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 strawberry 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 vanilla ice-creams was $140 more than the amount of money collected for blueberry 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
= 100 + 90 + 30 + 90
= 310
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was strawberry ice-creams
=
Strawberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
90310 x 100
≈ 29%
(b)
Number of more vanilla ice-creams than blueberry ice-creams
= 100 - 30
= 70
Cost of each ice-cream
= 140 ÷ 70
= $2
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 310 x 2
= $620
Answer(s): (a) 29%; (b) $620