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‘The average of the daily incomes of A, B and C is Rs, 350. If A carns Rs. 50 more than Cand)
Bearns twice as much as C, what is the daily income of A?
(1) Rs. 400 (2) Rs. 350 (3) Rs. 300 (4) Rs. 500 (5) Rs. 250
‘The average of 3 numbers A, Band C is 15. IfS is added to A, the average of A and B
becomes 16, Whatis the value of C?
(iz (215 (3) 18 (421 (5) None of these
‘The average age of Ria, Sia
becomes 25 years. What is
Lia Is 24 years. After excluding Sia's age, the average age
‘sage?
(27 (22 (3)24 (n2s (5).26
‘The average age of Priya and her daughter Ruchi is 32 and the average age of Shiv and his
Son Prem is 36. If Prem and Ruchi are 22 and 18 years old respectively, what is the average
age of Shiv and Priya?
ay 4s (246 (347 (448 (5) None of these
The average age of 40 students and a teacher is 24 years. The average age of only the
students is 0.5 years less than the average age of the 40 students and the teacher. What is
the age of the teacher (in years)?
(1) 40 (2) 42 (3) 44 (45 6) 46
‘The profits registered by a leading telecom operator (in Rs. lakhs) for the past five years
are 30, 42, 45, 48 and 52. Its closest rival had registered profits (in Rs. lakhs) of 28, 46, 50
and 57 for the last four years. What is the average annual profit (in Rs. lakhs) of both the
companies taken together?
(2) 43.75 (2) 4433 (3) 45.15 (4) 44.22 (5) 43.67
‘The average age of 3 brothers Akash, Bharat and Chandra is 34. If their sister Dimple is
included in the calculation, then the average age becomes 29. What is the age of Dimple?
wu (1s (3)16 (17 (5) None ofthese
In a cricket 720 tournament, the 1* 4 matches had the 1* innings score of 141, 147, 162 &
178. If the 1* innings score in the 5® match was 7 less than the average, what was the score
inthe 5 match?
q@y1s1
‘The average weight of 6 students increases by 2 kg if a student who weighs 48 kg is
replaced by another student. What isthe weight ofthe new student?
(1) 36 kg (2) 46 kg (3)50kg (4) 12 kg (5) 60kg,
(is2 313 (4) 154 (5) None of these
f the teacher is included, the average
re age of 20 students is 9 years, Ifthe age o
eee the age ofthe teacher?
increases by 2 years. What is
(1) 51 years (2)SOyears (3) S2years (4) S3years (5) None of these
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Br-QA-PT12. A batsman’s score in
innings was 2.5 times the average of his score tf the First Ww
innings. I his average score in the three innings put together was 90, what was his seore ih
the third innings?
(ay so (2) 40 (3120 (4) 60 (5) 150
13. The average temper that of the next theve
is 34°C. What is the
of the first three days of a week is 37°
days Is 31°C. Also, the average temperature for the whole we
temperature on the last day of the week?
ayare (yar (3) 38°C (yaa"e (240°C
14, The average marks in Maths for a class of 30 students is 53. However, the marks of twa
students were misread as 54 and 63 instead of 57 and 70. What was the correct average?
(1) 565 @) 545 @ysi (4) 53.33 (5) 58
15. If the average age of a class is 15 and that
boys? The number of boys and girls is the s
pirls is 25, what is the average age of the
ays (2)10 (3)20 (4/125 (5) Cannot be determined
16, Inan examination, a student's average marks were 68. If he had obtained 16 more marks in
Science and 4 more marks in English, his ave
were there in the
e would have been 70. How many subjects
amination?
a7 (8 @s (10 (5) 12
17. A batsman makes a score of 198 in his 23" inning and thereby inere
What is his total score before the 23 inning?
rases his average by 7.
(2) 762 (2) 014 (a) 1130 (4) 982 (5) 1028
18, A company had 17 employees eight years ago, with an average age of 29 years. What will be
the total age of the employees two years from now? No employee has joined or left the
company in the meantime
(1) 612 years (2)586 years (3) 663 years (4) 678 years (5) None ofthe above
19. The average age of a group of frencls is 25 years. IF four new friends with an average age of
21 years join the group, the average of the entire group becomes 23 years. How many
friends were there in the group initially?
a4 @s @)6 we (93
20. A class of 25 students took a science test. 10 students had an average scare of 80. The other
students had an a
verage score of 60, What is the average score of the whole class?
