Averages

Some Examples:
4. The average of 9 nos. is 50, the average of first 5 nos. is 54 and average of last 3 nos.
is 52. Then sixth number is?
5. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher be
included, the average rises by 400 g. the weight of the teacher is?
6. A person goes to school at speed of 10 km/h and returns at 30 km/h. Find av. Speed.
7. A person travels first 10 kms at 5 km/h, another 30 kms at 7 km/h and finally 20 kms
at 15 km/h. Find average Speed.
 Some Examples:
8. The average age of a class of 14 girls and their teacher is 15 years. If the age of
the teacher is excluded, the average reduces by 1 year. The age of the teacher is?
9. The average age of class of 30 students and a teacher decreases by 0.5 years if we
exclude the teacher. If initial average was 14 years, teacher’s age is:
i) 26 yrs ii) 29 yrs iii) 27 yrs iv) 30 yrs
10. The average age of 5 members of a family is 25 years. If the age of the servant be
included, the average rises by 40 %. The age of servant is?
i) 75 ii) 85 iii) 70 iv) 80
 Some Examples:
15. The average marks of 20 students decreases by 4 when topper with 90 marks is
replaced by new student. What are the marks of new student?
i) 40 ii) 30 iii) 20 iv) 10
16. The average of all 2 digit numbers which leave a remainder of 2, when divided by 5 is:
i) 54 ii) 54.5 iii) 50 iv) 50.5
17. The average age of 40 student of a class is 15 year. When 10 new students are
admitted, the average is increased by 0.2 years. The average age of new students is:
i) 15.2 yrs ii) 16.2 yrs iii) 16 yrs iv) 16.4 yrs
 Some Examples:
18. The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found later an observation 48 was
wrongly taken as 23. The corrected new means is
i) 35.2 ii) 36.1 iii) 36.5 iv) 39.1
19. The average of runs of a cricket player of 25 innings was 56. How many runs must be
made in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 2?
i) 72 ii) 100 iii) 108 iv) 96
 Some Examples:
23. The average age of family of 6 is 22 years. The age of youngest is 7 years. What is the
average age of family at the birth of youngest member?
24. Of the three numbers, second is twice the first and is also thrice the third. If the
average of the three numbers is 44, the largest number is
(a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 72 (d) 108
25. The average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers 45 and 55 are discarded, the average
of the remaining set of numbers is
(a) 38.5 (b) 37.5 (c) 37.0 (d) 36.5
 Some Examples:
26. The average earning of a mechanic for the first four days of a week is Rs. 18 and for
the last four days is Rs. 22. If he earns Rs. 20 on the fourth day, his average earning for
the whole week is
(a) Rs. 18.95 (b) Rs. 16 (c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 25.71
27. A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 85, and thereby increases his average
by 3. What is his average after the 17th innings? He had never been 'not out'.
(a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 39 (d) 43
 Some Examples:
28. The average weight of 8 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
29. In a class, the average score of girls in an examination is 73 and that of boys is 71. The
average score for the whole class is 71.8. The percentage of the girls in the class is
(a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 1.8% (d) 18%
30. There is a sequence of 11 consecutive odd numbers. If the average of first 7 numbers
is X, then find the average of all the 11 integers,
(a) X + 3 (b) X + 4 (c) X + 5 (d) X + 7
 Some Examples:
31. Three years ago, the average age of A and B was 18 years. With C joining them, the
average age becomes 22 years. How old is C now?
(a) 24 years (b) 27 years (c) 28 years (d) 30 years
32. The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates in a certain examination is 35. If the
average score of passed candidates is 39 and that of the failed candidates is 15, what
is the number of candidates who passed the examination?
(a)200 (b) 300 (c) 100 (d) 50
 Some Examples:
33. The average monthly salary paid to all employees of XYZ corporation was Rs. 1,000. If
the average annual salaries paid to the male and the female employees are Rs. 1,600
and Rs. 800 respectively. Find the number of females employed by the company as a
percentage of the total employees of the company.
(a) 75% (b) 25% (c) 50% (d) 60%
34. The average of certain number of terms is equal to 18. When the number 100 is
added to the terms, the average becomes 20. Find the initial number of terms.
(a) 60 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 80