Information and IdeasEasy–MediumReading a table to find a rate
Information and Ideas practice question
A bakery recorded the loaves it baked and the loaves left unsold on two days.
Day | Baked | Unsold
Friday | 200 | 10
Saturday | 300 | 60
The bakery sold ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. a larger share of its loaves on Friday, when only 10 of 200 were left, than on Saturday, when 60 of 300 were left.Correct
- B. more loaves on Friday than on Saturday.
- C. every loaf it baked on Saturday.
- D. the same share of its loaves on both days.
Answer: A. a larger share of its loaves on Friday, when only 10 of 200 were left, than on Saturday, when 60 of 300 were left.
Friday: 5% unsold; Saturday: 20% unsold.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. more loaves on Friday than on Saturday.
- Friday sold 190; Saturday sold 240.
- C. every loaf it baked on Saturday.
- 60 were left on Saturday.
- D. the same share of its loaves on both days.
- 5% and 20% differ.
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