Basic sums
1)Ronaldo bought five pants at Rs.
390 each, seven shirts at Rs. 200
each and five ties at Rs. 214 each.
Find the average price of all these
shopping.
(a) 320 (b) 520 (c) 260
(d) 250 (e) 275
Model - 1 : Average Known
2) The average of 20 observations
is 39. The average decreases by
1 when a new observation is
included. What was the 21st
observation?
(a) 18 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 19 (e) 20
3)The average weight of a class of 25
boys and 35 girls is 40 kg. If the
average weight of boys is 47 kg. What
is the average weight of girls?
(a) 30 (b) 37 (c) 35 (d) 40 (e) 38
4)The average runs scored by a
cricket team of 11 players is 35. If the
runs scored by Kohli (a cricketer in
that team) is discarded, then the
average score of the team is 34.
Find the runs scored by Kohli.
(a) 39 (b) 40 (c) 55 (d) 41 (e) 45
5)Raina has a mean score of 82 runs in
10 innings. Find out how many runs are to
be scored in the 11th innings to raise the
mean score to 90?
(a) 180 (b) 190 (c) 162 (d) 170 (e) 200
6)The average of 25 numbers is 40. If
the three numbers are not considered
whose average is 18, what will be the
average of remaining numbers?
(a) 41 (b) 52 (c) 43 (d) 35 (e) 54
7)The average weight of 24 women
was increased by 1 kg if two women of
each 49 kg are replaced by two men.
Find the average weight of both the
men.
(a) 59 (b) 60 (c) 58 (d) 61 (e) 62
Model - 2 : Average Unknown
8)The average weight of 10
strawberries increased by 12 g if
one of them weighing 80 g is
replaced by another. The weight
of the new strawberry is
(a) 180 g (b) 300 g (c) 260 g
(d) 200 g (e) 400 g
9)Dhoni has a certain average for 12
innings. In the 13th innings, he
scores 100 runs, thereby increasing
his average by 2 runs. His new
average is
(a) 76 runs (b) 74 runs (c) 78 runs
(d) 72 runs (e) 68 runs
10)The average weight of seven
persons is decreased by 4 kg,
when one person whose weight
is 70 kg is replaced by a new
man. The weight of the new
person is
(a) 40 kg (b) 45 kg (c) 47 kg (d)
42 kg (e) None of these
11)The average weight of 24
women was increased by 1 kg if
two women of each 49 kg are
replaced by two men. Find the
average weight of both the men.
(a) 59 (b) 60 (c) 58 (d) 61 (e) 62
Model 3 - Misread/error
12)Average of marks in maths for 5 student
was found to be 50. Later it was
Discovered that one student mark 48 was
misread as 84. Find the correct average?
A)36 b)74 c)42.8
13)average weight of 15 employee
was calculated to be 52kg. later it
found one weight was misread as 21
kg instead of correct one of 12 kg.
Find the correct average?
a)24 b)39 c)64 d)51.4
14)Average mark of 5 subject of a
student is 78. Later it found that mark of 3
subjects are misread as 85,91,76 instead
of 89,86,96. Find the correct average?
a)74 b)81.8 c)88 d)46
Home work
1)The average age of 10 friends is 48
years. The age of three persons are
misread as 48 years, 32 years and 28
years instead of 42 years, 23 years and
30 years respectively, then what is the
actual average age?
A.46.7 years B.48.3 years C.50.4
years D.38.3 years
2)Average age of 25 students
is 14 years. The average age
of first 15 students is 16 years.
Find the average age of
remaining 10 students.
(a) 6 (b) 11 (c) 7.5
(d) 8.3 (e) 9.7
3)Average age of 20 boys is 15
years and the average age of
30 girls is 14 years. Find the
average age of both boys and
girls.
(a) 22.5 (b) 23 (c) 24.5 (d)
14.5 (e) 14.4
4)The average age of 50
children of a class is equal to 12
years. When the age of the class
teacher is included, the average
becomes 13 years. Find the age
of the class teacher.
(a) 56 (b) 63 (c) 61 (d) 65 (e) 60
5)The average weight of 15
students decreases by 1 kg if a
teacher is included in place of
a 55 kg student. Calculate the
weight of that teacher.
(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 25 (e)
45
6)Average weight of a class of
40 children is 25 kg. If, however,
the weight of a teacher is
included, the average is
increased by 1 kg. What is the
weight of the teacher?
(a) 71 kg (b) 65 kg (c) 61 kg
(d) 66 kg (e) None of these
7)The mean of 80 observations
was noted as 50. It was found
later that one of the observations
was misread as 80 instead of
50. The correct mean is
(a) 46.9 (b) 49.625 (c) 47.3
(d) 50.7 (e) 48.225
Class notes Homework
1) 260 1) 46.7 Years
2) 18 2) 11
3) 35 3) 14.4
4) 45 4) 63
5) 170 5) 40
6) 43 6) 66 Kg
7) 61 7) 49.625
8) 200g
9) 76 runs
10) 42 Kg
11) 61
12) 42.8
13) 51.4
14) 81.8