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A Lower Fare in Dunmore (article)
[1] In January, the city of Dunmore cut its bus fare from two dollars to one dollar. [2] Officials hoped the lower fare would bring more riders onto the buses. [3] A counter on each bus records how many people board, and the totals are added at the end of each month.
[4] A heavy snowstorm closed the roads for four days in February, and no buses ran on those days. [5] In March, the city also added two new bus stops near the hospital. [6] Officials said they would wait until spring before judging the lower fare.
[7] The table shows the monthly totals for December, the month before the change, and for the four months after it. [8] The totals are given in thousands of riders. [9] The numbers will be updated each month on the city's website.
TABLE: Dunmore bus riders (thousands)
December | 58
January | 62
February | 55
March | 71
April | 74Kira reads the words and the table. Which conclusion do both support?
- February's drop probably reflects the four snow days, so it does not show the lower fare failed.
- The lower fare failed, because riders fell from 58 thousand in December to 55 thousand in February.
- The lower fare worked, because officials hoped it would bring more riders onto the buses.
- The two new stops near the hospital are why riders reached 71 thousand in March.
Luz asks how the table clarifies sentence [2]. Which choice fits?
- It explains why officials chose to lower the fare from two dollars to one dollar.
- It shows that the fare cut brought about 16 thousand new riders by April.
- It shows that riders rose month after month, beginning in January without a single drop, as the table clearly shows.
- It sets December beside each later month, so readers can test whether riders rose after the fare cut.
Milo sees that February is lower than January. Which sentence explains the drop?
- [5] In March, the city also added two new bus stops near the hospital.
- [3] A counter on each bus records how many people board, and the totals are added at the end of each month.
- [6] Officials said they would wait until spring before judging the lower fare.
- [4] A heavy snowstorm closed the roads for four days in February, and no buses ran on those days.
Picking Season at the Orchard (article)
[1] A family orchard near Ridgeway picks apples for six weeks each autumn, beginning when the first apples turn red. [2] The apples ripen at different times, so the family harvests the trees in a set order. [3] An early variety is picked first, and a late variety is picked last.
[4] The family weighs each week's apples in kilograms. [5] In the third week of picking, steady rain fell for five days, and most of the work stopped because the ladders were too wet to climb. [6] When the sun returned, the pickers went back to the trees, and they worked long days to catch up.
[7] The table shows the weights for the first four weeks. [8] The weights for the last two weeks were still being added up when the family wrote this report. [9] The family hopes the full season will total more than 1,000 kilograms.
TABLE: Apples picked each week (kilograms)
Week 1 | 120
Week 2 | 260
Week 3 | 90
Week 4 | 310Noah reads the words and the table. Which conclusion do both support?
- Week 3 was low because rain stopped most of the picking, not because the trees ran out of apples.
- The trees ran out of apples in Week 3, since the picking fell from 260 to 90 kilograms, and no apples were left.
- The rain in Week 3 shows that the orchard will have a poor harvest this autumn.
- The orchard will pick more than 1,000 kilograms, since Week 4 alone reached 310 kilograms.
Pia asks how the table clarifies sentence [4]. Which choice fits?
- It explains why the family chose to weigh the apples in kilograms instead of by the bushel.
- It shows which variety of apple was picked in each week and how many trees it has.
- It shows the weight of the apples picked in each of the six weeks of the season.
- It turns the weekly weighing into numbers that can be compared from week to week.
Listening for Frogs (article)
[1] Each spring, volunteers listen to the pond in Hartwell Park and write down how many frogs they hear calling from the water and the reeds. [2] They stand at the same spot at 8 o'clock each Tuesday evening. [3] Each volunteer counts for ten minutes with a notebook and a flashlight, and marks the total on a card.
[4] Frogs call more when the evening is warm and wet. [5] In the third week of the survey, a cold wind blew across the pond and the air temperature dropped. [6] The volunteers counted anyway, because the survey rules say to count each week.
[7] The table shows the averages for the first five weeks. [8] The park manager reads the table each spring to see when the frogs begin to call. [9] The data are shared with a state wildlife office, which uses them to track changes in the pond over many years.
TABLE: Frogs heard calling in ten minutes (average of all volunteers)
Week 1 | 6
Week 2 | 14
Week 3 | 5
Week 4 | 22
Week 5 | 31Tala reads the words and the table. Which conclusion do both support?
- Frogs call more on warm, wet evenings, so the counts rose from one week to the next.
- Week 3's low count probably reflects the cold wind, so it does not mean the frogs were leaving the pond.
- The frogs were leaving the pond in Week 3, since the average fell from 14 to 5.
- The frogs will call even more in Week 6, because the average reached 31 in Week 5.
Zee reads sentence [8]. What does the table let the park manager see about when the frogs begin to call?
- That the frogs did not begin to call until Week 4, when the average jumped.
- That the frogs will stop calling after Week 5, once the pond turns warm.
- That calling was heard in Week 1 and grew over five weeks, with one dip in Week 3.
- That the survey rules say volunteers must count on a Tuesday, even in cold weather.
Ari sees that Week 3 is much lower than Week 2. Which sentence explains it?
- [9] The data are shared with a state wildlife office, which uses them to track changes in the pond over many years.
- [6] The volunteers counted anyway, because the survey rules say to count each week.
- [2] They stand at the same spot at 8 o'clock each Tuesday evening.
- [5] In the third week of the survey, a cold wind blew across the pond and the air temperature dropped.
Saturday Bread (article)
[1] A bakery on Pine Street sells four kinds of bread, and its shelves are usually full by early morning. [2] The owner keeps a record of how many loaves of each kind are sold on Saturdays. [3] The bakery bakes the same number of each kind, forty loaves, each Saturday morning.
[4] Last Saturday, the owner ran out of rye bread by ten o'clock. [5] The owner decided to bake more rye next week. [6] But a customer pointed out that a street fair in the park had crowded the shops that day.
[7] The owner looked at the last three Saturdays to see whether rye bread always sold so quickly. [8] The table shows the loaves sold on each of those days. [9] The owner will decide how many loaves to bake after studying the table and talking with a few regular customers.
TABLE: Loaves sold on Saturdays
Kind | Three weeks ago | Two weeks ago | Last Saturday
Rye | 22 | 25 | 40
Wheat | 38 | 40 | 36
Oat | 30 | 28 | 31
Raisin | 12 | 15 | 18Bo reads the words and the table. Which conclusion do both support?
- Rye's one-day jump probably reflects the street fair, since rye sold only 22 and 25 loaves in the two weeks before.
- The street fair crowded the shops, so the owner does not need the table to decide how much rye to bake.
- Raisin bread will sell out soon, because its sales rose from 12 to 15 to 18 loaves.
- Rye is now the most popular bread, since it sold more than any other kind last Saturday.
Jun sees that rye jumped to 40 last Saturday. Which sentence explains the jump?
- [4] Last Saturday, the owner ran out of rye bread by ten o'clock.
- [3] The bakery bakes the same number of each kind, forty loaves, each Saturday morning.
- [6] But a customer pointed out that a street fair in the park had crowded the shops that day.
- [1] A bakery on Pine Street sells four kinds of bread, and its shelves are usually full by early morning.
