AVERAGE

1. The arithmetic mean of 36, 24 , 2x+1, 3x-1 and 45 is 39 14. A batsman makes a score of 93 runs in the 17th innings
.Find the value of x. and thus increases his average by 3. Find his avg after 17th
(a) 16 (b) 18 (C) 17 (d) 19 innings .
2. The average of x numbers is y and the average of y (a) 39 (b) 40 (c) 42 (d) 45
numbers is x , find the average of all these numbers . 15. The avg of a class of 39 students is 15 years . If the age of
2𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑦 𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+𝑦 teacher be included the average increases by 3 months .
(a) 𝑥+𝑦 (b) 𝑥+𝑦 (c) 𝑥𝑦 (d) 2𝑥𝑦
𝟏 𝟑 𝟐 𝟕 Find the age of the teacher.
3. find the average of 𝟒 𝟓 , 𝟓 𝟏𝟎 ,𝟔 𝟓 ,and 𝟕 𝟏𝟎. (a) 35 years (b) 32 years (c) 30 years (d) 25 years
(a) 4.7 (b) 5.3 (c) 5.7 (d) 5.9 16. The average of five consecutive numbers is 60 . Find the
4. The length of 4 pieces of a cloth are 15 m 40 cm, 14 m 50 largest number .
cm , 13 m 16 cm and 12 m 34 cm respectively .find the (a) 61 (b) 62 (c) 63 (d) 64
average length per piece. 17. The average of a, 11, 23 and 17 is 15 and the average of
(a) 12 m 36 cm (b) 13 m 85 cm (c) 14 m 18 cm 𝒂
a, b, 12 , and 25 is 16 . Find the value of
𝒃
(d) 13 m 28 cm 3 1 2 1
5. Avg of 20 results is 18 . If 3 is subtracted from each result , (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 2
then what will be the new average ? 18. find the average of 45 % of 70 and 35% of 110 .
(a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 17 (a) 34.5 (b) 35 (c) 37.5 (d) 35.5
6. The average age of 10 girls in a hostel is 19 years . But one 19. The mean of marks obtained by 40 students is 68 . Later
girl left the hostel and the average age is increased by 0.5 it was found that the number 25 has been misread as 45
year . find the age of the girl who left the hostel . find the correct mean .
1 1 (a) 28 (b) 67.5 (c) 68.5 (d) 15
(a) 14 years (b) 14 2 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 (C) 15 years (d) 15 2 years
20. The avg age of a group of persons was 34 years . Two
7. In a boat there are 8 men whose average weight persons aged 36 years and 38 years joined them and hence
increased by 1 kg , when a man of 60 kg is replaced by a new the avg age of the new group increased by 1 year . Find the
man. What is the weight of the new comer ? original number of persons in the group .
(a) 68 kg (b) 70 kg (c) 52 kg (d) 64 kg (a) 9 (b) 5 (C) 4 (d) 10
8. The average of 40 numbers is 35 . The avg of the first 25 21. The avg height of the 10 students in a class is 105 cm. If
members is 30 and that of the last 16 numbers is 42 . What 20 more students with an avg height of 120 cm join the class
is the 25th number ? what will be the new average height .
(a) 22 (b) 27 (c) 18 (d) 24 (a) 105 cm (b) 110 cm (c) 112 cm (d) 115 cm
9. A cricketer has an average of 28 runs in 24 innings .How 22. The avg of 7 numbers is 143 . After cutting one number
many runs must he score in the 25th innings to make his avg the average remains the same . Find the excluded number.
29 runs ? (a) 143 (b) 139 (c) 141 (d) 137
(a) 57 (b) 63 (c) 45 (d) 53 23. The avg weight of 10 men is increased by 1.5 kg when
10. A Cricketer has played 10 innings . He scored 100 runs in one of the men whose weight is 68 kg is replaced by a new
the 11th innings due to which his average gets increased by 5 man find the weight of the new man.
runs .what is his average after the 11th inning? (a) 83kg (b) 82 kg (c) 79kg (d) 73 kg
(a) 45 runs (b) 50 runs (c) 55 runs (d) 40 runs 24. The avg of 8 persons in a committee is increased by 2
11. If the average of m numbers is 𝒏𝟐 and the average of n years when two men whose ages are 35 years and 45 years
numbers is 𝒎𝟐 . Then what will be the average of (m+n) no. are replaced by two women . The avg age of two women is
(a) m+n (b) mn (c) m-n (d) 2mn (a) 40 (b) 42 (C) 48 (d) 45
12. A man earned ₹ 7500 per month during the first four 25. The sum of four consecutive odd numbers is 160 . find
months and ₹ and ₹ 9000 per month during the next two the smallest numbers.
months . Find his average earning per month during this (a) 39 (b) 35 (c) 37 (d) 41
period ? 26. Find the avg of first 20 multiplies of 7 .
