Average
1. The average age of 10 students in a class is 20. by a new officer and thus the average increased
If a new student is also included, then the new by 500 gm, the weight of the new officer is?
average age of all the students increases by 1. The
(a) 44.5 kg (b) 45 kg (c) 42.5 kg (d) Can’t say
age of the new student is?
9. The average income of A, B and C is Rs. 12,000
(a) 21 (b) 30 (c) 31 (d) 41
per month and the average income of B, C and D
2. A student on her first 3 tests received an is Rs. 15,000 per month. If the average salary of D
average score of N points. If she exceeds her be twice that of A, then the average salary of B
previous average score by 20 points on her fourth and C is (in Rs.)?
test, then what is the average score for the first 4
(a) 8,000 (b) 18,000 (c) 13,500 (d) 9,000
tests?
10. 16 litres of kerosene is mixed with 5 litres of
(a) N + 20 (b) N + 10 (c) N + 4 (d) N + 5
petrol. The price of kerosene is Rs. 12 per litre
3. In an examination conducted among 13 and the price of petrol is Rs. 33 per litre. The
students, the aver- age of their scores was 60. The average price of the mixture per litre is?
top 7 scores have an average of 66 whereas the
(a) Rs. 15 (b) Rs. 17 (c) Rs. 23 (d) Rs. 27
least 7 scores have an average of 54. Find the 7th
highest score? 11. A shopkeeper has 50 kgs of rice, part of which
he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. On
(a) 52 (b) 55 (c) 59 (d) 60
the whole, he gains 14% profit. What quantity of
4. The average of any 5 consecutive odd natural rice is sold at 18% profit? (in kgs)
numbers is k. If two more such numbers, just next
(a) 40 (b) 35 (c) 30 (d) 45
to these five numbers are added, the new average
will be? 12. A mixture of water and milk contains 80%
milk. In 50 litres of such a mixture, how many
(a) 2/7 (k + 2) (b) 2k - 4 (c) k + 2 (d) 2k + 3
litres of water is required to increase the
5. The average age of the students in a class is 21 percentage of water to, 50%?
years. If the teacher’s age is also included, the
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 45
average age goes up by 2 years. Find the number
of students in the class, if the teacher was 47 13. A sum of Rs. 410 was divided among 50 boys
years old? and girls. Each boy got Rs. 9 and each girl got Rs.
6.50. Find the number of girls?
(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 18
(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) 16
6. If the highest and lowest scores were excluded,
the average score of the class would decrease by 14. In a zoo, there are Rabbits and Pigeons. If
1. If the difference of these 2 scores is 60, find the heads are counted, there are 200 and if legs are
highest score? counted, there are 580. How many pigeons are
there?
(a) 84 (b) 95 (c) 99 (d) 115
(a) 90 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 120
7. The average age of a group of people was
calculated as 28 years. This was 2 years more than 15. The ratio of water and alcohol in two different
the correct average as there was an error in containers is 2 : 3 and 4 : 5. In what ratio we are
noting the age of 2 persons as 32 and 36 instead required to mix the mixtures of two containers in
of 21 and 23. How many persons were there in order to get the new mixture in which the ratio of
the group? alcohol and water be 7 : 5?
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 12
(a) 7 : 3 (b) 5 : 3 (c) 8 : 5 (d) 2 : 7
8. The average weight of the 5 officers of a
regiment is 42 kg. If a senior officer was replaced