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 apple ice-creams was $120 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
= 85 + 95 + 25 + 95
= 300
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was cherry ice-creams
=
Cherry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
95300 x 100
≈ 31.7%
(b)
Number of more apple ice-creams than blueberry ice-creams
= 85 - 25
= 60
Cost of each ice-cream
= 120 ÷ 60
= $2
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 300 x 2
= $600
Answer(s): (a) 31.7%; (b) $600