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 cherry 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 $20 more than the amount of money collected for strawberry 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
= 55 + 45 + 50 + 85
= 235
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was cherry ice-creams
=
Cherry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
85235 x 100
≈ 36.2%
(b)
Number of more blueberry ice-creams than strawberry ice-creams
= 55 - 50
= 5
Cost of each ice-cream
= 20 ÷ 5
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 235 x 4
= $940
Answer(s): (a) 36.2%; (b) $940