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 $50 more than the amount of money collected for cranberry 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
= 70 + 85 + 60 + 45
= 260
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was apricot ice-creams
=
Apricot ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
45260 x 100
≈ 17.3%
(b)
Number of more blueberry ice-creams than cranberry ice-creams
= 70 - 60
= 10
Cost of each ice-cream
= 50 ÷ 10
= $5
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 260 x 5
= $1300
Answer(s): (a) 17.3%; (b) $1300