Average
1.(a) The weights of 7 students of a class are 48kg, 52kg, 40kg, 60kg, 53kg, 54kg
and [Link] average weight of the class is.
(a) 50.85kg (b) 52.38kg (c) 51.95kg (d) 53.33kg
(b) Set A contains seven numbers and the average of these numbers is 41. Set B
contains five numbers and the average of these numbers is 44. Find the average of
the sets.
(a) 35.55 (b) 40.88 (c) 45 (d) 42.25
2.(a) The Average of 21 data is 36 out of which the first 12 data are having average
of 15. Find the average of rest of 9 data.
(a) 46 (b) 58 (c) 64 (d) 60.
(b) The average of 6 numbers is 8. What must be the 7th number so that the
average becomes 10.
(a) 8 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 22
3. (a) Out of 10 teachers of a school, one teacher retires and in place of him a new
teacher of age 25year joins. As a result average age of teachers reduces by 3years.
Find the age of retired teacher.
(a) 60year (b) 55year (c) 52year (d) 66year
(b) 24 student collected money for donation. The average contribution was Rs.50,
later on their teacher also contributed some money. Now the average contribution
is Rs.56. The contribution of teacher is.
(a) Rs.95 (b) Rs. 150 (c) Rs. 220 (d) Rs. 200
4. (a) What is average of odd numbers from 100 to 500
(b) What is the average of first 5 multiple of 25
(c) What is the difference between the average of first 148 even numbers and
the average of first 129 odd numbers.
Percentage
[Link] the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and denominator is decreased
by 5% , the value of fraction becomes 5/2. Find the original fraction .
(a) 24/19 (b) 3/18 (c) 95/48 (d) 48/95
2. The population of a city increases by 20% in first year, decreases by 5% in second
year and again decreases by 10% in third year. If the current population is 51300 ,
find the population of city [Link] ?
(a) 53000 (b) 49200 (c) 40000 (d) 50000
3. In an examination , a student who gets 20% of maximum marks fails by 5 marks.
Another student who secures 30% of the maximum marks got 20 marks more than
passing marks. Find the minimum percentage required to pass the examination.
(a) 32% (b) 23% (c) 22% (d) 20%
4.(a) In an election there were two candidates. A candidate got 38% votes and lost
by 7200 votes. The total number of votes polled were
(a) 13000 (b) 30000 (c) 27000 (d) 19000
(b) Amit’s weekly expenditure on eggs is Rs.100 but by 20% increase in rice of eggs,
he now purchases 5 eggs less. Find the new as well as old price of eggs.
5. In an examination 80% of the boys passed in English and 85% passed in maths,
while 75% passed in both. If 45 boys failed in both , the number of boys who sat
for the examination was ?
(a) 450 (b) 250 (c) 200 (d) 150
Profit & Loss
1.(a) Ravi purchased 120 exercise books at the rate of Rs.3 each. He sold 1/3 of
them at rate of Rs.4 each, ½ of them at rate of Rs.5 each and the rest at cost price.
Find his overall profit percent.
(a)44% (b) 44 2/3% (c) 45% (d) 44 4/9%
(b) A fruit seller buys 240 apples for Rs. 600. Some of these apples are rotten and
are thrown away. He sells the remaining apples at Rs.3.50 each and makes a profit
of Rs 198. Find the percentage of apple thrown away .
(a) 7% (b) 6% (c) 8% (d) 5%
2. Raj sells a machine for Rs.51 lakh at a loss. Had he sold it for Rs.60 lakh, his gain
would have been 8 times the earlier loss. What is the cost price of the machine ?
(a) Rs.52 lakh (b) Rs.59 lakh (c) Rs. 66.375 lakh (d) Rs.45 lakh
3. Two articles were sold for Rs.3000 each with no loss and profit in the entire
transaction. If one was sold at a profit of 25%, then the loss incurred on second
article is
(a) 16 2/3% (b) 12 ½% (c) 20% (d) 25%
4. Rohan sold two articles. The SP of first article is equal to CP of second article. He
sold the first item at profit of 20% and second item at loss of 10%. What is his
overall profit% or loss% in whole transaction.
(a) 3 7/11% profit (b) 6 6/11% loss (c) 8 % profit (d) 6 2/3% loss
5. When an article is sold at 7/8th of its actual SP, there is a loss of 37%. What will
be the profit % when the same article is sold at 19/12th of its actual SP.
(a) 14% (b) 15% (c) 20% (d) 25%
6. The profit % earned by selling an article for Rs.2100 is equal to the % loss
incurred by selling the same article for Rs.1460. What price should article be sold
to make 20% profit.
(a) Rs.2254 (b) Rs.2136 (c) Rs.2350 (d) Rs.2400
7. A shopkeeper claims that he is selling sugar at Rs. 27/kg which cost him
Rs.30/kg, but he gives 750 grams instead of 1000 grams. What is his profit or loss
percentage?
a) 15% b) 10.5% c) 20% d) 7.5%
8. A shopkeeper marks up his goods by 30% and then gives a discount of 1𝟎% on
the marked price. Apart from this, he uses a faulty balance which reads 1 kg for
870 g. What is his net profit percentage?
a) 34.48% b) 34.84% c) 34.34 % d) 38.42 %