AVERAGE

MATHS By : By:
P.K.P.KSir
Sir
1. What is the avarage of the first 40 natural numbers? 10. Among three numbers the average of the first two
40 numbers is 22 more than the average of the 2nd and
the 3rd number. What is the difference between the
(A) 20 (B) 20.5 (C) 20.25 (D) 20.51 first and the third number ?
2. What is the average of the first 199 natural even num-
bers?
22
199
(A) 200 (B) 201 (C) 100 (D) 102
(A) 88 (B) 44 (C) 66 (D) 34
3. What is the average of the first 80 odd natural num- 11. Among three numbers the average of the first two
bers ? numbers is 24 more than the average of 2nd and the
80 3rd number. What is the difference between the first
(A) 40 (B) 41 (C) 40.5 (D) 80 and the third number?
4. What is the average of odd natural numbers continu-
ously till 95 ? 24
95
(A) 48 (B) 48.5 (C) 47 (D) 95 (A) 72 (B) 48 (C) 96 (D) 36
5. What is the average of the first 10 multiples of 7 ? 12. The average of 50 observation was 40. Subsequently
it was found that 33 was wrongly read as 83, then
7 10
what is the correct average?
(A) 70 (B) 38.5 (C) 35.5 (D) 35
50 40 33
6. What is the average of the first 31 multiples of 5 ?
83
5 31
(A) 41 (B) 39 (C) 58 (D) 42
(A) 79 (B) 80 (C) 81 (D) 82 13. The average of 11 observation was 46. Subsequently
7. The average of the 60 numbers is 62 and the average it was found that 33 was wrongly read as 55, then
of 40 other numbers is 72. What is the average of all what is the correct average?
the numbers? 11 46 33
60 62 40 55
72 (A) 34 (B) 44 (C) 45 (D) 42
(A) 65 (B) 67 (C) 68 (D) 66 14. The average of 100 observation was 42. Subsequently
8. The average of the first 60 numbers is 50 and the aver- it was found that two observation out of them were
age of 40 other numbers is 55, what is the average of wrongly read as 32 in place of 52 and 95 in place of
all 100 numbers? 75, then what is the correct average ?
60 50 40 100 42
55 100 52 32 75 95
(A) 72 (B) 62 (C) 51 (D) 52
9. The average of three numbers is 498 and the smallest (A) 41 (B) 43 (C) 42 (D) 44
number among them is 468. If 18 is the difference be- 15. The average of 20 examinees was 75. but the marks
tween the other two numbers, what is the greatest num- of two examinees were wrongly written as 90 in place
ber? of 80 and 90 in place of 75, what is the correct aver-
498 468 age marks of all examinees?
18 20 75
80 90 75 90
(A) 496 (B) 504 (C) 522 (D) 521
(A) 73 (B) 74 (C) 73.75 (D) 74.75
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16. There is a certain average of a batsman in 11 innings.
He makes 90 runs in his 12th innings and his aver- (A) 36 years (B) 46 years
age decreases by 5 runs. what will his average be af-
(C) 38 years (D) 25 years
ter 12th innings ?
22. The average age of 15 students in a class is 15 years.
11
If a teacher is included, the average age of the whole
90 5 12 class increases by 1 year, find the teacher's age.
15 14
(A) 145 (B) 130 (C) 135 (D) 140 1
17. A cricketer scored runs with a definite average in 9
innings. Subsequently he scored 100 runs in his 12th
innings, then his average decreased by 8 runs in (A) 40 years (B) 31 years
all. How many runs did he score in all the ten in- (C) 30 years (D) 29 years
nings? 23. The average of 13 results is 42. If the average of the
9 first 7 results is 44 and the average of 7 results is
43, find the 7th result.
10 100 8
13 42 7 44
(A) 1720 (B) 1820 (C) 1725 (D) 1620 7 43 7
18. A cricketer bowls with the average of 24.85 runs per (A) 62 (B) 63 (C) 64 (D) 66
wicket. In the last match he took 5 wickets conced- 24. The average of 17 results is 60 and the average of the
ing 52 runs. & this reduced his bowling average by first 10 results is 63 and the average of the last 8 re-
0.85. How many wickets did he took till the last sults is 55, find the 10th result.
match?
17 60 10 63
24.85
8 55 10
52 5
0.85 (A) 55 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 70
25. The average age of 40 students in a class is 15 years.
(A) 80 (B) 85 (C) 70 (D) 75 When 10 new students join the group the average
19. A cricket player concedes 12.4 run per wicket in a cer- age increases by 0.2 years. What is the average age
tain match he concedes 26 runs & takes 5 wickets of newly joined students?
then after his new average becomes 12 run per wicket. 40 15 10
How many wickets did he took till the last match?
0.2
12.4
26 5
12 (A) 18 years (B) 14 years
(A) 72 (B) 85 (C) 90 (D) 65 (C) 17 years (D) 16 years
20. Average temperature on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- 26. The average age of 23 students of a class is 14 years.
day in a week was 37ºC and the average temperature When the teacher’s age is included the average in-
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdsay was 34ºC. Tem- creases by 2 years what is the age of the teacher?
perature on Monday, Thursday was in the ratio of 5 :
4, what was the average tempereture on Tuesday and 23 14
Wednesday? 2

