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Program spending by program: Shelter, Meals, Clinic, LiteracyPie of program spending in millions of dollars by four programs. Each slice is labeled with its value.50%25%15%10%Shelter $24MMeals $12MClinic $7.2MLiteracy $4.8M
Beneficiaries served by program: Shelter, Meals, Clinic, LiteracyPie of beneficiaries served in thousands by four programs. Each slice is labeled with its value.33%50%13%4%Shelter 80kMeals 120kClinic 30kLiteracy 10k

The two pie charts below describe a charity's last year. The first chart divides its $48 million in program spending among four programs: Shelter, Meals, Clinic, and Literacy. The second chart divides the 240,000 beneficiaries served among the same four programs. A program's spending per beneficiary is its program spending divided by the beneficiaries it served. Select from each drop-down menu to complete the statement so that it is most accurate according to the data shown.

The program with the largest total spending was , while the program with the highest spending per beneficiary served was .

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1: Shelter · 2: Literacy

The first blank is a straight read of the spending pie: Shelter has the biggest slice at $24 million of $48 million, so the first blank is Shelter.

The second blank asks for the highest spending per beneficiary, which the stem defines as program spending divided by beneficiaries served. This forces you to combine the two pies rather than read either one alone. Take each program's spending and divide by the people it served. Shelter spent $24 million on 80,000 beneficiaries, which is $300 each. Meals is $100, Clinic $240. Literacy is the striking one: just $4.8 million in spending, the smallest slice on the first chart, on only 10,000 beneficiaries, which is $480 each, the highest of the four, because a small budget concentrated on few beneficiaries is a high amount per person.

The trap is to assume the program that spends the most, or the program that serves the most people, also spends the most per beneficiary, and answer Shelter or Meals. Shelter is the biggest spending slice and Meals is the biggest beneficiary slice, but neither is the per-beneficiary leader. The largest spending belongs to Shelter; the highest spending per beneficiary belongs to Literacy, the smallest program. A per-person figure compares spending to the people it reached, so divide before deciding.