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Chapter: Average
1. Average of 14 quantities is 22 and average of 36 quantities is 25. What is the average of all the 50 quantities?
1) 28.32 2) 23.16 3) 24.16 4) 22.08 5) None of these
2. The average of 42 observations is 36 and average of 18 observations is 24. What is the average of all the 60 observations?
1) 28.5 2) 37.6 3) 32.4 4) 21.52 5) None of these
3. The average marks obtained by Raghu in Hindi & Science were 30 less than his marks in Hindi. He got 62 marks in Science. Find his marks in
Hindi.
1) 122 2) 120 3) 124 4) 102 5) None of these
4. The average marks obtained by Ramesh in Hindi, English & Science were 15 more than his marks in English. He got a total of 102 marks in Hindi &
Science. How many marks did he get in English?
1) 26.5 2) 29 3) 30.5 4) 28.5 5) None of these
5. The average runs of 11 players of a cricket team were 24. If the runs of captain were excluded, then average became 26. Find the score of the
Captain.
1) 44 2) 20 3) 4 4) 8 5) None of these
6. The average runs of 11 players of a cricket team were 22. If the runs of Captain were deleted, then average was increased by 1.5. Find the score of
the Captain.
1) 7 2) 17 3) 27 4) 29 5) None of these
7. The average of 15 numbers is 21 and that of last 14 numbers is 22. What is the first number?
1) 14 2) 33 3) 7 4) 28 5) None of these
8. The average of 21 numbers is 15 and that of the first 20 is 14.5. What is the last number?
1) 5 2) 50 3) 25 4) 15 5) None of these
9. The average of 15 numbers is 24. The average of the first 5 numbers is 21 and that of the last 5 numbers is 26. What is the average of the middle 5
numbers?
1) 25 2) 24 3) 23 4) 26 5) None of these
10. In an experiment, the average of 11 observations was 90. If the average of the first five observations is 87 and that of the last five is 84, then the
sixth observation is:
1) 135 2) 145 3) 150 4) 165 5) None of these
11. The average age of A and B is 30 years, that of B and C is 32 years, and the average age of C and A is 34 years. The age of C is:
1) 33 years 2) 34 years 3) 35 years 4) 36 years 5) None of these
12. The average of 24 students is 12 years. If the age of the teacher is added, the average will be increased by 1 year. What is the age of the teacher?
1) 35 years 2) 37 years 3) 27 years 4) 30 years 5) None of these
13. The average age of 20 students in a class is 15 years. If the age of two teachers are added, the average will be increased by 1.5 years. What is
the sum of the ages of these two teachers?
1) 58 years 2) 48 years 3) 76 years 4) 63 years 5) None of these
14. The average of 26 numbers is 22. If each number is increased by 8, what will be the new average?
1) 34 2) 29 3) 30 4) 32 5) None of these
15. The average of 30 numbers is 28. If 6 is subtracted from each number, what will be the new average?
1) 24 2) 12 3) 22 4) 26 5) None of these
16. The average of 16 numbers is 30. If each number is multiplied by 1.5, what will be the new average?
1) 45 2) 40 3) 35 4) 50 5) None of these
17. The average of 34 numbers is 44. If each number is divided by 4, what will be the new average?
1) 12 2) 11 3) 10 4) 21 5) None of these
18. The average of 21 results is 16. The average of the first 10 results is 18 and that of the last 10 results is 15.5. What is the middle result?
1) 11 2) 10 3) 1 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
19. The average weight of 20 men is increased by 1 kg, when one of them whose weight is 60 kg is replaced by a new man. What is the weight of the
new man?
1) 70 kgs 2) 80 kgs 3) 100 kgs 4) 40 kgs 5) None of these
20. The average age of 24 men is decreased by 2 years when one of them whose age is 60 years is replaced by a new man. What is the age of the
new man?
1) 12 years 2) 10 years 3) 14 years 4) 8 years 5) None of these
21. The average age of 8 men increased by 2 years when two of them whose ages are 21 and 23 years are replaced by two new men. The average
age of the two new men is:
1) 22 years 2) 24 years 3) 28 years 4) 30 years 5) None of these
22. The average age of a wife and a husband who were married 6 years back was 20 years then. The average age including a child born during the
interval is 18 years now. What is the age of the child now?
