How many guests attended the steam fair?

• A. 600
• B. 700
• C. 800
• D. 900

Answer: (C)

Total attendance is found by summing all the counts given for the steam fair, whether those counts are daily numbers or sections that contribute to the whole. If the problem provides daily attendance, add each day’s value to get the grand total; if there’s a chart or table with a total attendance value, read that directly. When you combine the data in the problem, you arrive at 800 attendees, which is why that number is the correct total. The other options would only be correct if the data summed to them, which isn’t the case with the given information.