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 banana ice-creams was $240 more than the amount of money collected for vanilla 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
= 95 + 50 + 35 + 95
= 275
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was blueberry ice-creams
=
Blueberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
95275 x 100
≈ 34.5%
(b)
Number of more banana ice-creams than vanilla ice-creams
= 95 - 35
= 60
Cost of each ice-cream
= 240 ÷ 60
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 275 x 4
= $1100
Answer(s): (a) 34.5%; (b) $1100