(1) 66 268 (3) 70 (yon (5) None
21, Agroup of 15 boys and 12 girls went fora pi
that of the girls was 20. What w
. The average age of the boys was 25 while
the average age of the group?
(22287 (2) 22.78 (3)23 (4) 22 (5) 23.78 7
22. Two varieties of milk, costing Rs. 30 and Rs. 36 per litre, are mixed in a ratio of 3+ $
respectively to getthe final mixture of milk, What is the cost ofthe final mixture (in RS)?
(1) 33.75 (2) 32.25 (3)33 (432 (3425
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BT.QAPT 723, Two different batches of students of a coaching class with average marks-80 and 90
respectively are combined to form a third batch. The average marks of the combined batch
now changes to 84. What is the ratio of the number of students in the first batch to that in
the second batch?
ay2:3 (2)4:3 (5:4 (43:2 6)
24. If Jason purchased two suits for Rs. 179 each and three suits for Rs. 189 each, what is the
average price (in Rs.) that Jason paid for each suit?
(a) 188 (2) 186 (3)183 (a) 184 (5) 187
25. The average age of S members of a family is 25 years. If the average age of two members in
that family és 13 years, what is the average age (in years) af the other three members of the
family?
(1) 33 (234 (3) 30 (431 (5) None of these
PRAcTice Test Il
26. 15 numbers are arranged in a random order: The average of the 15 numbers is $4. The
average of the first 8 numbers is 64 and the average of the last 8 numbers is 60. What is the
eighth number?
(a) 182 (2) 182 @2u4 (4) 91 (5) 180
27, The average monthly salary of S5 employees of a firm is Rs. 6,000. For the first year, each of
them gets an increment of 20%. For the second year, due to recession, each employee's
salary is reduced by 25%. What is the new average salary of the employees, ifno employee
has joined or left in these two years?
(2) Rs. 4,800 (2)Rs.6,600 (3) Rs.6,000(4)Rs.5,400 (5) Rs.7,200
28. The sum of 6 consecutive even numbers is 282. Also, the average of 5 consecutive odd
numbers is 93. What is the difference between the largest odd number and the second
largest even number?
(1) 52 (47 (3) 64 (68 (S42
29. The batting average of a batsman for 35 innings is 83 runs. His highest score exceeds his
second highest score by 16 runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average of the
remaining innings is 71 runs. What is his highest score?
«176 (2298 (3) 289 (4) 190 (s)2s4
30. ‘The combined average monthly salary of employees in department A and department 8 of
factory XYZ is Rs. 1,200 and the average monthly salary of 200 employees in department A
is Rs, 900. If the average monthly salary ‘of employees in department B is Rs. 1,400, what ts
the number ofemployees in department BP
(1) 200 (2) 400 (3) 150 (4) 300 (5) 350
31, The average age of three brothers is 10 years. If the age of the father and mother is slso
‘ed, the average increases by 13 years. If the father is 5 years elder to the mother,
consider
‘what is the age (in years) of the father?
(ae (244 (3)45 (ayao (5) None of these
BT-QAPTPRACTICE TESTS,
32. The average age of a couple married five years back was 24 years at the time of thelr
marriage. The average age of the family now is 20 years. It is known that the couple has one
child. What is the age of the child in years?
(2 (2)3 4 @)1 (5)5
33. The average monthly salary of 17 workers and 8 managers in a factory was Rs. 650. When
one of the managers, whose salary was Rs. 1,200, was replaced with a new manager, the
average salary of the team went down to Rs, 630, What is the salary of the new manager?
(2) Rs.800 (2)Rs.850 (3S 1120 (#)Rs.930 (5) Rs. 700
age wages of a worker comprising 19 consecutive working days was Rs. 89 per
day. During the first ten days, his average wage was Rs, 64 per day and the average wage
during the last ten days was Rs, 95 per day. What was his wage on the tenth day?
(2) Rs. 89 (@Rs.91 (2) R896 (@)Rs. 85 (5) Rs. 99
et match, the top five batsmen together scored 30 more runs than the bottom six
n taken together. What is the difference in the average runs scored by the top five
patsmen and the average runs scored by the bottom six batsmen if the total score of the
eleven batsmen is 2107
6 @s (10 9 (5) None ofthese
36, There are 150 students in a hostel. If 30 students were added, the total expenditure
increased by Rs. 90 but the average expenditure decreased by Rs. 18. What was the initial
total expenditure?
