SATMathematics Practice Test 1

The human resources budget in 2007 was 4,051,050 thousand dollars, and the human resources budget in 2010 was 5,921,379 thousand dollars. Therefore, the ratio of the 2007 budget to the 2010 budget is slightly greater than

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Similar estimates for agriculture/natural resources give a ratio of the 2007 budget to the 2010 budget of slightly greater than

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;for education, a ratio of slightly greater than for highways and transportation, a ratio of slightly less than

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;and for public safety, a ratio of slightly greater than

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.Therefore, of the given choices, education’s ratio of the 2007 budget to the 2010 budget is closest to that of human resources.
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect because the 2007 budget to 2010 budget ratio for each of these programs in these choices is further from the corresponding ratio for human resources than the ratio for education.