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 cranberry 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 apricot ice-creams was $80 more than the amount of money collected for cheese 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 + 80 + 65 + 45
= 275
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was cranberry ice-creams
=
Cranberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
45275 x 100
≈ 16.4%
(b)
Number of more apricot ice-creams than cheese ice-creams
= 85 - 65
= 20
Cost of each ice-cream
= 80 ÷ 20
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 275 x 4
= $1100
Answer(s): (a) 16.4%; (b) $1100