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 banana 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 $150 more than the amount of money collected for cherry 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
= 80 + 30 + 50 + 55
= 215
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was banana ice-creams
=
Banana ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
55215 x 100
≈ 25.6%
(b)
Number of more vanilla ice-creams than cherry ice-creams
= 80 - 50
= 30
Cost of each ice-cream
= 150 ÷ 30
= $5
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 215 x 5
= $1075
Answer(s): (a) 25.6%; (b) $1075