The following table gives the top five movies at the box office this week. $$\begin{array} { l | l | l | l | l }
\text { Rank } & \text { Last week } & \text { Movie title } & \text { Studio } & \text { Box office sales (\$ millions) } \
\hline 1 & \text { N/A } & \text { Pirate Adventure } & \text { Movie Giant } & 35.2 \
2 & 2 & \text { Secret Agent Files } & \text { G.M.G. } & 19.5 \
3 & 1 & \text { Epic Super Hero Team } & 21 \text { st Century } & 14.3 \
4 & 5 & \text { Reptile Ride } & \text { Movie Giant } & 10.1 \
5 & 4 & \text { Must Love Cats } & \text { Dreamboat } & 9.9
\end{array}$$ What kind of data is provided by the information in the first column?

Question

The following table gives the top five movies at the box office this week. $$\begin{array} { l | l | l | l | l } 
\text { Rank } & \text { Last week } & \text { Movie title } & \text { Studio } & \text { Box office sales (\$ millions) } \
\hline 1 & \text { N/A } & \text { Pirate Adventure } & \text { Movie Giant } & 35.2 \
2 & 2 & \text { Secret Agent Files } & \text { G.M.G. } & 19.5 \
3 & 1 & \text { Epic Super Hero Team } & 21 \text { st Century } & 14.3 \
4 & 5 & \text { Reptile Ride } & \text { Movie Giant } & 10.1 \
5 & 4 & \text { Must Love Cats } & \text { Dreamboat } & 9.9
\end{array}$$ What kind of data is provided by the information in the first column?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The first column provides quantitative data as it represents the rank of the movies, which is numerical.

The Following Table Gives the Top Five Movies at the Box