(a) ₹ 7800 (b) ₹ 8000 (c) ₹ 8500 (d) ₹ 8200 (a) 66.5 (b) 67.5 (c) 73.5 (d) 74.5
13. The average of 25 numbers is 48 . If the sum of fifteen 27. A man bought 5 shirts at Rs 450 each , 4 trousers at Rs
numbers out of them is 978 , then the average of the 750 each and 12 pairs of shoes at Rs 750 each .What is the
remaining no. avg expenditure per article ?
(a) 28.4 (b) 42.2 (c) 54.6 (d) 22.2
(a) 900 (b) 678.50 (c) 800 (d) 1000 (a) 7.4 (b) 7.8 (c) 8.4 (d) 8.7
28. The avg weight of P , Q , and R is 58 kg . If the avg weight 41. 12 of the 20 labours earned Rs 660 each per month ,
of P and Q is 54 and that of Q and R is 48 kg , then find the what and each of the rest Rs 480 per month .What was the
weight of Q ? avg monthly income ?
(a) 28 kg (b) 32 kg (C) 30 kg (d) 26 kg (a) 57 (b) 67 (c) 87 (d) 47
29. What is the mean of first hundred natural numbers? 𝟏 𝟑
42. Find the avg of 5, 0 ,𝟔 𝟒 , and 𝟖 𝟒
(a) 50 (b) 50.5 (c) 51.5 (d) 51 1
30. The sum of 7 numbers is 1050 .The avg of first 3 numbers (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 5
is 120 , fourth number is 126 , then find the avg of last 3 no. 43. The sum of three consecutive number is 87 . Find the avg
(a) 200 (b) 165 (c) 188 (d) 173 of the greatest and the smallest numbers?
31. The average of 38 numbers is 51. The avg of the first 24 (a) 29 (b) 39 (C) 49 (d) 19
number is 45 , and that of the last 5 numbers is 60 .What is 44. During a journey , a train covers 493 kms in 5 hours 48
the avg of the remaining numbers . min . Find its average speed .
(a) 59 (b) 60 (c) 62 (d) 61 (a) 85 km/h (b) 45 km/h (c) 90 km/h (d) None
32. The avg age of a family of six members is 25 years in 45. If 16a +16b = 48 , then what is the avg of a and b ?
which the youngest members is 8 years . Then what was the (a) 1.5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) None
avg age of the family before the birth of the youngest 46. The avg of x+3 , x+6 , x+9 , x+12 and x+15 is 15 . find the
member ? avg of first three numbers.
(a) 20.3 (b) 20.2 (c) 20.4 (d) 20 (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 40 (d) 9
33. A batsman scored 84 runs in his 12th innings , there by 47. Find the avg of 6.4 , 12.3 ,16.8 and 15.3
improving his avg score per innings by 4 runs . What is the (a) 12 (b) 12.7 (C) 12.3 (d) 14
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
avg score per innings of the batsman after the 12th innings 48. The avg of 𝟐 , 𝟒 , 𝟑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟓 is
𝟑 𝟔 𝟐 𝟐
(a) 44 (b) 40 (c) 42 (d) 36 5 7 5 1
(a) 3 6 (b) 2 24 (c) 4 12 (d) 3 24
34. In a library on an average 1020 people come on Sundays
and 480 people come on other days .In a month of 30 days 49. The weight of three girls are 31.5 kg 27.5 kg and 38.5 kg
starting with Saturday , what is the avg number of people respectively .What is the average weight these girls ?
who visit the library? (a) 32.5 kg (b) 31.5 kg (c) 30.5 kg (d) 33.5 kg
(a) 570 (b) 285 (C) 550 (d) 565 50. The avg of 148.6 ,86.4 , 236.3 160.9 and 324.5 is
35. The avg temperature from Monday to Thursday is 48 °c (a) 183.34 (b) 187.26 (c) 189.546 (d) 191.34
and that from Tuesday to Friday is 52°c .If the temperature
on Monday was 42°c , what was the temperature on Friday ?
(a) 51°c (b) 52°c (c) 55°c (d) 58°c
36. The avg temperature of the first three days is 27°c and
that of the next three days is 29°c , if the avg of the entire
week is 28.5°c ,then the temperature of last day is .
(a) 31.5°c (b) 10.5 °c (c) 42°c (d) 36°c
37. The avg of 27 number is 60 . If a number 28 is changed
by 82 , then find the average.
(a) 56 (b) 58 (c) 62 (d) 64
38. If the avg incomes of A and B , B and C and C and A are
Rs 1200 , Rs 800 and Rs 1000 respectively then what is the
income of B?
(a) 1000 (b) 1200 (c) 2400 (d) 2000
39. The average age of 50 persons is 60 years when five
persons are included , then the avg becomes 62 years. Find
the avg age of new persons .
(a) 82 (b) 64 (c) 58 (d) 76
40. What will be the avg of the following 10 decimal
numbers → 9.7 , 10.2, 8.5 ,12.4, 8.1,3.3, 5.8 , 6.5, 7.6 and
11.9