APTITUDE MASTERY SERIES
MODULE 3 – AVERAGE
1. The mean of 50 numbers is 30. Later it was discovered that two entries were wrongly entered as 82
and 13 instead of 28 and 31. Find the correct mean.
(a) 36.12 (b) 30.66 (c) 29.28 (d) 38.21
2. The average weight of A, B and C is 40 kg. If the average weight of A and B is 35kg and that of B
and C is 36 kg, then find the weight of B.
(a) 22kg (b) 23kg (c) 28kg (d) 30 kg
3. Average weight of 10 people is 50kg. When one person is added to the group the average weight
increases by 1kg. So, what is the weight of that new person?
(a) 59 kg (b) 60kg (c) 61kg (d) 50 kg
4. Ram lives along with his wife, son and daughter-in-law. The average age of Ram's family 3 years
ago was 40 years. Three years later Ram dies due to illness at the age of 53 years and at the same time
his daughter in-law gave birth to Ram's grandson. If all ages are always taken as integral values, now
what is the average age of Ram's family?
(a) 24.80 years (b) 26.45 years (c) 29.75 years (d) 31.90 years
5. There are twice the number of two wheelers as there are three wheelers and the number of four
wheelers are equal to the number of two wheelers. The average number of wheels per vehicle is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
6. Once Ajay went to the office of ROCKLINE COURIER with 4 different envelopes. The clerk in the
office measured the weights in all possible pairs. The weights obtained are 59gm, 61gm, 62gm, 63gm,
64gm and 66gm. The weight of the heaviest envelope is:
(a) 35gm (b) 36gm (c) 34gm (d) Can’t be determined
7. In a particular week the average number of people who visited Golkonda is 40. If we exclude the
holidays, then the average increases by 16. If we also exclude the day on which the maximum number
of people - 112 visited Golkonda, then the average becomes 42. The number of holidays in the week
is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
8. Satyajit earns 3/2 times in January, April, July and October than his average earning of Rs.600 per
month in the rest of the months. As a result, his savings in January, April, July and October goes to 5/4
times of Rs. 400, which is his savings per month in the rest of the months. What is his average
expenditure per month?
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(a) Rs.266.66 (b) Rs.250 (c) Rs.233.33 (d) Rs.433.33
9. A travel agency has three types of vehicles viz. 4 seater auto rickshaw, 10 seater maxi cab and 20
seater minibus. The rate for each passenger (irrespective of his age or weight or seniority) for the auto
rickshaw is Rs. 12, for the maxi cab is Rs.15 and for the minibus is Rs.8 for one round. The average
occupancy of the seats is 100%, 80% and 75% respectively. If the travel agency has only one vehicle
of each kind, then the average earning for one round of each vehicle is:
(a) Rs.96 (b) Rs.90 (c) Rs.86 (d) Rs.70
10. In hotel CLIFF, the rooms are numbered from 101 to 130 on the first floor. 221 to 260 on the
second floor and 306 to 345 on the third floor. In the month of June 2002 the room occupancy was
60% on the first floor, 40% on the second floor and 75% on the third floor. If it is also known that the
room charges are Rs. 200. Rs. 100 and Rs. 150 on each of the floors, then find the average income per
room for the month of June 2002.
(a) Rs. 151.5 (b) Rs. 78.3 (c) Rs.88.18 (d) Rs. 65.7
11. The average weight of 5 men is decreased by 3 kgs when one of them weighing 150 kg is replaced
by another person. This new person is again replaced by another person whose weight is 30 kg lower
than the person he replaced. What is the overall change in the average due to this dual change?
(a) 6 kgs (b) 9 kgs (c) 12 kgs (d) 15 kgs
12. A team of miners planned to mine 1800 tons of ore during a certain number of days. Due to
technical difficulties in one-third of the planned number of days, the team was able to achieve an
output of 20 tons of ore less than the planned output. To make up for this, the team overachieved for
the rest of the days by 20 tons. The end result was that the team completed the task one day ahead of
time. How many tons of ore did the team initially plan to ore per day?
(a) 50 tons (b) 150 tons (c) 100 tons (d) 200 tons
13. On an average, 2 litres of milk and 1 litre of water are needed to be mixed to make 1 kg of
shrikhand of type A, and 3 litres of milk and 2 litres of water are needed to be mixed to make 1 kg of
shrikhand of type B. How many kilograms of each type of shrikhand was manufactured if it is known
that 130 litres of milk and 80 litres of water were used?
(a) 20 of type A and 30 of type B (b) 30 of type A and 20 of type B
(c) 15 of type A and 30 of type B (d) 30 of type A and 15 of type B
14. There are five boxes in a cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the weight of the
second box is 20% higher than the weight of the third box, whose weight is 25% higher than the first
box's weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30% lighter than the fifth box. Find the difference in the
average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest boxes.
(a) 51.5 kg (b) 75 kg (c) 37.5 kg (d) 112.5 kg
15. A shop sold 64 kettles of two different capacities. The smaller kettle cost a rupee less than the
larger one. The shop made 100 rupees from the sale of large kettles and 36 rupees from the sale of
small ones. How many kettles of either capacity did the shop sell and what was the price of each
kettle?
(a) 20 kettles for 2.5 rupees each and 14 kettles for 1.5 rupees each
(b) 40 kettles for 4.5 rupees each and 24 kettles for 2.5 rupees each
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(c) 40 kettles for 2.5 rupees each and 24 kettles for 1.5 rupees each
(d) Either a or b
HOMEWORK:
1. Find the average of all prime and composite numbers up to 100.
(a) 51 (b) 20 (c) 49.5 (d) 50.5
2. Average height of 5 people is 162cm. When one person is removed, then the average height of the
remaining people becomes 161cm. What is the height of the person removed?
(a) 161 cm (b) 162 cm (c) 163 cm (d) 166 cm
3. The average age of 11 players of a cricket team is increased by 2 months when two of them aged 18
years and 20 years are replaced by two new players. The average age of the new players is
(a) 19 years 1 month (b) 19 years 6 month
(c) 19 years 11 month (d) 19 years 5 month
4. The average age of 10 men increases by 3 years when one of them, whose age is 54 years, is
replaced by a woman. What is the age of the woman?
(a) 68 years (b) 82 years (c) 72 years (d) 84 years
5. The average age of a group of people going for a movie is 20 years. 10 new people with an average
age of 10 years join the group on the spot due to which the average of the group becomes 18 years.
Find the number of people initially going for the movie?
(a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 50 (d) 30