1.

The average of the first fifteen

natural numbers is
(a) 8.5 (c) 6.5
(b) 7.5 (d) 8
2. Find the average increase rate (per
annum) if increase in the population
in the first year is 10% and that in
the second year is 20%.
(a) 11 (c) 20
(b) 16 (d) 18
3. The average of the first ten even
numbers is
(a) I8 (c) 9
(b) 22 (d) 11
4. The average of 61 results is 43. If
the average of the first 48 results is
36 and that of the last 12 is 49. Find
the 49th result,
(a) 302 (c) 304
(b) 307 (d) 328
5. A man covers half of his journey by
train at 50 km/hr. half of the
remainder by bus at 25 km/h and the
rest by cycle at 5 km/h. Find his
average speed during the entire
journey.
(a) 100/7 kmph (c) 14 kmph
(b) 25/3 kmph (d) 18 kmph
6. The average weight of 10 men is
decreased by 5 kg when, one of them
weighing 100 kg is replaced by
another person. This new person is
again replaced by another person,
whose weight is 10 kg lower than the
person he replaced. What is the
overall change in the average due to
this dual change?
(a) 5 kg (c) 12 kg
(b) 6 kg (d) 15 kg
7. The average of the first ten prime
numbers, which are odd, is
(a) 12.9 (c) 17
(b) 13.8 (d) 15.8
8. The average age of 13 boys and
the principal is 10 years. When the
principal's age is excluded, the
average age decreases by 2 year.
What is the age of the principal?
(a) 34 (c) 38
(b) 36 (d) 40
9. The average weight of 3 boys A, B
and C is 74 kg. Another boy D joins
the group and the average now
becomes 70 kg. If another boy E,
whose weight is 3 kg more than that
of D, replaces A then the average
weight of B, C, D and E becomes 75
kg. The weight of A is
(a) 40 kg (c) 49 kg
(b) 42 kg
(d) 41 kg
10. The mean temperature of Monday
to Wednesday was 35 °C and of
Tuesday to Thursday was 30 °C. If
the temperature on Thursday was 1/2
that of Monday, the temperature on
Thursday was
(a) 300 C (c) 20 °C
(b) 15o C (d) 25 °C
11. Five years ago, the average age
of A, B and C was 25 years and that
of B and C 10 years ago was 20
years. A's present age is
(a) 30 years (c) 40 years
(b) 35 ycars (d) 48 years
12. Ganguly has a certain average for
4 innings. In the 5th inning, he scores
40 runs thereby increasing his
average by 4 runs. His new average is
(a) 20 (c) 28
(b) 24 (d) 32
13. The average of the first six
multiples of 5 is
(a) 18.50 (c) 28
(b) 21
(d) 17.50
14. There are three fractions A. B and
C. If A = 1/5 and B= 1/8 and the
average of A, B and C is 1/10. What
is the value of C?
(a) -1/20
(c) -1/30
(b) - 1/60
(d) - 1/40
15. The marks obtained by Alan in
Mathematics, English and Biology are
respectively 90 out of 100, 70 out of
150 and 150 out of 200. Find his
average score in percent.
(a) 87.83
(c) 76.33
(b) 68.88
(d) 77.33
16. The average monthly expenditure
of a family was 2250 for the first 3
months, ₹ 2150 for the next three
months and ₹ 5750 for the next three
months. Find the average income of
the family for the 9 months, if they
save rs. 500 per month.
(a) ₹ 3866.66 (c) ₹ 3666.66
(b) ₹ 3883.33 (d) ₹ 3222.66
17. The average age of a family of 5
members is 20 years. If the age of
the youngest member be 5 years,
what was the average age of the
family at the birth of the youngest
member?
(a) 15.25 (c) 21.25
(b) 18.75 (d) 12.50
18. The average age of 5 persons in a
group is increased by 10 years when
two men aged 30 years and 40 years
are substituted by two women. Find
the average age (in years) of the two
women.
(a) 60
(b) 65
(c) 51
(d) 62
19. The average temperature for
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was
20°C. The average for Thursday,
Friday and Saturday was 21 °C. If the
temperature on Saturday was 22 °C,
what was the temperature on
Wednesday?
(a) 19 °C
(c) 18 °C
(b) 24 °C
(d) 21 °C
20. The speed of the train in going
from Kanpur to Lucknow is 60 km/hr
while when coming back from
Lucknow to Kanpur. its speed is 40
km/hr. Find the average speed (in
km/hr) during the whole journey.
(a) 45 (c) 50
(b) 48 (d) 46
21. The average weight ofa class of
19 students is 20 kg. 11 the weight
of the teacher be included, the
average rises by 1 kg. What is the
