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1. The average of 28 numbers is 77. The average of first 14 numbers is 74 and the average of last
15 numbers is 84. If the 14th number is excluded, then what is the average of remaining
numbers? (correct to one decimal places)

(a) 77
(b) 74.7
(c) 76.9
(d) 73.1
2. In a class of 90 students 60% are girls and remaining are boys. Average marks of boys are 63
and that of girls are 70. What are the average marks of the whole class?
90 60%

(a) 58.9
(b) 65.3
(c) 66.7
(d) 67.2
3. The average of eleven numbers is 56. The average of first three number is 52 and that of next
five number is 60. The 9th and 10th number are 3 and 1 more than the 11th number
respectively. What is the average of 9th and 11th number?

(a) 53.5
(b) 52
(c) 52.5
(d) 54
4. The average of 22 numbers is 37.5. The average of fist 12 numbers is 40.6 and that of the last
12 number is 35.4. If 11th and 12th number are excluded. then average of the remaining
numbers?
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(a) 36.9
(b) 37.4
(c) 36.4
(d) 37.8
5. They average height of some students in a group is 156 cm. If 5 students of average height 160
cm join the group, then the average height of all the students in the group increases by 0.8 cm.
What is the number of students in the group, initially?
156 cm 160 cm
0.8 cm

(a) 20
(b) 10
(c) 25
(d) 15
6. The average of 8 consecutive even numbers written in ascending order is 17. What is the
average of the last three number, 36 and 53?

(a) 32.2
(b) 29.8
(c) 31.6
(d) 31
7. In a class the ratio of rural to urban students is 4:7. In an examination the average percentage
marks of the rural and the urban students are respectively 65 and 63. What is the overall average
percentage marks of the class (correct to two decimal places)?
4:7

(a) 65.87%
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(b) 73.63%
(c) 63.73%
(d) 64.37%
8. The average score of 40 students in class test is 45. Later on, it was found that at two places
25 was read as 35 and at one place 38 was read as 32. What is the actual average score of the
class?

(a) 45.35
(b) 39.69
(c) 44.65
(d) 43.80
9. The average of x occurring 5 times and y occurring 7 times is 37. Also, the average of x
occurring 7 times and y occurring 5 times is 35. The value of y is:
x y x
y y
(a) 30
(b) 27
(c) 42
(d) 45
10. The average of ten numbers is 32.5. The average of first four numbers is 25.6 and that of the
last three numbers is 38.2. The 5th number is 50% more than the 6th number and 8 less than
the 7th number. What is the average of 5th and 7th numbers?
32.5 25.6
38.2 50%

(a) 41
(b) 42.4
(c) 42
(d) 41.5
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11. The average daily production of toys in a factory in the month of December is 512. If the
average production during first 20 days is 515 and that of the last 13 days is 510, then what is
the average of production on 19 and 20 December?

(a) 1058
(b) 529
(c) 513
(d) 512
12. The average of squares of five consecutive odd natural numbers is 233. What is the average of
the largest number and the smallest number?
233

(a) 11
(b) 17
(c) 13
(d) 15
13. The average monthly salary of 60 employees of a factory is `29900. If two officers are getting
`90000 each and the average salary of 8 supervisors is `65000, then what is the average salary

(in `) of the remaining employees?

`90,000 `65,000

(a) 21080
(b) 22680
(c) 29080
(d) 21880
14. The average weight of a certain number of students in a class is 55.5 kg. If 4 students with
average weight 60 kg join the class, then the average weight of all students in the class increases
by 360 g. The number of students in the class.
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55.5 kg 60 kg
360 g

(a) 41
(b) 31
(c) 36
(d) 46
15. In an examination, the average score of a student was 67.6. If he would have got 27 more marks
in Mathematics, 10 more marks in Computer Science, 18 more marks in History and retained
the same marks in other subjects, then his average score would have been 72.6. How many
paper were there in the examination?
67.6 27
10 18
72.6
(a) 11
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 9
16. The average weight of students of section A and B having 40 students each is 45.5 kg and 44.2
kg respectively. Two students of section A having average weight 48.75 kg were shifted to
section B and 2 students of sections of section B were shifted to section A, making the average
weight of both the sections equal. What is the average weight (in kg) of the students who were
shifted from section B to section A?
A B 45.5 kg 44.2 kg
40 A 48.75 kg B
B 2 A
B A

(a) 34.5
(b) 35
(c) 35.75
(d) 34.25
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17. There are some children in a camp and their average weight is 40 kg. If 5 children with average
weight 36 kg join the camp or if 5 children with average weight 43.2 kg leave the camp, the
average weight of children in both cases is equal. How many children are there in the camp,
initially?

(a) 34
(b) 45
(c) 40
(d) 50
18. The average of 23 numbers is 51. The average of first 12 number is 49 and the average of last
12 numbers is 54. If the twelfth number is removed, then the average of the remaining numbers
(correct to two decimal places) is:
23 51 12 49 12
54

(a) 50.45
(b) 53.25
(c) 51.75
(d) 52.65
19. What is the product of the average of first ten positive odd numbers and the average of first
fifteen positive even numbers?

(a) 85.25
(b) 44
(c) 160
(d) 150
20. What is the average of numbers from 1 to 50 which are multiples of 2 or 5? (correct to one
decimal place)
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(a) 25.4
(b) 25.9
(c) 26.4
(d) 25.8