Basic Arithmetic MCQs

What is the Arithmetic Mean of the following data 3,6,9,12,15.

A. 7
B. 9
C. 12
D. 8

Arithmetic Mean Formula = Sum of all values / Total number of values.

Explanation
Calculate the Average of 1,2,3,4,5.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

The average of first 10 odd numbers is ____?

A. 11
B. 10
C. 12
D. 17

The average of first 10 natural numbers is _____?

A. 5
B. 5.5
C. 6.5
D. 6

The average of first 10 even numbers is ______?

A. 18
B. 22
C. 9
D. 11

If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students

respectively is 50, 55, 60, then the average marks of all the students is ___?

A. 53.33
B. 54.68
C. 55
D. None of these

The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the

remaining 8 boys is 45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in
the class

A. 47.55 kg
B. 48 kg
C. 48.55 kg
D. 49.25 kg

The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B

be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is ___?

A. 17 kg
B. 20 kg
C. 26 kg
D. 31 kg

The average of 18 observations was calculated and it was 124. Later on it

was discovered that two observations 46 and 82 were incorrect. The
correct values are 64 and 28. The correct average of 18 observations is
_____?

A. 123
B. 137
C. 121
D. 122

A person travels from x to y at a speed of 40Km/h and returns by

increasing his speed 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips?

A. 36km/h
B. 45km/h
C. 48km/h
D. 50km/h

The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of
boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ration
of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is___________?

A. 1:2
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 3:5

In an examination a pupil’s average marks were 63 per paper. If he had

obtained 20 more marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his
History paper, his average per paper would have been 65. How many
papers were there in the examination?

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11

The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The
average salary of 7 technicians is Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the
rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is ____?

A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23

The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52.
The brightest 20% of them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25%
a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55% is ____?

A. 45
B. 50
C. 51.4 approx.
D. 54.6 approx.

The average age of a 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 years
B. 30 years
C. 40 years
D. None of these

A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleventh inning, he

scored 108 runs, there by increasing his average by 6 runs. His new
average is _____?
A. 48 runs
B. 52 runs
C. 55 runs
D. 60 runs

The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket
keeper is 3 years older. 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 of the team?

A. 23 years
B. 24 years
C. 25 years
D. None of these

The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organisation is Rs. 1500.

If the manager’s salary is added, then the average salary increases by Rs.
100. What is the manager’s monthly salary?

A. Rs. 2000
B. Rs. 2400
C. Rs. 3600
D. Rs. 4800

The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly
income of Q and R is 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is
Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is __?

A. Rs. 3500
B. Rs. 4000
C. Rs. 4050
D. Rs. 5000

The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B

be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is _____?

A. 17 kg
B. 20 kg
C. 26 kg
D. 31 kg

The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the

average age of 5 students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16
years. The age of the 15th student is _____?
A. 11 years
B. 14 years
C. 15 years
D. 15 2/7 years

A pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to the

average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in
the class is ___?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 40
D. 73

If the arithmetic mean of seventy five numbers is calculated, it is 35. If each

number is increased by 5, then mean of new number is ___?

A. 30
B. 40
C. 70
D. 90

In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What
should be the rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282
runs?

A. 6.25
B. 6.5
C. 6.75
D. 7

The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many
runs must he make in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs
by 4?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 70
D. 76

The average of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21

students is 14. What is the average age of remaining 14 students?

A. 15 years
B. 17 years
C. 18 years
D. 19 years

The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average
becomes 25. The excluded number is ____?

A. 25
B. 27
C. 30
D. 35

A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday 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

A family consists of grandparents, 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 years
B. 31 5/7 years
C. 32 1/7 years
D. None of these

The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference
between the highest and lowest numbers?

A. 2
B. 5
C. 8
D. Cannot be determined

The average of non-zero number and its square is 5 times the number. The
number is ___?

A. 9
B. 17
C. 29
D. 295
The average of the two-digit numbers, which remain the same when the
digits interchange their positions, is ____?

A. 33
B. 44
C. 55
D. 66

The average of first five multiples of 3 is ___?

A. 3
B. 9
C. 12
D. 15

Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible
by 5.

A. 18
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30

The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may
be greater than zero?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 10
D. 19

Sarfaraz obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English,
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. What are his average
marks?

A. 65
B. 69
C. 72
D. None of these

The average weight of a group of persons increased from 48 kg to 51 kg,

when two persons weighing 78 kg and 93 kg join the group. Find the initial
number of members in the group?
A. 21
B. 22
C. 23
D. 24

The total marks obtained by a student in Mathematics and Physics is 60

and his score in Chemistry is 20 marks more than that in Physics. Find the
average marks scored in Mathematics and Chemistry together.

A. 40
B. 30
C. 25
D. Data inadequate

Five years ago the average of the ages of A and B was 40 years and now
the average of the ages of B and C is 48 years. What will be the age of the
B ten years hence?