1) 2 years 2) 4 years 3) 3 years 4) 5 years 5) None of these
23. The average age of a wife and a husband who were married 10 years back was 21 years then. The average age including the child born during
the interval is 22 years now. What is the age of the child now?
1) 1.5 years 2) 2 years 3) 6 years 4) 4 years 5) None of these
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Chapter: Average
24. In a class of 40 students, 25 are boys. The average marks of boys are 36 and those of the girls are 40. What are the average marks of the class?
1) 62.5 2) 44.75 3) 37.5 4) 72.94 5) None of these
25. The average marks of 24 boys in a class are 40 and those of 6 girls are 50. What are the average marks of the class?
1) 70 2) 48 3) 96 4) 42 5) None of these
26. The average marks of a class of 24 students are 41. Of them 20 are boys and their average marks are 42. What are the average marks of the
girls?
1) 38 2) 24 3) 36 4) 46 5) None of these
27. The average marks of a class of 30 students are 59. Of them 10 are girls and their average marks are 57. What are the average marks of the
boys?
1) 60 2) 62 3) 69 4) 64 5) None of these
28. There are 4 numbers. Average of the first three is 75 and that of the last three is 80. The fourth number is 20. What is the first number?
1) 5 2) 15 3) 10 4) 40 5) None of these
29. Of five numbers, average of the first four and the last four are 32 and 29 respectively. The first number is 45. What is the last number?
1) 30 2) 68 3) 34 4) 58 5) None of these
30. The temperature of a city from Monday to Saturday is 24 degrees and from Tuesday to Sunday it is 23.5 degrees. The temperature on Sunday is
25 degrees. What is the temperature on Monday?
1) 28 2) 42 3) 64 4) 31 5) None of these
31. The temperature of a city from Sunday to Friday is 24.5 degrees and from Monday to Saturday it is 24.75 degrees. The temperature on Sunday is
25.25 degrees. What is the temperature on Saturday?
1) 24.75 2) 32.75 3) 26.75 4) 28.75 5) None of these
32. The average height of 20 students is calculated as 144 cm. Later it is found that the height of a student is taken as 154 cm instead of 145 cm. Find
the correct average.
1) 144.45 cm 2) 143.55 cm 3) 142.55 cm 4) 143.45 cm 5) None of these
33. The average marks of 45 students is calculated as 56. Later it is found that the marks of a student is taken as 95 instead of 68. The correct
average is:
1) 56.6 2) 46.6 3) 60 4) 55.4 5) None of these
34. The batting average in 20 innings of a cricket player is 25 runs. His highest score exceeds the lowest score by 66 runs. If these two innings are
excluded, the average will become 24. Find his highest score.
1) 67 2) 57 3) 60 4) 70 5) None of these
35. The batting average in 32 innings of a cricket player is 20 runs. His highest score exceeds the lowest score by 68 runs. If these two innings are
excluded, the average will become 19. Find his lowest score.
1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 5 5) None of these
36. The average of runs scored by a player in 10 innings is 50. How many runs should he score in the 11th innings so that his average is increased by
2 runs?
1) 80 runs 2) 72 runs 3) 60 runs 4) 54 runs 5) None of these
37. The average age of 20 students is 20 years. If the teacher's age is also included, the average age increases by one year. What is the teacher's
age?
1) 24 years 2) 30 years 3) 41 years 4) 44 years 5) None of these
38. The mean of the first five prime numbers is:
1) 5 2) 5.5 3) 6 4) 7 5) None of these
39. The average of 5 consecutive natural numbers is 11. What is the largest number?
1) 8 2) 7 3) 9 4) 10 5) None of these
40. The average of 7 consecutive natural numbers is 80. What is the largest number?
1) 85 2) 82 3) 84 4) 83 5) None of these
41. The average of 7 consecutive odd numbers is 97. What is the sum of the smallest and the largest numbers?
1) 194 2) 192 3) 190 4) 196 5) None of these
42. The average of 9 consecutive even numbers is 64. What is the second largest number?
1) 72 2) 70 3) 58 4) 68 5) None of these
43. The average of 6 consecutive odd numbers is 36. What is the smallest number?
1) 29 2) 27 3) 31 4) 33 5) None of these
44. The average of 8 consecutive even numbers is 77. What is the biggest number?
1) 82 2) 86 3) 80 4) 84 5) None of these
45. The average of 5 consecutive multiples of 9 is 54. What is the least but one number?
1) 36 2) 45 3) 63 4) 27 5) None of these