A table question tests whether you can use numbers to complete a statement. Read the sentence with the blank and ask what needs to be compared, then check the table's headings and units. For a combined amount, add the groups within each row because the question needs their total. Compare every relevant row to find the highest or lowest amount, as the sentence asks. A choice can name a row with a small entry without showing that its total is the smallest.
Hints
- Hint 1
Check which attendance the sentence includes. The word combined is the key.
- Hint 2
Add the two entries in each row, then compare your four totals. Which year has the smallest sum?
Step-by-step
Compare the yearly totals
Step 1Find what belongs in each total
The combined attendance counts both theaters together, not either theater alone. What numbers should we add to find when attendance at the two theaters was lowest? Each row holds one year's numbers, so we add across the row, keeping the years separate as we build a total for each one. The heading says in hundreds, which means 12 stands for 1,200 people. We can compare the sums without multiplying them by 100.
- Step 2
Add the rows and find the smallest sum
Which year has the lowest total? Adding across the rows gives 12 + 9 = 21 hundreds for 2018, 15 + 11 = 26 hundreds for 2019, 4 + 3 = 7 hundreds for 2020, and 10 + 8 = 18 hundreds for 2021. Of these totals, 7 hundreds is the smallest, so 2020 completes the statement with a combined attendance of 700 people. Choice C.