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 cranberry ice-creams was $50 more than the amount of money collected for strawberry 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 + 45 + 70 + 95
= 290
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was blueberry ice-creams
=
Blueberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
95290 x 100
≈ 32.8%
(b)
Number of more cranberry ice-creams than strawberry ice-creams
= 80 - 70
= 10
Cost of each ice-cream
= 50 ÷ 10
= $5
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 290 x 5
= $1450
Answer(s): (a) 32.8%; (b) $1450