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 chocolate chip ice-creams was $100 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
= 85 + 75 + 65 + 40
= 265
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was cranberry ice-creams
=
Cranberry ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
40265 x 100
≈ 15.1%
(b)
Number of more chocolate chip ice-creams than banana ice-creams
= 85 - 65
= 20
Cost of each ice-cream
= 100 ÷ 20
= $5
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 265 x 5
= $1325
Answer(s): (a) 15.1%; (b) $1325