A sports shop had 400 tennis balls for sale. Each tennis ball is sold at $3. At the end of each day, the number of tennis balls sold was recorded in the bar graph shown.
- What fraction of the total number of tennis balls was left at the end of Day 4? Express your answer in its simplest form.
- If the shop decided to sell every 4 tennis balls at $10 from Day 5 onwards, how much less would it collect from the sale of the tennis balls?
(a)
Number of tennis balls left at the end of Day 4
= 400 - 44 - 76 - 40 - 76
= 164
Fraction of tennis balls left at the end of Day 4
=
164400=
41100 (b)
Number of tennis balls sold from Day 5 to Day 6
= 44 + 64
= 108
Amount that it would collect if it sold the 108 tennis balls at the original price
= 108 x 3
= $324
Number of sets of 4 tennis balls
= 108 ÷ 4
= 27
Amount that it would collect if it sold the 108 tennis balls at every 4 tennis balls at $10
= 27 x 10
= $270
Amount that it would collect less from the sale of the tennis balls
= 324 - 270
= $54
Answer(s): (a)
41100; (b) $54