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Correcting Class Average Calculations

The document contains a series of questions related to calculating averages in various contexts, including finding the average of a set of numbers, determining unknown values based on given averages, and correcting errors in recorded data. Each question presents a unique scenario involving averages, such as test scores, ages, weights, and class marks. The questions require mathematical reasoning to solve for the unknowns or correct the averages.

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Correcting Class Average Calculations

The document contains a series of questions related to calculating averages in various contexts, including finding the average of a set of numbers, determining unknown values based on given averages, and correcting errors in recorded data. Each question presents a unique scenario involving averages, such as test scores, ages, weights, and class marks. The questions require mathematical reasoning to solve for the unknowns or correct the averages.

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AVERAGE

Q.1 Find the average of the following numbers: 745, 612, 589, 834, 478, 921, 506, 639, 713.
Q.2 The average of the numbers 65, 70, 55, 40, p, and q is 60, and the average of the
numbers 50, 45, 60, 55, 40, r, and s is 56. What is the average of p, q, r, and s?

Q.3 The average score of a student in 7 tests is 72 marks. How many marks should the
student score in the 8th test to increase the average to 75 marks?

Q.4 The average age of 8 employees in an office is 36 years. When the manager joins the
group, the average age increases by 10%. What is the age of the manager?

Q.5 The average weight of 20 players in a team increases by 1.8 kg when a new player
replaces one who weighs 70 kg. What is the weight of the new player?

Q.6 The average weight of 8 employees decreases by 2.5 kg when one of them weighing 120
kg is replaced by another person. Find the weight of the new person.
Q.7 A student’s marks were wrongly entered as 82 instead of 62. Due to this, the average
marks of the class increased by 1/5. Find the number of students in the class.

Q.8 While preparing the results of a mathematics class, the marks of one student were
recorded as 88 instead of 60. Due to this, the average score increased by 0.7. How many
students were there in the class?

Q.9 The average marks of 30 students in an exam were calculated as 22. Later, it was found
that the marks of two students were wrongly recorded as 25 and 27 instead of 20 and 21.
What is the correct average of the class?

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