Question

Lashaun decided to create a table to compare the number of students who arrive to school by car to the number who arrive by bus. If a two-way table is made to represent the data, which could be the row and column headings? a.column: boy, girl; row: arrive by car, arrive by bus b.column: boy, girl; row: arrive by car, total students in class c.column: boy, girl; row: arrive by bus, total students in class

d.column: boy, girl; row: total students in class, total who arrive by car or bus

Answer 1

a.  only asked to compare the number of students who arrive to school by car and bus. 

Answer 2

A. Column: boy, girl; Row: arrive by car, arrive by bus

Explanation:

We are given that,

Lashaun created a table comparing the number of students arriving by car to the number of students arriving by bus.

He compared the number of boys and girls arriving by what means of transport.

Thus, we have that,

The table made by Lashaun consists of:

Number of boys

Number of girls

Students arriving by Car

Students arriving by bus

Thus, the column headings of the table could be 'Boys, Girls' and the row headings could be 'Arriving by Car, Arriving by bus'.

Hence, option A is correct.