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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?
- The two new stops near the hospital are why riders reached 71 thousand in March.
- 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.
- February's drop probably reflects the four snow days, so it does not show the lower fare failed.
Luz asks how the table clarifies sentence [2]. Which choice fits?
- It shows that riders rose month after month, beginning in January without a single drop, as the table clearly shows.
- It shows that the fare cut brought about 16 thousand new riders by April.
- It explains why officials chose to lower the fare from two dollars to one dollar.
- 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?
- [6] Officials said they would wait until spring before judging the lower fare.
- [5] In March, the city also added two new bus stops near the hospital.
- [4] A heavy snowstorm closed the roads for four days in February, and no buses ran on those days.
- [3] A counter on each bus records how many people board, and the totals are added at the end of each month.
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 orchard will pick more than 1,000 kilograms, since Week 4 alone reached 310 kilograms.
- 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.
Pia asks how the table clarifies sentence [4]. Which choice fits?
- It shows the weight of the apples picked in each of the six weeks of the season.
- It shows which variety of apple was picked in each week and how many trees it has.
- It turns the weekly weighing into numbers that can be compared from week to week.
- It explains why the family chose to weigh the apples in kilograms instead of by the bushel.
Ren sees that Week 3 is much lower than Weeks 2 and 4. Which sentence explains it?
- [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.
- [8] The weights for the last two weeks were still being added up.
- [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.
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?
- The frogs will call even more in Week 6, because the average reached 31 in Week 5.
- The frogs were leaving the pond in Week 3, since the average fell from 14 to 5.
- Week 3's low count probably reflects the cold wind, so it does not mean the frogs were leaving the pond.
- Frogs call more on warm, wet evenings, so the counts rose from one week to the next.
Zee reads sentence [8]. What does the table let the park manager see about when the frogs begin to call?
- 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.
- 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.
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 | 18Esme asks how the table clarifies the owner's plan in sentence [5]. Which choice fits?
- It shows rye sold 22 and 25 loaves in the two earlier weeks, so one sell-out may not mean a lasting change.
- It tells the owner how many loaves of rye were baked on each of the three Saturdays in the table.
- It shows that the street fair made the bakery sell out of its bread by ten o'clock.
- It shows that rye outsold wheat on the three Saturdays that the table covers.
Jun sees that rye jumped to 40 last Saturday. Which sentence explains the jump?
- [3] The bakery bakes the same number of each kind, forty loaves, each Saturday morning.
- [1] A bakery on Pine Street sells four kinds of bread, and its shelves are usually full by early morning.
- [6] But a customer pointed out that a street fair in the park had crowded the shops that day.
- [4] Last Saturday, the owner ran out of rye bread by ten o'clock.