weight of the teacher?
(a) 40 kg (c) 45 kg
(b) 50 kg (d) 55 kg
22. The average of 3 numbers is 20
and that of the first two is 25. Find
the third number.
(a) 15 (c) 20
(b) 10 (d) 12
23. The average weight of 29 men in
a ship is increased by 5 kg when one
of the men, who weighs 120 kg, is
replaced by a new man. Find the
weight of the new man (In kg)
(a) 265
(c) 245
(b) 205
(d) 240
24. The age of A and B is in the ratio
1:3. After 10 years, the ratio of their
ages will become 1:2. Find the
average of their ages after 20 years.
(a) 22 (c) 37
(b) 40 (d) 30
25. Find the average of the first 100
natural numbers.
(a) 50.50 (c) 51.50
(b) 52.50 (d) 49
26. Find the average of all prime
numbers between 20 and 50.
(a) 35.8 (c) 35.85
(b) 34.65 (d) 31.8
27. If we take four numbers, the
average of the first three is 20 and
that of the last three is 25. If the last
number is 30, the first number is
(a) 20 (c) 23
(b) 21 (d) 15
28. The average of 15 results is 40
and that of 25 more results is 48. For
all the results taken together, the
average is
(a) 45
(c) 46
(b) 42
(d) 44
29. The average of 7 consecutive
numbers is 21. The highest of these
numbers will be
(a) 20 (c) 24
(b) 23 (d) 22
30. The average age of 8 students is
11 years. If 2 more students of age
15 and 17 years Join, their average
will become
(a) 13 years (c) 14 years
(b) 12 years (d) 15 years
31. The average of 9 numbers is 14.
If each number is increased by 4, the
new average will be
(a) 16 (c) 18
(b) 15 (d) 17
32. The average of 11 consecutive
numbers is n. If the next two
numbers are also included, the
average will.
(a) increase by 1 (c) increase by l.4
(b) remain the same (d) increase by
2
33. The average of 40 numbers is 45.
If two numbers, namely, 65 and 25
arc discarded, the average of the
remaining numbers is
(a) 35
(c) 40
(b) 45
(d) 43
34. The average of 15 numbers is 18.
If each number is multiplied by 9,
then the average of the new set of
numbers is
(a) 162
(c) 144
(b) 152
(d) 164
35. In a family of 5 males and a few
ladies, the average monthly
consumption of grain per head is 9
kg. If the average monthly
consumption per head be 12 kg in the
case of males and 8 kg in the case of
females find the number of females
in the family.
(a) 18 (c) 9
(b) 12 (d) 15
36. Average marks obtained by a
student in 3 papers is 63 and in the
fourth paper he obtains 67 marks.
Find his new average.
(a) 54
(c) 64
(b) 62
(d) 65
37. The average earning of Srikanth
for the initial three months of the
calendar year 2012 is ₹ 2100. If his
average earning (in ₹) for the second
and third month is ₹ 2250 find his
earning in the first month?
(a) 1950 (c) 1700
(b) 1500 (d) 1800
38. In a hotel where rooms are
numbered from 201 to 230, each
room gives an earning of ₹ 2000 for
the first fifteen days of a month and
for the latter half, ₹ 1000 per room.
Find the average earning per room
per day (in ₹) over the month.
(Assume 30 day month)
(a) 1450
(b) 1500
(c) 1750
(d) 1666.66
39. The average weight of 10 men is
decreased by 2 kg when, one of them
weighing 140 kg is replaced by
another person. Find the weight of the
new person.
(a) 142 kg
(b) 130 kg
(c) 138 kg
(d) 120 kg
40. The average age of a group of
men is increased by 6 years when a
person aged 26 years is replaced 0y
a new person of aged 56 years. How
many men are there in the group?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
41.The average score of a cricketer in
three matches is 33 runs and in two
other matches, it is 23 runs, Find the
average in all the five matches.
(a) 31 (c) 29
(b) 26 (d) 28
42. The average of 15 papers is 50.
The average of the first 8 papers is 48
and of the last eight papers is 54.
Find the marks obtained in the 8th
paper.
(a) 66
(c) 58
(b) 64
(d) 56
43. The average age of the Indian
cricket team playing the Coimbatore
test is 28. The average age of 5 of
the players is 26 and that of another
set of 5 players, totally different from
the first five, is 29. If it is the captain
who was not included in either of
these two groups, then find the age
of the captain.
(a) 35 (c) 33
(b) 30 (d) 28

