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001 - Averages

The document contains 30 questions related to averages. The questions involve calculating averages of numbers, ages, weights, marks etc. under different conditions such as inclusion or exclusion of some values, change in total number of values, error in recording some values etc. and finding unknown values based on the given average and other information.

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AVERAGES

1. The average of the seven consecutive


natural numbers is 22. What is the
product of the smallest and the second
largest numbers?
a) 475

c) 154

b) 380
d) 456

2. In a sequence of 12 consecutive odd


numbers, the sum of the first 5 numbers
is 425. What is the sum of the last 5
numbers in the sequence? (GATE - 2014)
3. What is the average of all multiples of 10
from 2 to 198?
(GATE - 2014)
a) 90
b) 100
c) 110
d) 120
4. The average of eight consecutive odd
numbers is 34. What is the second
smallest of these numbers?
a) 31
b) 27
c) 29
d) 39
5. The sum of eight consecutive odd
numbers is 656. The average of four
consecutive even numbers is 87. What is
the sum of the smallest odd number and
second largest even number(GATE- 2014)

6. The average marks obtained by a group


of 178 students are 69. If each student is
now awarded 4 grace marks then what
would be the resultant average?
a) 73
b) 182
c) 65
d) 174
7. The average age of a couple 7 years ago
was 24 years. During this period a child
is born and the average age of the couple
including child at present is 22 years.
Then find the present age of the child.
a) 2 years
b) 6 years
c) 4 years
d) 3 years

8. The average of x numbers is 3x, if x-1 is


subtracted from each given number,
what will be the new average?
a) 2x+1
b) 3(x-1)
c) 2x-1
d) Data Inadequate
9. The average of 24 numbers is 32. If each
number is tripled, then what would be
the resultant average?
a) 72
b) 96
c) 27
d) 35
10. Which of the following assertions are
CORRECT? (GATE 2012)
P: Adding 7 to each entry in a list adds 7
to the mean of the list

Q: Adding 7 to each entry in a list adds 7


to the standard deviation of the list

R: Doubling each entry in a list doubles


the mean of the list

S: Doubling each entry in a list leaves the


standard deviation of the list unchanged
a) P, Q
c) P, R

b) Q, R
d) R, S

11. The average weight of 35 students in a


class is 38 kg. If the teacher is also
included the average increases to 39 kg.
the weight of the teacher is
a) 39 kg
b) 74 kg
c) 73 kg
d) 75 kg
12. Sumitra has an average of 56% on her
first 7 examinations. How much she
should make on her eighth examination
to obtain an average of 60% on 8
examinations?
a) 88%
b) 84%
c) 92%
d) 86%

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AVERAGES
13. Ashok secured an average of 75 marks in
7 subjects. If the average of marks in 6
subjects is 74.5. How many marks did he
secure in the seventh subject?
a) 76
b) 77
c) 78
d) 79
14. The average salary of 20 workers in an
office is Rs.1900 per month. If the
managers salary is added the average
salary becomes Rs.2000 per month.
What is the managers annual salary
a) Rs.24000
b) Rs.25200
c) Rs.4000
d) Rs.48000
15. 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 yrs
b) 48 yrs
c) 45 yrs
d) 40 yrs
th
16. A batsman in his 16 innings makes a
score of 92 and there by increases his
average by 4. What is his average after 16
innings?
a) 32
b) 30
c) 34
d) 23
17. The average mark of a student in 4
subjects is 75. If the student obtained 80
marks in the 5th subject then the new
average is
a) 80
b) 76
c) 92
d) 95
18. The average height of a group of 8 boys
is 159 cm. If one of them is excluded
from the group the average height of the
group increases by 2 cm. Find the height
of the boy excluded.
a) 147cm
b) 173 cm
c) 145 cm
d) 175 cm

19. The average weight of 20 students in a


class is increased by 0.75 kg when one of
the students weighing 30 kg is replaced
by a new student. Weight of the new
student (in kg.) is
a) 35
b) 40
c) 45
d) 50
20. The average age of 8 men is increased by
2 yrs when two of them whose ages are
21 and 23 yrs are replaced by two new
men. The average age of the two new
men is
a) 22 yrs
b) 24 yrs
c) 28 yrs

d) 30 yrs

21. The average age of 24 boys in a class is


16 years. If the teacher is included and
one boy is excluded from the group, the
average increases by one. The age of the
teacher is:
a) 41
b) 40
c) 42
d) Data Insufficient
22. The average temperature of a town in
the first four days of a month was 36o.
The average for the second, third, fourth
and fifth day was 38o.If the temperatures
of the first and fifth day were in the ratio
4:5. What is the temperature on the fifth
day?
a) 32 o
b) 35 o
c) 38 o
d) 40 o
23. The average weight of A,B and C is 84
kg.If D joins the group, the average
weight of the group becomes 80 kg.If
another man E who weighs 3 kg more
than D, replaces A, then the average of
B,C,D and E becomes 79 kg.What is the
weight of A?
a) 64 kg
b) 72 kg
c) 75 kg
d) 80 kg

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AVERAGES
24. The average marks of 14 students is
calculated as 71.But it was later found
that the marks of one student had been
wrongly entered as 42 instead of 56 and
another as 74 instead of 32.The correct
average is:
a) 67
b) 62
c) 69
d) 71
25. The average of 11 results is 50.If the
average of the first 6 results is 49 and
that of the last 6 is 52, find the sixth
result
a) 50
b) 52
c) 56
d) 60
26. The average age of a family of 7
members is 29 years, and the youngest
boy is 5 years old. What was the average
age of the family just before the birth of
this boy?
a) 34 yrs
b) 28 yrs
c) 24 yrs
d) 29 yrs
27. There are N boys in a group whose
average weight is 20 kg. If 5 boys, each
of them weighing 12 kg, join the group
or if 10 boys, each of them weighing 21
kg, leave the group, the average weight
of the resulting group would be the
same. Find N.
a) 10
b) 12
c) 15
d) 20
28. There were 45 students in a hostel. If the
number of students increases by 9, the

expenses of the mess increase by Rs.25


per day while the average expenditure
per head diminishes by Rs.1. Find the
original expenditure of the mess.
a) Rs.390
b) Rs.295
c) Rs.395
d) Rs.400
29. The table below has question-wise data
on the performance of students in an
examination.
The marks for each
question are also listed. There is no
negative or partial marking in the
examination.
Q.
No

Marks

Answered
Correctly

Answered
Wrongly

Not
Attempted

1
2
21
17
6
2
3
15
27
2
3
2
23
18
3
What is the average of the marks
obtained by the class in the examination?
(GATE 2014)

a) 1.34

c) 3.02

b) 1.74

d) 3.91

30. A foundry has a fixed daily cost of Rs.

50,000 whenever it operates and a


variable cost of Rs. 8000Q, where Q is
the daily production in tones. What is
the cost of production in Rupees per
tonne for a daily production of 10
tonnes? (GATE 2014)

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