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Average: Practice Problems
1. In a 60 over game, for the first 20 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 5. What should be
the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 300 runs?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 6.75
D. 7
2. A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and three grandchildren. The average age of
the grandparents is 68 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years.
What is the average age of the family?
A. 28
B. 32
C. 31
D. None of these
3. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6400, Rs. 6900, Rs. 6800, Rs. 7200 and Rs. 6500 for 5 consecutive months.
How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?
A. Rs. 4991
B. Rs. 5991
C. Rs. 6001
D. Rs. 6991
4. The average of 10 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 8
D. 9
5. The average weight of 10 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of
them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
A. 85 kg
B. 76.5 kg
C. 90 kg
D. Data inadequate
6. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 5 years older.
If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than
the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
A. 24 years
B. 23 years
C. 25 years
D. None of these
7. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5000. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs.
6000 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5500. The monthly income of P is:
A. 4000
B. 4500
C. 4050
D. 5000
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8. The average age of husband, wife and their child 4 years ago was 28 years and that of wife and the
child 5 years ago was 30 years. The present age of the husband is:
A. 40 years
B. 54 years
C. 50 years
D. None of these
9. A car owner buys petrol at Rs.8, Rs. 10 and Rs. 10 per litre for three successive years. What
approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
A. Rs. 9.2
B. Rs. 8
C. Rs. 8.50
D. Rs. 9
10. In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 55 kg but less than 60 kg. His brother doest not agree
with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 50 kg but less than 60 kg. His mother's
view is that his weight cannot be greater than 58 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation,
what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?
A. 57 kg.
B. 58 kg.
C. 59 kg.
D. Data inadequate
11. The average weight of A, B and C is 55 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 50 kg and that of B
and C be 53 kg, then the weight of B is:
A. 27 kg
B. 30 kg
C. 36 kg
D. 41 kg
12. The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45 kg. Find
the average weights of all the boys in the class.
A. 47.25 kg
B. 48 kg
C. 48.5 kg
D. 49.25 kg
13. A library has an average of 504 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average number
of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is:
A. 285
B. 276
C. 280
D. 284
14. If the average marks of three batches of 40, 60 and 50 students respectively is 50, 50, 60, then the
average marks of all the students is:
A. 52
B. 50
C. 55
D. None of these
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15. The average salary of all the employees in a small organization is Rs 8,000. The average salary of
8 technicians is Rs 12,000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs 6,000. The total number of
employees in the organisation is?
A. 21
B. 20
C. 24
D. 22
16. The average of 17 numbers is 10. If the average of first nine numbers is 10 and that of the last nine
numbers is 11, the middle number is
A. 19
B. 17
C. 16
D. 15
17. Suraj has a certain average of runs for 12 innings. In the 13th innings he scores 96 runs thereby
increasing his average by 4 runs. What is his average after the 13th innings?
A. 36
B. 64
C. 48
D. 72
18. A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 88, and thereby increases his average by 3. What
is his average after the 17th innings? He had never been ’not out’.
A. 43
B. 40
C. 39
D. 44
19. The sum of three numbers is 86. If the ratio between first and second be 2 : 3 and that between
second and third be 5 : 6, then the second number is?
A. 30
B. 36
C. 48
D. 42
20. The average weight of 10 sailors in a boat is increased by 1 kg if one of them weighing 56 kg is
replaced by a new sailor. The weight of the new sailor is?
A. 57 kg
B. 60 kg
C. 64 kg
D. 62 kg
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Answer Key
1 A
2 B
3 A
4 D
5 C
6 A
7 B
8 B
9 A
10 A
11 D
12 C
13 D
14 B
15 C
16 A
17 C
18 B
19 A
20 C
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