A. 55 years
B. 56 years
C. 58 years
D. Data inadequate

Aftab bought 65 books for Rs.1150 from one shop and 50 books for
Rs.920 from another. What is the average price he paid per book ?

A. Rs.20
B. Rs.18
C. Rs.22
D. Rs.16

The average height of 50 pupils in a class is 150 cm. Five of them whose
height is 146 cm, leave the class and five others whose average height is
156 cm, join. The new average height of the pupils of the class (in cm) is __ .

A. 149
B. 151
C. 152
D. 153

In an exam, Amir scored 64 percent, Masood scored 36 percent and asif 44

percent. The maximum score awarded in the exam is 800. Find the average
mark scored by all the three boys?
A. 384
B. 364
C. 324
D. 404

The average mark of the students of a class in a particular exam is 80. If 5

students whose average mark in that exam is 40 are excluded, the average
mark of the remaining will be 90. Find the number of students who wrote
the exam.

A. 20
B. 15
C. 25
D. 35

A student scored an average of 80 marks in 3 subjects: Physics, Chemistry

and Mathematics. If the average marks in Physics and Mathematics is 90
and that in Physics and Chemistry is 70, what are the marks in Physics?

A. 60
B. 64
C. 72
D. 80

The average of four positive integers is 69. The highest integer is 93 and
the least integer is 39. The difference between the remaining two integers
is 28. Which of the following integers is the higher of the remaining two
integers?

A. 58
B. 86
C. 49
D. None of these

The total marks obtained by a student in Physics, Chemistry and

Mathematics is 150 more than the marks obtained by him in Physics. What
is the average mark obtained by him in Chemistry and Mathematics?

A. 75
B. 150
C. 50
D. None of these

The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 28 years. If
the average age of the first three persons is 21 years and the average age
of the last three persons is 34 years, then find the age of the person sitting
in the middle of the row?

A. 30 Years
B. 31 years
C. 26 years
D. 33 years

The average runs scored by a batsman in 20 matches is 40. In the next 10

matches the batsman scored an average of 13 runs. Find his average in all
the 30 matches?

A. 31
B. 29
C. 28
D. 30

The average weight of a group of boys is 30 kg. After a boy of weight 35 kg

joins the group, the average weight of the group goes up by 1 kg. Find the
number of boys in the group originally?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

A salt manufacturing company produced a total of 5000 tonnes of salt in

January of a particular year. Starting from February its production
increased by 100 tonnes every month over the previous months until the
end of the year. Find its average monthly production for that year?

A. 6060
B. 7070
C. 5550
D. 4440

The average amount with a group of seven numbers is Rs. 20. If the newly
joined member has Rs. 50 with him, what was the average amount with the
group before his joining the group?

A. Rs. 25
B. Rs. 18
C. Rs. 15
D. Rs. 22
The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 85
and the third number is 125. Find the average of the two numbers?

A. 180
B. 170
C. 190
D. 175

Find the average of the series : 312, 162, 132, 142 and 122?

A. 194
B. 174
C. 162
D. 186

The average age of a group of 10 persons was decreased by 3 years when

one person, whose age was 42 years, was replaced by a new person. Find
the age of the new person?

A. 22
B. 24
C. 12
D. 8

The average of the marks of 12 students in a class is 36. If the marks of

each student are doubled, find the new average?

A. 72
B. 45
C. 37
D. 79

The average of 10 numbers is 23. If each number is increased by 4, what

will the new average?

A. 22
B. 27
C. 25
D. 29

The average of 35 numbers is 25. If each number is multiplied by 5, find the

new average?

A. 125
B. 134
C. 170
D. 98

The average salary of a person for the months of January, February, March
and April is Rs.8000 and that for the months February, March, April and
May is Rs.8500. If his salary for the month of May is Rs.6500, find his
salary for the month of January?

A. 3000
B. 2500
C. 4500
D. 5000

The average marks of a class of 30 students is 40 and that of another class

of 50 students is 60. Find the average marks of all the students?

A. 50
B. 47.5
C. 59
D. 52.5

A batsman makes a score of 64 runs in the 16th innings and thus increased
his average by 3. Find his average after the 16th inning?

A. 17
B. 29
C. 18
D. 19

The average of 13 numbers is 60. Average of the first 7 of them is 57 and

that of the last 7 is 61. Find the 8th number?

A. 46
B. 32
C. 68
D. 51

Find the average of the first 20 natural numbers?

A. 10
B. 11.5
C. 12
D. 10.5
The average of 11 results is 50, if the average of first six results is 49 and
that of the last six is 52. Find the sixth result?

A. 46
B. 56
C. 34
D. 57

The average of five results is 46 and that of the first four is 45. The fifth
result is _____?

A. 1
B. 10
C. 12.5
D. 50

Three years ago the average age of a family of six members was 19 years.
A boy have been born, the average age of the family is the same today.
What is the age of the boy?

