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 cranberry ice-creams was $150 more than the amount of money collected for banana 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 + 100 + 35 + 45
= 265
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was cherry ice-creams
=
Cherry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
45265 x 100
≈ 17%
(b)
Number of more cranberry ice-creams than banana ice-creams
= 85 - 35
= 50
Cost of each ice-cream
= 150 ÷ 50
= $3
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 265 x 3
= $795
Answer(s): (a) 17%; (b) $795