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 cheese 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 cherry ice-creams was $60 more than the amount of money collected for vanilla 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
= 55 + 90 + 40 + 75
= 260
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was cheese ice-creams
=
Cheese ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
75260 x 100
≈ 28.8%
(b)
Number of more cherry ice-creams than vanilla ice-creams
= 55 - 40
= 15
Cost of each ice-cream
= 60 ÷ 15
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 260 x 4
= $1040
Answer(s): (a) 28.8%; (b) $1040