The bar graph shows the number of ice-cream flavours sold at a shop in a day.
- What percentage of the ice-creams sold was apricot ice-creams? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
- The cost of each ice-cream was the same. The amount of money collected for blueberry ice-creams was $250 more than the amount of money collected for vanilla ice-creams. What was the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the ice-creams?
(a)
Total number of ice-creams sold
= 85 + 90 + 35 + 55
= 265
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was apricot ice-creams
=
Apricot ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
55265 x 100
≈ 20.8%
(b)
Number of more blueberry ice-creams than vanilla ice-creams
= 85 - 35
= 50
Cost of each ice-cream
= 250 ÷ 50
= $5
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 265 x 5
= $1325
Answer(s): (a) 20.8%; (b) $1325