AVERAGES

1. A shop keeper earned Rs.504 in 12 days. His average income for the first four days was Rs.40
a day. His average income for the remaining days is :
a. Rs.40 b. Rs.42 c. Rs.43 d. Rs.45

2. The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of
one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?

a. 85 b. 75 c. 65 d. 60

3. 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

a. 35 b. 40 c. 45 d. 50

4.The average age of A,B,C,D five years ago was 45 years. By including X, the present average
age of all the five is 49 years. The present age of X is :
a. 64 years b. 48 years c. 45 years d. 40 years

5.The average age of 24 students in a class is 10. If the teacher's age is including, the average
increases by one. The age of the teacher is :
a. 25 years b. 30 years c. 35 years d. 40 years

6.Out of four numbers, the average of first three is 15 and that of the last three is 16. If the last
number is 19, the first is :
a. 15 b. 16 c. 18 d. 19

7.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

8.The average of 25 results is 18, that of first twelve is 14 and of last twelve is 17. Thirteenth
result is :
a. 28 b. 72 c. 78 d. 85

9.A man goes to a place at the rate of 4 kmph. He comes back on a bicycle at 16 kmph. His
average speed for the entire journey is :
a. 5 km/hr b. 6.4 km/hr c. 8.5 km/hr d. 10 km/hr.

10.The average temperature of the first three days is 27∘C and that of the next three days
is 29∘C. If the average of the whole week is 28.5∘C, the temperature of the last day of the week is
:
a. 10.5∘C b.21∘C c. 31.5∘C d. 42∘C

11.The average age of 30 students in a class is 12 years. The average age of a group of 5 of the
students is 10 years and that of another group of 5 of them is 14 years. The average of the
remaining students is :
a. 8 years b. 10 years c. 12 years d. 14 years

12.The average of 8 numbers is 21. If each of the number is multiplied by 8, the average of the
new set of numbers is :
a. 8 b. 21 c. 29 d. 168

13.The average of 50 numbers id 38. If two numbers, namely 45 and 55 are discarded, the
average of the remaining numbers is :
a. 36.5 b. 37.0 c. 37.5 d. 37.52

14.The average height of 30 girls out of a class of 40 is 160 cm. and that of the remaining girls is
156 cm. The average height of the whole class is :
a. 158 cms b. 158.5 cms c. 159 cms d. 159.5 cms

15. A batsman had a certain average of runs for 16 innings. In the 17th innings, he made a score
of 87 runs thereby increasing his average by 3. What is his average after 17 innings?
a. 39 b. 38 c. 37 d. 36

16. A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and three grandchildren. The average age
of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6
years. What is the average age of the family?

a. 28 (4/7) b. 31(5/7) c. 32(1/7) d. NOT

17. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is

a. 250 b. 276 c. 280 d. 285

18. Average of 7 consecutive numbers is n. If the next two numbers are included, the average
will
a. increased by 2 b. remains the same c. increased by 1 d. decreased by 2

19. In a hotel, the tariff for every odd dates is 1000 rs and for even dates is 2000 rs. If the man
paid total of 30000. For how many days did he stay in the hotel given that the first day is 5 th date
of the month?

a. 50 b. 20 c. 40 d. 60
20. A man whose bowling average is 12.4 takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and there by decreases his
average by 0.4. The number of wickets taken by him before his last match is:
a. 85 b. 78 c. 72 d. 64