.
- 115 is the total, not the difference.
- C. 45 more ice creams on the cloudy afternoon than on the sunny one.
- Reversed.
- D. the same number on both afternoons.
- 80 and 35 differ.
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