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Monthly Sales of a Store

Study the bar graph below. It shows a store's monthly sales from January to June, in thousands of pesos. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

What was the percent increase in sales from March to April?

  1. 28.36%
  2. 19%
  3. 39%
  4. 39.58%

Answer

D. 39.58%

Solution

Increase = 67 − 48 = 19. 19 ÷ 48 × 100 = 39.58%. (Dividing by April's 67 is a common error.)

More Data Interpretation questions

  1. What were the average monthly sales for the six months (to the nearest centavo)?
  2. What were the total sales from January to June?
  3. In which month were sales the HIGHEST?
  4. By how many millimeters does the average monthly rainfall of May–June exceed that of January–April?
  5. What percent of the six-month rainfall fell in May and June?
  6. June's rainfall is about how many times January's rainfall?
  7. What was the total rainfall from January to June?
  8. Between which two consecutive months did rainfall increase the MOST?
  9. What is the ratio of the amount spent on housing to the amount spent on education?
  10. If the income rises to ₱48,000 but the family saves the SAME AMOUNT as before, what percent of the new income is saved?

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