AVERAGE

LEVEL - 1

1. A grocer has a sale of Rs 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 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) 4991 B) 5467 C) 5987 D) 6453

2. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he
make in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?

A) 76 B) 79 C) 85 D) 87

3. A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his average by
3. Find his average after 17th inning?

A) 36 B) 39 C) 40 D) 35

4. The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the
highest and lowest numbers

A) 4 B) 8 C) 12 D) 16

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 :

A) 45 kg B) 46 kg C) 47 kg D) 48 kg

6. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than
zero?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 10 D) 19

7. The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of first six is 10.5 and that of the last six
is 11.4 the sixth number is?

A) 11 B) 11.3 C) 11.4 C) 11.5

8. The average of 10 numbers is calculated as 15. It is discovered later on that while

calculating the average, one number namely 36 was wrongly read as 26. The correct
average is?

A) 12.4 B) 14 C) 16 D) 18.6
9. The average marks of a class of 30 students is 40 and that of another class of 50 students
is 60. Find the average marks of all the students?

A) 50 B) 47.5 C) 59 D) 52.5

10. The average of 10 numbers is 23. If each number is increased by 4, what will the new
average be?

A) 22 B) 27 C) 25 D) 29

LEVEL - 2

1. The average monthly salary of all the employees in an industry is Rs. 12000. The average
salary of male employees is Rs. 15000 an that of female employees is Rs. 8000. What is the
ratio of male employees to female employees?

A) 5 : 2B) 3 : 4 C) 4 : 3 D) 2 : 5

2. In a committee, the average age of 8 people increases by 2 yrs when two people whose
age were 35 years and 45 years are replaced by two women. Find the average age of the
two women?

A) 48 yrs B) 45 yrs C) 44 yrs D) 43 yrs

3. The average age of a husband and wife was 23 when they were married 5 years ago. The
average age of the husband, the wife and a child who was born during the interval, is 20
years now. How old is the child now?

A) 9 months B) 1 year C) 3 years D) 4 years

4. The average of 3 consecutive natural numbers (which are in increasing order) is k. If two
more consecutive numbers, just next to the first set of numbers, is added, then the new
average becomes?

A) K + 2 B) k + 1 C) (2K + 1)/2 D) 2k – 1

5. In a school, the average age of students is 6 years, and the average age of 12 teachers is
40 years. If the average age of the combined group of all the teachers and students is 7
years, then the number of students is

A) 396 B) 400 C) 408 D) 416

6. A car owner buys petrol at Rs 7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 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 7.98 B) Rs. 8 C) Rs 8.50 D) Rs. 9

7. The average of four consecutive odd natural numbers is eight less than the average of
three consecutive even natural numbers. If the sum of these three even numbers is equal to
the sum of above four odd numbers, then the average of four original odd numbers is

A) 32 B) 24 C) 18 D) 36

8. The ratio of the average ages of three people and the other two in a group of five people
is 9 : 7. If the difference of their averages is 12, then find out the average age of all 5
people?

A) 64.8 B) 46.8 C) 49.2 D) 48.4

LEVEL - 3
1. A cricketer gives 12.4 runs per wicket. He gives 26 runs and takes 5 wickets in a match
after which his average becomes 12 per wicket. How many wickets had been taken till the
last match?

A) 85 B) 90 C) 65 D) 72

2. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the number of students increases by 7, the

expenses of mess increase by Rs. 42 per day while the average expenditure per head
diminishes by Re. 1. Find the original expenditure of the mess?

A) Rs 320 B) Rs 420 C) 160 D) 158

3. The average temperature of the town in the first four days of a month was 58 degrees.
The average for the second, third fourth and fifth days was 60 degrees. If the temperatures
of the first the fifth days were in the ratio 7:8, then what is the temperature on the fifth day?

A) 240 degrees B) 232 degrees C) 64 degrees D) 60 degrees

4. The batting average for 30 innings of a cricket player is 40 runs. His highest score
exceeds his lowest score by 100 runs. If these two innings are not included, the average of
the remaining 28 innings is 38 runs. The lowest score of the players is:

A) 15 B) 18 C) 20 D) 12
5. There are five boxes in a cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the weight
of the second box is 20% more than the weight of the third box, whose weight is 25% more
than the first box’s weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30% lighter than the fifth box, The
difference in the average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest boxes is

A) 37.5 kg B) 51.5 kg C) 75 kg D) 112.5 kg

6. In Arun’s opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does
not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun’s weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70
kg. His mother’s view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all of them are
correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?

A) 66 kg B) 67 kg C) 68 kg D) 69 kg