10.

AVERAGE
I. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd integers, (e) None of these
then what is their average? 7. The average of x numbers is 3x. If x- 1 is
(a) a + 4 subtracted from each given number, what will be
abcde the new average?
(b) (a) 2x + 1 (b) 3(x - 1)
5
(c) 5(a+b+c + d+e) (c) 2x - 1 (d) Data inadequate
(d) a + 8 (e) None of these
(e) None of these 8. The average age of 34 boys in a class is 14 years.
If the teacher’s age is included the average age
2. The average salary of 20 workers in an office is
of the boys and the teacher becomes 15 years.
` 1900 per month. If the manager’s salary is added,
What is the teacher’s age?
the average becomes ` 2000 per month. The
manager’s annual salary (in ` ) is : (a) 48 years (b) 46 years
(a) 4000 (b) 25200 (c) 49 years (d) 45 years
(c) 45600 (d) 84000 (e) None of these
(e) None of these 9. The average of 40 numbers is 405. If each of the
numbers is divided by 15, find the average of new
3. In a coconut grove, (x + 2) trees yield 60 nuts per
set of numbers.
year per tree, x trees yield 120 nuts per year per
tree and (x - 2) trees yield 180 nuts per year per (a) 27 (b) 28
tree. If the average yield per year per tree be 100, (c) 21 (d) 26
find x. (e) None of these
(a) 4 (b) 2 10. The average of 8 numbers is 21. If each of the
(c) 8 (d) 6 numbers is multiplied by 8 find the average of new
(e) None of these set of numbers.
4. In a certain primary school, there are 60 boys of (a) 168 (b) 167
age 12 each, 40 of age 13 each, 50 of age 14 each (c) 158 (d) 161
and 50 of age 15 each. The average age (in years) (e) None of these
of the boys of the school is : 11. The average weight of 8 persons increases by 1.5
(a) 13.50 (b) 13 kg. If a person whose weight is 65 kg is replaced
(c) 13.45 (d) 14 by a new person, what could be the weight of the
(e) None of these new person?
5. The average age of 24 students and the class (a) 76 kg (b) 77 kg
teacher is 16 years. If the class teacher’s age is (c) 76.5 kg (d) Data inadequate
excised. the average reduces by 1 year. What is (e) None of these
the age of the class teacher? 12. In a class there are 24 boys whose average age is
(a) 50 years (b) 45 years decoreased by 3 months, when 1 boy aged 20 years
(c) 40 years (d) Data inadequate is replaced by a new boy. Find the age of the new
(e) None of these boy.
6. The average of 8 numbers is 14. If 2 is subtracted (a) 14 years (b) 16 years
from each given number, what will be the new (c) 17 years (d) 18 years
average? (e) None of these
(a) 12 (b) 10 13. The average of marks obtained by 77 candidates
(c) 16 (d) 18 in a certain examination is 17. If the average marks
of passed candidates is 19 and that of the failed
 andidates is 8, what is the number of candidates (c) 6.2 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr
who passed the examination? (e) None of these
(a) 36 (b) 63
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(c) 40 (d) 70 20. A person runs the first th of the distance at 8
4
(e) None of these
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14. The average of 13 results is 39, that of the first km/hr, the next th at 6 km/hr and the remaining
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five is 38 and that of the last seven is 36. Find the
distance at 10 km/hr. Find his average speed.
value of the 6th number.
(a) 17 km/hr (b) 17.87 km/hr
(a) 64 (b) 46
(c) 17.78 km/hr (d) 18.5 km/hr
(c) 65 (d) 56
(e) None of these 98
(e) 6 km/hr
15. A batsman in his 16th innings makes a score of 92 117
and thereby increases his average by 4. What is 21. The average salary of the entire staff in a oflce is
his average after 16innings? ` 130 per month. The average salary of officers
(a) 32 (b) 39 is ` 540 and that of non-officers is ` 114. If the
(c) 34 (d) 23 number of officers is 16, then find the number of
(e) None of these non-officers in the office.
16. A batsman, in his 10th Turnings, missed a century (a) 140 (b) 410
by 2 runs and thereby increases his average by 3. (c) 510 (d) 150
What is his average after 19 tnnings. (e) None of these
(a) 54 (b) 44 22. There were 42 students in a hostel. If the number
(c) 45 (d) 43 of students increases by 7, the expenses of the
(e) None of these mess increase by ` 32.5 per day while the average
expenditure per head diminishes by ` 1.5. Find the
17. A constant distance from A to B is covered by a
original expenditure of the mess.
man at 40 km/hr. The person rides back the same
disance at 30 km/hr. Find his average speed during (a) ` 636 (b) ` 536
the whole journey. (c) ` 630 (d) ` 656
(a) 24 km/hr (b) 35.29 km/hr (e) None of these
(c) 34.5 km/hr (d) 35 km/hr 23. There were 36 students in a hostel. If the number
of students increases by 4, the expenses of the
2 mess increase by ` 32 per day while the average
(e) 34 km/hr
7 expenditure per head diminishes by Re 1. Find the
18. A person divides his total route of journey into three original expenditure of the mess.
equal parts and decides to travel the three parts (a) ` 640 (b) ` 648
with speeds of 20, 15 and 10 km/hr respectively. (c) ` 650 (d) ` 658
Find his average speed during the whole journey.