44. Siddhartha has earned an average

of 3200 dollars for the first eleven
nonths of the year. If he justifies his
staying on in the US on the basis of
his ability to earn at least 4000
dollars per month for the entire year,
how much should he earn (in dollars)
in the last month to achieve his
required average for the whole year?
(a) 11,800 (c) 10,800
(b) 12,800 (d) 13,800

45. Abus goes to Ranchi from Patna

at the rate of 80 km per hour.
Another bus leaves Ranchi for Patna
at the same time as the first bus at
the rate of 90 km per hour. Find the
average speed for the journeys of the
two buses combined if it is known that
the distance from Ranchi to Patna is
720 kilometres.
(a) 84.705 kmph (c) 81.63 kmph
(b) 84 kmph (d) 82.82 kmph

46. A train travels 12 km in the first

quarter of an hour, 15 km in the
second quarter and 30 km in the third
quarter. Find the average speed of
the train per hour over the entire
journey.
(a) 76 km/h
(c) 77 km/h
(b) 72 km/h
(d) 73 km/h
47. The average weight of 6 men is
58.5 kg. If it is known that Ram and
Tram weigh 65 kg each, find the
average weight of the others.
(a) 55 kg (c) 54 kg
(b) 54.25 kg (d) 55.25 kg
48. The average score of a class of 30
students is 56. What will be the
average score of the rest of the
students if the average score of 10 of
the students is 59.
(a) 52.5 (c) 52
(b) 54.5 (d) 53
49. The average age of 60 students of
IIM, Bangalore of the 2005 batch is
23 years. What will be the new
average if we include the 40 faculty
members whose average age is 35
year?
(a) 27 years
(b) 26.5 ycars
(c) 27.8 years
(d) 28 years

50, Out of three numbers, the first is

twice the second and three times the
third. The average of the three
numbers is 132. The smallest number
is.
(a) 36
(b) 42
(c) 72
(d) 48

51. The sum of three numbers is 147.

If the ratio between the first and
second is 2:3 and that between the
second and the third is 5:8, then the
second number

(a) 30 (c) 72
(b) 45 (d) 48

52.A man covers 1/4th of his

journey by cycle at 40 km/h, the
1/2 of the remaining by car at 20
km/h, and the rest by walking at
10 km/h. Find his average speed
during the whole journey.
(a) 16 kmph (c) 18 kmph
(b) 15 kmph (d) 17 kmph

53. The average age of a group of

15 persons is 25 years and 5
months. Two persons, each 40
years old, left the group. What will
be the average age of the
remaining persons in the group?
(a) 23.17 years (c) 25.35 years
(b) 24.25 years (d) 25 years

51. The average age of three boys is

24 years. If their ages are in the
ratio 2:5:5, the age of the youngest
boy is
(a) 16 years (b) 11 years
(c) 21 years (d) 12 years

52. The average age of P, Q, R and

S four years ago was 46 years. By
including M, the present average
age of all the five is 51 years. The
present age of M is
(a) 52 years (b) 49 years
(c) 55 years (d) 58 years

53. The average age of a group of

persons going for a movie is 20
years. 10 new persons with an
average age of 10 years join the
group on the spot due to which the
average of the group becomes l8
years. Find the number of persons
initially going for the movie.
(a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 3
57. If p, q, r, s and are five
consecutive even numbers, then their
average is
(a) (p+q+r+s+t) (b) (pqrst)/5
(c) 5(p+q+r+s+t) (d) None of these
58. The average salary of employees
in TCP is ₹20,000, the average salary
of managers being ₹40,000 and the
management trainees being ₹5000.
The total number of workers could be
(a) 350 (c) 100 (b) 300 (d) 500
59. The average weight of a class of
30 students is 50 kg. If the weight of
the teacher be included, the average
weight increases by 500 gm. The
weight of the teacher is
(a) 50.5 kg (c) 62.5 kg
(b) 65.5 kg (d) 60.5 kg
60. In a management entrance test, a
student scores 3 marks for every
correct answer and loses 1 mark for
every wrong answer. A student
attempts all the 100 questions and
scores 160 marks. The number of
questions he answered correctly was
(a) 62 (c) 65
(b) 64 (d) 68
61. The average age of five children
is 7 years, which is increased by 5
years when the age of the father is
included. Find the age of the father.
(a) 32 (c) 39
(b) 37 (d) 35
62. The average weight of a class of
20 students is 50 kg. If, however, the
weight of the teacher is included, the
average becomes 51 kg. The weight
of the teacher is
(a) 69 kg (c) 70 kg
(b) 72 kg (d) 71 kg

63. Ram bought 2 toys for ₹5.50

each, 3 toys for ₹3.66 each and 6
toys for ₹1.833 each. The average
price per toy is (in )
(a) 3 (c) 5 (b) 10 (d) 9

64. 40 oranges and 65 apples were

purchased for ₹480. If the price per
apple was ₹4, then the average price
of oranges was (in )
(a) 5.5 (c) 6
(b) 6.5 (d) 7
65. The average of 7 consecutive
numbers is P. If the next three
numbers are also added, the average
increases by 66. The average weight
of 50 teachers of a school is 70 kg. If,
however, the weight of the principal
be included, the average decreases by
0.5 kg. What is the weight of the
principal?
(a) 44.5 kg (b) 45 kg (c) 43.5 kg
(d) None of these
67. The average temperature of 4th,
5th and 6th December was 25.6 °C.
The average temperature of the first
two days was 27 °C. The temperature
on the 6th of December was:
(a) 22.2 °C (b) 22.8 °C (c) 26.4 °C
(d) None of these

