Exercise C

1.

(a)
(b)

(c)
(d)
(e)

(f)

Ade's average score for three tests was 85. Her first two scores were 75 and 90.
What was her score on the third test?
The average of 6 numbers is 21. Five of the numbers are: 23, 20, 16, 25 and 26.
Find the sixth number.
The average mass of five packages is 28 kg. The average mass of four of them
is 20 kg. Find the mass of the fifth package.
Carlos patches punctured tyres. His average saving for 4 weeks was $38.
His average saving for 3 weeks was $42. How much did he earn in the fourth
week?
379library books were borrowed in 5 weeks. For four weeks 75, 79, 85 and 80
books were borrowed. How many books were borrowed in the last week?
A small school has five classes. Prep class, Primary 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Class
Primary 4
Primary 3
Primary 2
Primary 1
Prep.

Number of pupils
7
16
10
15
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The average number of pupils in the school is 14. How many children are in Prep?
2.

A pastry caterer made pastries six days each week. On Monday she made 36,
Tuesday 20, Wednesday 40, Thursday 35 and Friday 48.
She made 192 pastries in all.
(a)
How many did she make on Saturday?
(b)
What was the average number of pastries made for the six days?

Problems
Time
1.

2.
3.
4.

Workers in a store work from 07:30 h to 16:00 h. In a five day week how many
hours do they work?
How long is the sun up if it rises at 05:45 hand sets at 18:10 h?
A trip which lasted 4 h 20 min ended at 13:00 h. When did the trip start?
School assembles at 9:00 hand dismisses at 15:00 h. There is a lunch break from
12:00 h to 13:00 h. How many hours are spent in classroom work?

Mass
1.

Which has a greater mass?

(a)
(b)

2.

4 articles each with a mass of 125 g or

8 articles each with a mass of 240 g.

A tin of pineapple juice has a mass of 120 g. What is the mass in kilograms
of 42 such tins?

96