Bar Charts Questions Answers

• 1. Total sales of the branches B1, B3 and B5 together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is :

  1. 550
  2. 560
  3. 570
  4. 580

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  Total sales of branches B1, B2 and B5 for both the years (in thousand numbers is)= (80+105)+(95+110)+(75+95)
  = 560
  
  

• 2. Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the total sales of the branch B3 for both the years ?
  
  

  1. 73.17%
  2. 72.17%
  3. 71.17%
  4. 70.17%

  Answer :

  Option A

  Explanation:

  Required Percentage =
  \begin{aligned}
  \left[\frac{(70+80)}{(95+110)}*100 \right]\% \\
  = \frac{150}{205}*100 \% \\
  = 73.17 \%
  \end{aligned}

• 3. What is the average sale of all the branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000 ?
  
  

  1. 68
  2. 74
  3. 78
  4. 80

  Answer :

  Option D

  Explanation:

  Average sale of all the branches for the year 2000 is
  1/6(80+75+95+85+75+70)
  = 80
  
  

• 4. What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both the years to the total sales of the branch B4 for both the years ?
  
  

  1. 4:9
  2. 4:11
  3. 7:9
  4. 7:11

  Answer :

  Option C

  Explanation:

  \begin{aligned}
  \text{Required Ratio = }\frac{75+65}{85+95} \\
  = \frac{140}{180} \\
  = \frac{7}{9} = 7:9
  \end{aligned}

• 5. What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the average sales of the branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000 ?
  
  

  1. 83.5%
  2. 87.5%
  3. 88.5%
  4. 89.5%

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  Average sales (in thousand numbers) of branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000 are
  \begin{aligned}
  =\frac{1}{3}*(80+95+70) \\
  = \frac{245}{3} \\
  \end{aligned}
  Average sales (in thousand numbers) of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 are
  \begin{aligned}
  =\frac{1}{3}*(105+65+100) \\
  = \frac{280}{3} \\
  
  \text{Required Percentage =}\left( \frac{\frac{245}{3}}{\frac{280}{3}}*100 \right)\% \\
  = \left( \frac{245}{280}*100 \right) \% \\
  = 87.5 \%
  \end{aligned}