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 vanilla ice-creams was $140 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
= 100 + 35 + 65 + 70
= 270
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was cranberry ice-creams
=
Cranberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
70270 x 100
≈ 25.9%
(b)
Number of more vanilla ice-creams than cherry ice-creams
= 100 - 65
= 35
Cost of each ice-cream
= 140 ÷ 35
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 270 x 4
= $1080
Answer(s): (a) 25.9%; (b) $1080