***AVERAGES***

1.Find the average of

10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80 and 90?
a.45 b.50 c.55 d.47.5
2. Find the average of 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20?
a. 10 b.11 c.12 d.10.5
3. Find the average of first 100 natural
numbers?
a. 50 b. 51 c. 49 d.50.5
4.What is the average of all multiples of 10
from 2 to 198
a.90 b. 100 c. 110 d. 120
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5.Find the average of 36, 42, 48, 46, 32, 38, 30, 45,
34, & 50 ?
a.40 b. 41 c. 39.9 d. 40.1
6. The average of prime numbers between 1 and 20
is
a.9 b.9.625 c.10.25 d. 8
7.If the arithmetic mean of 7,5,13,x and 9 is 10 then
the value of x is
a.10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 16
8.The average of nine consecutive odd numbers is
53. The least odd number is
a.22 b. 27 c. 35 d. 45
9. If the average of eight consecutive even numbers
be 93, then the greatest number among them is
a.100 b. 102 c. 86 d. 98
10.Eight consecutive numbers are given. If the
average of the two numbers that appear in the middle
is 6, then the sum of 8 given numbers is
a.54 b. 64 c. 36 d. 48
11. The average of 6 consecutive even numbers is
25. If the next even number is also considered, then
what is the new average?
a. 27 b. 25 c. 26 d. 28
12.The average of nine consecutive numbers is n. if
the next two numbers are also included the new
average will be
a.Increased by 2 b. remain the same
c. increased by 1.5 d. increased by 1
13.The sum of eight consecutive odd numbers is 656.
The average of four consecutive even numbers is 87.
What is the sum of the smallest odd number and
second largest even number.
a.676 b. 165 c. 163 d. 784
14. The average of 25 observations is 13. It was later
found that an observation 73 was wrongly entered as
48. The new average is_________.
a.12.6 b. 14 c. 15 d. 13.8
15. A student finds the average of 10, 2-digit numbers.
If the digits of one of the numbers is interchanged, the
average increased by 3.6. The difference between the
digits of the 2-digit number is
a.4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 5
16. Six persons went to a hotel for taking their meals.
Five of them spent Rs.32 each on their meals while
the sixth person spent Rs.80 more than the average
expenditure of all the six. What was the total money
spent by all the persons?
a.268 b. 278 c. 288 d. 298
17. The average height of 30 girls out of a class of 40
is 160cm and that of the remaining girls is 156cm. The
average height of the whole class is________
a.157 b. 158 c. 159 d. 158.5
18. A library has an average of 510 visitors on
Sundays and 240 on other days. What is the average
number of visitors per day in the month of June
beginning with Sunday?
a.276 b. 280 c. 285 d. 250
19. The average of a batsman after 25 innings was 56
runs per innings. If after the 26th innings his average
increased by 2 runs, then what was his score in the
26th innings?
a.104 b. 108 c. 96 d. 112
20. The average weight of 35 students in a class is
38kg. If the teacher included then the average is
increased by 1kg. The weight of teacher
is__________kg.
a. 39 b. 49 c. 64 d. 74
21. The average age of a class of 39 students is 15
years. If the age of the teacher be included, then the
average increases by 3 months. Find the age of
teacher.
a.24 years b. 24 years 6 months
`c. 25 years d. 25 years 6 months
22. Five years ago, the average age of four members
A,B,C and D was 45 years. By including a new
member, the present average age of all five members
is 49 years. The present age of a new member is
________ years
a.29 b. 35 c. 39 d. 45
23. Four years ago, the average age of a family of
four persons was 18 years. During this period, a
baby was born. Today, if the average age of the
family is still 18 years, the age of the baby is
a. 1.2 years b. 2 years c. 2.5 years d. 3 years
24. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26
years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older than
him. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average
age of the remaining players is one year less than the
average age of the whole team. What is the average
age of the team?
a.23 years b. 24 years c. 25 years d. none of these
25. The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket
player is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his
lowest score by 172 runs. If these two innings are
excluded, the average of the remaining 38 innings is
48 runs. The highest score of the player is
a.165 b. 170 c. 172 d. 174
26. The average marks of a group of 20 students on
a test is reduced by 4 when the topper who scored
90 marks is replaced by a new student. How many
marks did the new student have?
a.80 b.10 c. 70 d. 20
27. The average weight of 45 students in a class is 52
kg. Five of them whose average is 48 kg leave the
class and other 5 students whose average weight is
54 kg join the class. What is the new average weight
(in kg) of the class?
a.52 1/3 b. 52 ½ c. 53 2/3 d. 52 2/3
28.The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 years
when two of them whose age are 21 and 23 years
replaced by two new men. The average age of the
two new men is _______ years
a.22 b. 24 c. 28 d. 30
29. The average weight of 3 men A,B and C is 84kg.
Another man D joins the group and the average now
becomes 80kg. If another man E, whose weight is 3kg
more than that of D, replaces A, then the average
weight of B,C, D and E becomes 79kg. The weight of
A is
a.70kg b. 72kg c. 75kg d. 80kg
30.The average temperature of the town in the first
four days of a month was 58oC. The average for the
second, third, fourth and fifth days was 60oC. If the
temperature of the first and fifth days were in the
ratio 7:8, then what is the temperature on the fifth
day?
a.64oC b. 62oC c. 56oC d. none of these
31. The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12
new students with an average age of 32 years join the
class, there by decreasing the average by 4 years.
The original strength of the class was
a.10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 15
32. Average score of a class of 60 students in an
exam was 43. Average score of the students who had
passed is 52 and the average score of students who
had failed is 16. How many failed in the exam?
a.25 b. 20 c. 15 d. 18
33. A cricketer whose bowling average is 12.4 runs
per wicket, takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and there by
decreases his average by 0.4. The number of wickets
taken by him till the last match was
a.64 b.72 c. 80 d. 85
34. The average of five numbers is 58. The average of
the first two numbers is 48.5 and the average of last
two numbers is 53.5. what is the third number?
a.85 b. 86 c. 87 d. 88
35.The average marks of 13 papers is 40. The average
marks of the first 7 papers is 42 and that of the last 7
papers is 35. What are the marks of the seventh
paper?
a.17 b. 18 c. 19 d. 20
36. There were 35 students in hostel. If the number of
students is increased by 7 the expenditure on food
increases by Rs. 42 per day while the average
expenditure of students is reduced by Rs.1. What
was the initial expenditure on food per day?
a.Rs.400 b. Rs. 432 c. RS. 442 d. Rs. 420