Chapter 1

1i

1. The height of 4 boys are 157cm, 163cm, 166cm and 170cm. Find their average height.
ANSWER: ( 157+163+166+170 ) 4=166 cm
2. In a road construction, 378m, 320m, 420m of road was completed on the first, second and third
day respectively. If the average length of road constructed in 4 days is 368m, find the length of
the road constructed in the fourth day.
ANSWER: 368 4( 378+ 320+ 420 ) =354 m
3. The average weight of A, B and C is 65kg. If A and B have the same weight and C is 73kg in
weight, find the weight of A.
ANSWER: ( 65 373 ) 2=61 kg
4. There are 30 boys and 20 girls in a class, the average age of the boys and girls are 15 and 16
respectively. If the age of their form teacher is 46, what is the average of the class together with
their with their form teacher?
ANSWER: ( 30 15+20 16+ 1 ) 51=16 age
5. Erics average mark in 4 tests was 73. After another test, his average mark was decreased by 2
marks. Find the mark he scored for the fifth test.
ANSWER: 5 714 73=63 mark
6. The average of 4 numbers is 64. If the average of the first and second number is 80 and the third
number is 4 more than the fourth number, find the fourth number.
ANSWER: [ ( 64 42 80 )4 ] 2=46
7. The average mark of a class of 40 students is 72. Five top students of the class obtained an
average mark of 86. Find the average mark of the other 35 students.
ANSWER: ( 72 4086 5 ) 35=70 mark