(Rs 16,260 (2)Rs.16,320 (3) Rs.16920 (4)RS.16,770 (5) Rs. 16,650
37. The average weight of a class of 40 students is 44 kg, If the weight of the teacher is
included, the average weight increases by 600 gms. The same change in average weight is
also seen when two students of equal weight are removed from the class. What is the
‘weight (in kes) of any of those two students?
33 (2)326 (3)326 (9334 (5)34
| 3B, The average marks scored by a class of 35 students is 48, f the highest and the least marks
are excluded, the average falls by 3 marks. The difference between the highest and the
lowest marks is 33. What are the least marks obtained?
(76 @e (a)a7 sz (581
‘39. The average height of 35 boys was calculated and recorded, It was later detected that one
value was wrongly recorded as 150 em instead of 115 cm, If the actual average should have
been 190 cm, what was the recorded value (in cm) of the average height?
188 (2) 191 (3) 185 (4)189 (5) 193
40, A student finds the average of 20 positive integers. Each integer contains two digits. By
‘mistake, the boy interchanges the digits of one number ie, considers one number as ba
instead of ab. Due to this, the average becomes 2.7 less than the earlier value, What is the
difference between a and b?
qi @12 (8 (ns (10
BTQAPT‘41. ‘The average age of 20 women is 49. The age of the youngest woman is 32 years and that of
the oldest woman is 56. If two women with ages 45 and 50 leave the group and three
women join the group, the average remains unchanged. What is the average age of the
three women who joined the group later?
(1) 32 years (2)35years (3) 3Byears (4) 49 years (5) 48 years
42. Ana and Binu study tn the same class. The average score of all the students in the class,
~ excluding Binu who was absent, in a Mathematics exam was 26 while the average score of
“all the students in the class, excluding Ana who was absent, in an English exam was 34. If
(3)32 (5)36
|. In an exam, the average was found to be 60 marks. After rectifying computational errors,
the marks of 150 candidates had to be changed from 80 to 5S each and the average came
down by 15 marks. What was the total number of candidates who took the exam?
(ay 300 (2) 325 (250 (4) 350 (6) 225
44, Employees at Grade | in an organization have an average salary of Rs. 42 per month while
‘employees at Grade Il ur the same organization have an average salary of Rs. 36 per month.
‘What is the total monthly expenditure (in Rs.) of the organization on salaries if these are
the only grades in this organization, and employees in grade I to grade Il are in the ratio
2:3?
a @en —Bisz (4)1344 (5) Cannot be determined
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student solved 15 papers each of four subjects and 5 papers each of another six subjects
If she would have reversed the number of papers she solved of each subject, what would be
the effect on the earlier average number of papers she solved per subject?
2) Increases by 1 (2) Decreases by2 (3) Increases by2
(4) Decreases by 1 (5) None of these
. The average of p numbers is | If one of the numbers q is replaced by r, the average becomes
_m, Which of the following is true?
()ptl-m)=a-r @)pll-m)=r-4 (3)p(r-@) =!-m
(4) p@-Net-m (5) None of the above
“47. Ifthe average of three different positive integers is 70, what is the greatest possible value of
‘one of the integers?
(1) 207 (2) 208 (3)209 — (4)210 (5) Cannot be determined
48, ‘The average weight of D, E and F is 78 kg If G joms the group, the average weight of the
group becomes 75 kg. [fanother man, H, whose weight is 7 kg more than G replaces D, the
average weight of the group becomes 73 kg, What is the weight of D?
(2) 84g (athe —BYSEKRe (TSHR (5) 7K
49. ‘The average age ofa family of five people, ten years ago, was 42 years. Some: years later,
Shilpa got married to a member of this family and entered this family. Three years after ber
‘marriage, Shilpa gave birth toa baby gil, The average age ofthe family today is 43 years. If
BT-QA-PT an50.
PRACTICE TESTS
the baby girl is celebrating her third birthday today, and no one left the family, how old was
Shilpa when she got married?
(1) 38 (2) 30 (3) 34 (4) 40 (5) 32
The combined average monthly salary of employees in department A, B, C and D of
company XYZ is Rs. 700. The average monthly salary of the 250 employees in department D
is 20% more than thé average monthly salary of employees in department B, The average
monthly salary of 200 employees in department A is 40% less than the average monthly
salary of employees in department B. The average monthly salary of 150 employees in
department B is Rs. 500. The ratio of the average monthly salary of employees in
departments A and C is 3:10. What is the number of employees in department Cc?
(1) 350 (2) 450 (3) 400 (4) 650 (5) 300
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