68. Three years ago, the average age

of a family of 6 members was 18
years. A baby having been born, the
average of the family is the same
today. What is the age of the baby?
(a) I year (b) 2 years
(c) 3 years (d) 0 years
69. Ramu's average daily expenditure
is ₹21 during July, ₹24 during August
and ₹11 during His approximate daily
expenditure for the September. 3
months is
(a) ₹18 (b) ₹17 (c) ₹18.75
(d) ₹18.25
70. A ship sails out to a mark at the
rate of 25 km per hour and sails back
at the rate of 30 km/h. What is its
average rate of sailing?
(a) 27.27 km (b) 23.24 km
(c) 25.85 km (d) 28.45 km

71. The average temperature on

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was
52 °C and on Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday it was 50 °C. If on
Thursday it exactly 49 °C. then on
Monday, the temperature was
(a) 55 °C (b) 56 °C
(b) 53 °C (d) 51 °C

72. The average of 15 results is 20

out of which the first 5 results are
having an average of 10. The average
of the rest 10 results is
(a) 50 (c) 20
(b) 40 (d) 25

73. A man had ten children. When

their average age was 15 years a
child aged 6 years died. The average
age of the remaining 9 children is

(a) 16 years (b) 13 years

(b) 17 years (d) 15 years

74. The average weight of 40

students is 40 kg. If the teacher of
weight 122 kg is also included, then
the average weight will become:
(a) 41 kg
(b) 42 kg
(c) 40 kg
(d) 45 kg

75. The average of a, b and c is 25. a

is as much more than the average as
b is less than the average. Find the
value of c.
(a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 15
76. Find the average of four
3 4 1 3
numbers 24 ,45 ,55 ,34

(a) 4.125 (c) 1.60

(b) 3.20 (d) None of
these.

77. The average salary per head of all

the workers in a company is ₹9000.
The average salary of 15 officers IS
₹5000 and the average salary per
head of the rest is ₹10,000. Find the
total number of workers in the
company.
(b) 80
(a) 75
(c) 50
(d) 40

78. The average age of 10 men is

increased by 3 years when one of
them, whose age is 54 years is
replaced by a woman. What is the age
of the woman?

(a) 68 years (c) 72 years

(b) 82 years (d) 84 years

79. The average monthly expenditure

of Aman was ₹100 during during the
first 3 months, ₹200 during the next 4
months and ₹400 during the
subsequent five months of the year. If
the total saving during the year was
₹3000, find Aman's average monthly
income (to the closest rupee)
(a) 508
(c) 1033
(b) 515
(d) 425

80. Ram bought 2 articles for ₹5.50

each, and 3 articles tor ₹3.50 cach,
and 3 articles for ₹5.50 and 5 articles
for ₹1.50 each. The average price for
one article is
(a) 3
(b) 8.50
(c) 3.50
(d) None of these.

81. In a bag, there are 150 coins of

₹1, 50 p and 25 p denominations. If
the total value of coins is ₹150, then
find how many rupees can be
constituted by 50 p coins.
(a) 16
(c) 28
(b) 20
(d) None of these

82. The age of two friends Aman and

Baman is in the ratio 1:2. After 5
years, the ratio of their ages will
become 3:5. Find the average of their
ages after 10 years.

83. If we take four numbers, the

average of the first three is 20 and
that of the last three is 10. If the first
number is 20. the last number is:

84. Sachin has a batting average of

40 runs per innings in 15 ODIs. It
was found that in the 2 ODI match
series against South Africa (which
were part of his first 15 ODIs), his
average score was 40 and not 80. His
correct average is:
85. The average of temperatures at
noontime from Monday to Friday is
40; the lowest one is 35. What is the
possible maximum temperature at
noontime on any of these days?

86. The average age of a family of 3

members is 30 years. If the age of
the youngest member is 5 years, then
what was the average age of the
family immediately prior to the birth
of the youngest member?

87. The average of 50 numbers is

zero. Of them, at the most, how
many may be greater than zero?

88. The average of 40 numbers is 25.

If two numbers namely 40 and 50
are discarded, the average of the
remaining numbers is:

89. The average of ten numbers is 60.

The average of the first five numbers
is 50 and that of last four numbers is
30. Then the 6th number is:

90. The average of 10 integers is

found to be 10. But after the
calculation, it was detected that, by
mistake, the integer 20 was copied as
30, while calculating the average.
After the due correction is made, the
new average will be: