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 vanilla 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 strawberry ice-creams was $40 more than the amount of money collected for apple 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
= 45 + 65 + 25 + 55
= 190
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was vanilla ice-creams
=
Vanilla ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
55190 x 100
≈ 28.9%
(b)
Number of more strawberry ice-creams than apple ice-creams
= 45 - 25
= 20
Cost of each ice-cream
= 40 ÷ 20
= $2
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 190 x 2
= $380
Answer(s): (a) 28.9%; (b) $380