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 apple ice-creams was $120 more than the amount of money collected for banana 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 + 90 + 35 + 95
= 315
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was blueberry ice-creams
=
Blueberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
95315 x 100
≈ 30.2%
(b)
Number of more apple ice-creams than banana ice-creams
= 95 - 35
= 60
Cost of each ice-cream
= 120 ÷ 60
= $2
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 315 x 2
= $630
Answer(s): (a) 30.2%; (b) $630