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 vanilla 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 $220 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 + 25 + 40 + 80
= 240
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was vanilla ice-creams
=
Vanilla ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
80240 x 100
≈ 33.3%
(b)
Number of more apple ice-creams than banana ice-creams
= 95 - 40
= 55
Cost of each ice-cream
= 220 ÷ 55
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 240 x 4
= $960
Answer(s): (a) 33.3%; (b) $960