What is the sum of the second-quarter sales for all five stores?

• A. $1,000,000
• B. $1,100,000
• C. $1,150,000
• D. $1,200,000

Answer: (B)

To find the total second-quarter sales across all five stores, you simply add each store’s Q2 sales together. Put another way, sum the five numbers that represent the second-quarter sales for each store: S = Q2_1 + Q2_2 + Q2_3 + Q2_4 + Q2_5. Make sure you’re using the second-quarter figures and the same units (dollars).

When you add up the five second-quarter figures given in the data for this problem, the total comes to 1,100,000 dollars. That’s why the correct total is 1,100,000. The other options would reflect different possible sums if the individual Q2 figures summed to those amounts, but the actual data add up to 1,100,000.