37°C 34°C (A) 72 years (B) 82 years

5:4 (C) 52 years (D) 62 years
27. There are 32 students in a class. Two students whose
(A) 32°C (B) 43°C (C) 66°C (D) 33°C weight are 40 & 44 kg left the class & two new stu-
21. The average age of 12 players is 25 years. If captain's dents joined the class & this result in an average
age is also included in the average, the average age increase of 1.5 kg. What is the average weight of
increases by 1 year. Find the captain's age. newly joined students?
12 25 32 40 Kg. 44 Kg.
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 1.5 Kg. (A) 25 km/h / (B) 20 km/h /
(C) 22 km/h / (D) 24 km/h /
(A) 66 (B) 67 (C) 68 (D) 56 32. The average of 10 numbers is 8. If each of them is
28. The current average age of a family of four members multiplied with 12, what will the average of new
is 36 years. If the current age of the least aged mem- numbers be ?
ber of the family is 12 years, what was the average 10 8 12
age of the family at the time of this least aged member's
birth?
(A) 20 (B) 96 (C) 48 (D) 94
36
33. Average of 10 numbers is 30. Later on, 5 is added to
12 each number, what will be the new average?
10 30 5

(A) 48 years / (B) 40 years /

(A) 53 (B) 35 (C) 30.5 (D) 30
(C) 24 years / (D) 32 years / 34. The average salary of all employees in an industries is
29. 10 years ago the average age of a family consisting of 12,000. The average salary of male employees is
5 members was 26 years. At present the number of 15,000 and average salary of female employees is
member is 7 including 2 children & the average age of
8,000. What is the ratio of male and female employ-
the family is one year more than that of 10 years ago.
ees accordingly?
If the difference between the ages of both the children
is 5 years what is the age of elder child? 12,000
10 5 26 15,000
8,000

5 (A) 2:5 (B) 5:2 (C) 3:4 (D) 4:3

(A) 5 years / (B) 7 years / 35. Each of A, B, C and D contributed 15 in a party. E
(C) 9 years / (D) 10 years / also contributed some rupees in that party and his
30. If the difference between 5 consecutive odd numbers contribution was 4 more than the average contri-
& 5 consecutive even numbers is 9. Then what is the bution of all five. How many rupees did E contrib-
difference between the sum of all five consecutive odd ute?
& all five consecutive even numbers? A, B, C D 15
5 5 E E
9 5 4 E
5
(A) 45 (B) 54 (C) 42 (D) 50
(A) 20 (B) 15 (C) 25 (D) 30
The average of four continuous odd numbers and
four continuous even numbers has the difference of 36. The equidifferent value of marks obtained by a group
6. What is the difference between in all 4 continu- of students in an examination was 52. The best 20%
ous odd numbers and in all four continuous even students of them had 80 marks and the worst 25%
numbers? students had averagewise 31 marks. What was the
average marks of the remaining 55% students?
4 4
6 4 52
4 20 80
(A) 24 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 16 25 31
31. A train moves with a speed of 25km/h from A to B and 55
with a speed of 30 km/h form B to A. Find the average (A) 52 almost / (B) 51.4 almost /
speed during the whole journey.
(C) 52.14 almost / (D) 53 almost /
A B 20
B A 30

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