A. 1 year
B. 1.5 years
C. 2 years
D. 2.5 years

The average salary per head of the entire staff of an office including the
officers and clerks is Rs.90. The average salary of officers is Rs.600 and
that of the clerks is Rs.84. If the number of officers is 2, find the number of
officers in the office?

A. 1540
B. 960
C. 840
D. 1020

The average weight of 25 persons sitting in a boat had some value. A new
person added to them whose weight was 46 kg only. Due to his arrival, the
average weight of all the persons decreased by 5 kg. Find the average
weight of first 25 persons?

A. 55 kg
B. 62 kg
C. 56 kg
D. None
Nine men went to a hotel. Eight of them spent Rs.3 each over their meals
and the ninth spent Rs.2 more than the average expenditure of all the nine.
Determine the total money spent by them?

A. Rs.29.25
B. Rs.30.25
C. Rs.32
D. Rs.35

The average age 9 members of a committee are the same as it was 2 years
ago, because an old number has been replaced by a younger number. Find
how much younger is the new member than the old number?

A. 7 years
B. 11 years
C. 18 years
D. 27 years

The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

was 48 degrees and for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 46
degrees. If the temperature on Monday was 42 degrees. Find the
temperature on Friday?

A. 40 degrees
B. 38 degrees
C. 36 degrees
D. 34 degrees

A man purchased 3 blankets @ Rs.100 each, 5 blankets @ Rs.150 each and

two blankets at a certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory.
But he remembers that the average price of the blankets was Rs.150. Find
the unknown rate of two blankets?

A. Rs.150
B. Rs.225
C. Rs.250
D. None

A building contractor employs 20 male, 15 female and 5 child workers. To a

male worker he pays Rs.25 per day, to a female worker Rs.20 per day and a
child worker Rs.8 per day. The average wage per day paid by the
contractor is____?

A. Rs.20
B. Rs.21
C. Rs.22
D. Rs.23

Visitors to show were charged Rs.15 each on the first day. Rs.7.50 on the
second day, Rs.2.50 on the third day and total attendance on the three
days were in ratio 2:5:13 respectively. The average charge per person for
the whole show is _______?

A. Rs.3
B. Rs.4.50
C. Rs.5.00
D. Rs.7.50

In a hostel there were 100 students. To accommodate 20 more students

the average is decreased by rupees 5. But total expenditure increased by
Rs.400. Find the total expenditure of the hostel now?

A. Rs.5000
B. Rs.4600
C. Rs.5400
D. Rs.2300

A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 85 and their by increasing

his average by 3. What is his average after the 17th innings?

A. 34
B. 35
C. 36
D. 37

The average age of a husband and a wife is 23 years when they were
married five years ago but now the average age of the husband, wife and
child is 20 years(the child was born during the interval). What is the
present age of the child?

A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years

The average age of M boys is ‘b’ years and of ‘n’ girls ‘c’ years. The average
age of all together is _____?

A. (mb – nc)/ (m + n) years

B. (mb + nc)/ (m – n) years
C. (mb + nc)/ (m + n) years
D. (mb – nc)/ (m – n) years

A team of eight entered for a shooting competition. The best marks man
scored 85 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average scores for. The
team would have been 84. How many points altogether did the team
score?

A. 625
B. 665
C. 632
D. 656

The average salary of workers in an industry is Rs.200 the average salary of

technicians being Rs.400 and that of non-technicians being Rs.125. What is
the total number of workers?

A. 250
B. 275
C. 550
D. 400

The average age of 8 men increases by 2 years when two women are
included in place of two men of ages 20 and 24 years. Find the average age
of the women?

A. 36 years
B. 24 years
C. 30 years
D. 18 years

The average of first five prime numbers greater than 20 is _____?

A. 31.00
B. 31.01
C. 32.00
D. 32.2

The average of 9 observations was 9, that of the 1st of 5 being 10 and that
of the last 5 being 8. What was the 5th observation?

A. 9
B. 8
C. 7
D. 6
The average of 1st 3 of 4 numbers is 16 and of the last 3 are 15. If the sum
of the first and the last number is 13. What is the last numbers?

A. 8
B. 6
C. 5
D. 2

The average age of three boys is 15 years and their ages are in proportion
3:5:7. What is the age in years of the youngest boy?

A. 15
B. 9
C. 18
D. 21

The average of first ten prime numbers which are odd is ______?

A. 12.9
B. 13.8
C. 15.8
D. 17

The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of first six is 10.5 and
that of the last six is 11.4 the sixth number is ___?

A. 11.0
B. 11.3
C. 11.4
D. 11.5

If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students

respectively is 50, 55, 60, then the average marks of all the students is:

A. 53.33
B. 54.68
C. 55
D. None of these

The average of women and child workers in a factory was 15%yr. The
average age of all the 16 children was 8yr and average age of women
workers was 22 yrs if ten women workers were married then the number
of unmarried women workers were________?
A. 16
B. 12
C. 8
D. 6