(e) None of these
11 11 24. The average of Suresh’s marks in-English and
(a) 13 km/hr (b) 11 km/hr
13 13 History is 55. His average of marks in English
and Science is 65. What is the difference between
3 3
(c) 13 Km/hr (d) 11 km/hr the marks which he obtained in History and
13 13
Science?.
(e) None of these (a) 40 (b) 60
19. A person covers 18 km at 6 km/hr, 16 km at 8 km/ (c) 20 (d) Data inadequate
hr and 30 km at 6 km/hr. Then find the average (e) None of these
speed in covering the whole distance.
25. The average marks scored by Ganesh in English,
(a) 6.5 km hr (b) 6.4 km/hr Science, Mathematics. and History is less than 15
 from that scored by him in English, History, xv2  yv1
Geography and Mathematics. What is the (b) v1v2 ( x  y ) km/hr
difference of marks in Science and Geography
scored by him? xy (v1  v2 )
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) xv1  yv2 km/hr
(c) 60 (d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these xv1  yv2
(d) xy (v1  v2 ) km/hr
26. The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday was 40ºC. The average for (e) None of these
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 41ºC. 30. An alroplane covers the four sides of square field
That for Thursday being 42ºC. what was the at speeds of 200, 600 and 800 km/hr. Then the
temperature on Monday? average speed of the plane in the entire journey is
(a) 39ºC (b) 45ºC (a) 600 km/hr (b) 400 km/hr
(c) 44ºC (d) 40ºC (c) 500 km/hr (d) 384 km/hr
(e) None of these (e) None of these
27. The average attendance of a college for the first 31. The average age of the three boys is 15 years.
three days of a week is 325, and for first four Their ages are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7 Then the age of
days it is 320. How many were present on the the oldest is
fourth day? (a) 7 years (b) 14 yeais
(a) 305 (b) 350 (c) 20 years (d) 21 years
(c) 530 (d) 503 (e) None of these
(e) None of these 32. The population of a town increased by 20% during
28. A car runs for t1 hours at v1 km/hr, t2 hours at v2 the first year, by 25% during the next year and by
km/hr. What is the average speed of the car for 44% during the third year. Find the average rate
the entire journey? of increase during 3 years.
t1  t 2 (a) 36.87% (b) 37.68%
(a) v1t1  v2 t 2 km/hr 2
(c) 38 % (d) 40%
3
v1t1  v2 t 2
(b) t1  t 2 km/hr (e) None of these
1
v1t 2  v2 t1 33. An investor earns 3% return on th of his capital,
(c) 4
v1  v2 km/hr
2
5% on rd and 11% on the remainder. What is
v1  v2 3
(d) v1t1  v2 t 2 km/hr the average rate of return he earns on his total
(e) None of these capital?
29. A car runs x km at an average speed of v1 km/hr (a) 5% (b) 10%
and y km at an average speed of v2 km/hr. What (c) 5.5% (d) 10.5%
is the average speed of the car for the entire (e) None of these
journey? 34 The average of 8 readings is 24.3, out of which
the average of first two is 18.5 and that of next
v1v2 ( x  y )
(a) three is 21.2. If the sixth reading is 3 less than
xv2  yv1 km/hr
seventh and 8 less than eighth, what is the sixth
reading?
(a) 24.8 (b) 26.5
(c) 27.6 (d) 29.4
 (e) None of these 39. Out of three numbers, the first is twice the second
35. The average age of a family of 6 members is 22 and is half of the third. If the avenge of the three
years. If the age of the youngest member be 7 numbers is 56, the three numbers in order are:
years, the average age of the family at the birth of (a) 48, 96, 24 (b) 48, 24, 96
the youngest member, was (c) 96, 24, 48 (d) 96, 48, 24
(a) 15 years (b) 17 years (e) None of these
(c) 17.5 years (d) 18 years 40. The average weight of 3 men A, B and C is 84 kg.
(e) None of these Another man D joins the around and the average
36. The average age of a husband and wife was 23 now becomes 80 kg. If another man E, whose
years when they were married 5 years ago. The weight is 3 kg more than that of D replaces A,
average age of the husband, the wife and a child then average weight of B, C, D and E becomes
who was born during the interval, is 20 years now. 79 kg. The weight of A is:
How old is the child now? (a) 70 kg (2) 72 kg
(a) 9 months (b) 1 year (c) 75 kg (d) 80 kg
(c) 3 years (d) 4 years (e) None of these
(e) None of these 41. The average age of A and B is 20 years. If C
37. 5 years ago, the average age of A, B, C and D were to replace A the average would be 19 and if
was 45. With E joining them now, the average age C were to replace B, the average would be 21.
of all the five is 49 years. How old is E? What are the ages of A, B and C respectively?
(a) 25 years (b) 40 years (a) 22, 18, 20 (b) 18, 22, 20
(c) 45 years (d) 64 years (c) 22, 20, 18 (d) 18, 20, 22
(e) None of these (e) 24, 20, 22
38. The average height of 40 students is 163 cm. On
a particular day, three students A, B, C were
absend and the average of the remaining 37
students was found to be 162 cm. If A, B have
equal heights and the height of C be 2 cm less
than that of A, find the height of A.
(a) 176 cm (2) 166 cm
(c) 180 cm (d) 186 cm
(e) None of these

Answer
AVERAGE
1. (a) 2. (e) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (a)
7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (a)
13 (b) 14. (c) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (e) 18. (a)
19. (b) 20. (e) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (c)
25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (d)
31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (d)
37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (c) 41. (a)