Lecture - 16

Topic: Average

1. The average weight of 3 men, A, B and C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the
average now becomes 80 kg. If another man E whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D,
replaces A then the average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. What is the weight of A ?

2. The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After
five years, they have a one-year-old child. The average age of the family now is

3. Four years ago, the average age of A and B was 18 years. At present the average age of A, B,
and C is 24 years. What would be the age of C after 8 years?

4. Five years ago, the average age of A, B, C and D was 45 yr. with E joining them now, the
average of all the five is 49 yr. How old is E?

5. The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife
and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is:

6. The average age of a husband and wife at the time of their marriage was 25 years. A son was
born to them two years after their marriage. The present average age of all three of them is 24
years. How many years is it since the couple got married?

7. When the average age of a couple and their son was 42 years, the son married and got a child
after one year. When the child was 5 years old, the average age of the family became 36 years.
What was the age of daughter-in- law at the time of their marriage ?

8. The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4
years while that of the girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class?

9. The mean monthly salary paid to graduating MBA class of a management institute is Rs.
16000. The mean monthly salary paid to students with work experience is Rs. 18000. The
corresponding figure for the students without any work experience is Rs. 12000. Determine the
percentage of students with work experience and those without any work experience in the
class.

10. The average of 11 results is 60. If the average of first six results is 58 and that of the last six
is 63. Find the sixth result.

11. The average weight of 21 boys was recorded as 64 kg. If the weight of the teacher was
added, the average increased by 1 kg. What was the teacher’s weight?

12. The average of 12 numbers is 15 and the average of the first two is 14. What is the average
of the rest ?
13. The average expenditure of a man for the first five months is ₹ 1200 and for the next seven
months is ₹ 1300. If he saves ₹ 2900 in that year, his monthly average income is :

14. In a primary school the average weight of male students is 65.9 kg and the average weight
of female students is 57 kg. If the average weight of all the students ( both male and female ) is
60.3 kg and the number of male students in the school is 66, what is the number of female
students in the school?

15. Out of 10 teachers of a school, one teacher retires and in his place, a new teacher of age 25
years joins. As a result, average age of teacher is reduced by 3 years. The age (in years) of the
retired teacher is :

16. Six numbers are arranged in decreasing order. The average of first five numbers is 30 and th
average of last five numbers is 25. The difference of the first and the last number is.

17. The average weight of A, B and C is 40 kgs. Weight of C is 24 kgs more than A’s weight and
3 kgs less than B’s weight. What will be the average weight of A, B, C and D, if D weights 15 kgs
less than C?

18. The average weight of a group of 75 girls was calculated as 47 kgs. It was later discovered
that the weight of one of the girls was read as 45 kgs. Whereas her actual weight was 25 kgs.
What is the actual average weight of the group of 75 girls? ( Rounded off to two digits after
decimal).

19. The average age of 11 players of a cricket team is decreased by 2 months when two of them
aged 17 years and 20 tears are replaced by two new players . The average age of the new
players is

20. The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32
years join the class, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The original strength of the
class was-