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 blueberry 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 $100 more than the amount of money collected for apricot 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
= 60 + 55 + 35 + 95
= 245
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was blueberry ice-creams
=
Blueberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
95245 x 100
≈ 38.8%
(b)
Number of more cranberry ice-creams than apricot ice-creams
= 60 - 35
= 25
Cost of each ice-cream
= 100 ÷ 25
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 245 x 4
= $980
Answer(s): (a) 38.8%; (b) $980