Statistics

Mean

1. The table below provides revenues of a certain company in 2002 and 2003. By what percent did the
average quarterly revenue change from 2002 to 2003?

2. During 2005, a company produced an average of 2,000 products per month. How many products will the
company need to produce from 2006 through 2008 in order to increase its monthly average for the period
from 2005 through 2008 by 200% over its 2005 average?

(A) 148,000 (B) 172,000 (C) 200,000 (D) 264,000 (E) 288,000

3. After his first semester in college, Thomas is applying for a scholarship that has a minimum Grade Point
Average (GPA) requirement of 3.5. The point values of pertinent college grades are given in the table
below. If Thomas took 5 courses, each with an equal weight for GPA calculations, and received two grades
of A-, one grade of B+, and one grade of B, what is the lowest grade that Thomas could receive for his
fifth class to qualify for the scholarship?

4. A certain portfolio consisted of 5 stocks, priced at $20, $35, $40, $45, and $70, respectively. On a given
day, the price of one stock increased by 15%, while the price of another stock decreased by 35% and the
prices of the remaining three remained constant. If the average price of a stock in the portfolio rose by
approximately 2%, which of the following could be the prices of the shares that remained constant?

(A) $20, $35, and $70 (B) $20, $45, and $70 (C) $20, $35, and $40
(D) $35, $40, and $70 (E) $35, $40, and $45

5. If John makes a contribution to a charity fund at school, the average contribution size will increase by
50%, reaching $75 per person. If there were 5 other contributions made before John’s, what is the size of
his donation?

(A) $100 (B) $150 (C) $200 (D) $250 (E) $450

6. What is the minimum percentage increase in the mean of set X {-4, -1, 0, 6, 9} if its two smallest elements
are replaced with two different primes?

(A) 25% (B) 50% (C) 75% (D) 100% (E) 200%

7. If every member of set X {-14, -12, 17, 28, 41, Z} is multiplied by number N, by what percent will the
mean M of the set increase?

(1) Z = 60 (2) N = Z / M
8. Which of the following series of numbers, if added to the set {1, 6, 11, 16, 21}, will not change the set’s
mean?

I. 1.5, 7.11 and 16.89 II. 5.36, 10.7 and 13.24 III. -21.52, 23.3, 31.22

(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only (E) None

9. If numbers N and K are added to set X {2, 8, 10, 12}, its mean will increase by 25%. What is the value of
N2 + 2NK + K2 ?

(A) 28 (B) 32 (C) 64 (D) 784 (E) 3600

10. Set X consists of different positive numbers arranged in ascending order: K, L, M, 5, 7. If K, L and M are
consecutive integers, what is the arithmetic mean of set X?

(1) The product K × L × M is a multiple of 6

(2) There are at least 2 prime numbers among K, L and M

11. A group of men and women gathered to compete in a marathon. Before the competition, each competitor
was weighed and the average weight of the female competitors was found to be 120 lbs. What
percentage of the competitors were women?

(1) The average weight of the men was 150 lb.

(2) The average weight of the entire group was twice as close to the average weight of the men as it was
to the average weight of the women.

12. The mean of (54,820)2 and (54,822)2 =

(A) (54,821)2 (B) (54,821.5)2 (C) (54,820.5)2 (D) (54,821)2 +1 (E) (54,821)2 – 1

13. Set S consists of integers 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13. If integer n is included in the set, the average (arithmetic
mean) of set S will increase by 20%. What is the value of integer n?

10 12 16 22 24

14. A convenience store currently stocks 48 bottles of mineral water. The bottles have two sizes of either 20 or
40 ounces each. The average volume per bottle the store currently has in stock is 35 ounces. How many
40 ounce bottles must be sold for the average volume per bottle to be reduced to 25 ounces if no 20 ounce
bottles are sold?

10 20 30 32 34

15. Last year, the five employees of Company X took an average of 16 vacation days each. What was the
average number of vacation days taken by the same employees this year?

(1) Three employees had a 50% increase in their number of vacation days, and two employees had a 50%
decrease.
(2) Three employees had 10 more vacation days each, and two employees had 5 fewer vacation days
each.

16. In a room of men and women, the average weight of the women is 120 lbs, and the average weight of the
men is 150 lbs. What is the average weight of a person in the room?

(1) There are twice as many men as women.

(2) There are a total of 120 people in the room.
17. If set R contains the consecutive integers from -5 to -1, what is the mean of set R?
-5 -3 0 3 5

18. In Greenville last July, what was the average (arithmetic mean) home sale price?

(1) In Greenville last July, there were 100 homes sold for a total of $51 million.
(2) In Greenville last July, condominiums accounted for 60% of the home sales, and the average
condominium price was $450,000.

19. x, y, and z are positive integers. The average (arithmetic mean) of x, y, and z is 11. If z is two greater
than x, which of the following must be true?

I. x is even II. y is odd III. z is odd

I only II only III only I and II only I and III only

20. Set A contains the consecutive integers ranging from x to y, inclusive. If the number of integers in set A
that are less than 75 is equal to the number of integers that are greater than 75, what is the value of 3 x +
3y?

225 300 372 450 528

21. In a work force, the employees are either managers or directors. What is the percentage of directors?

(1) the average salary for manager is $5,000 less than the total average salary.
(2) the average salary for directors is $15,000 more than the total average salary.

22. In the first week of last month, Company X realized an average wholesale profit of $5304 per day from the
sale of q units of Product Y. Which of the following CANNOT be the difference between Product Y’s sale
price and cost per unit?

$3 $4 $7 $11 $51

23. A certain bank has ten branches. What is the total amount of assets under management at the bank?

(1) There is an average of 400 customers per branch. When each branch’s average assets under
management per customer is computed, these values are added together and this sum is divided by
10. The result is $400,000 per customer.
(2) The bank has a total of 4,000 customers. When the total assets per branch are added up, each
branch is found to manage, on average, 160 million dollars in assets.

24. Three baseball teams, A, B, and C, play in a seasonal league. The ratio of the number of players on the
three teams is 2:5:3, respectively. Is the average number of runs scored per player across all three teams
collectively greater than 22?

(1) The average number of runs scored per player for each of the three teams, A, B, and C, is 30, 17,
and 25, respectively.
(2) The total number of runs scored across all three teams collectively is at least 220.

25. The average score of x number of exams is y. When an additional exam of score z is added in, does the
average score of the exams increase by 50%?

(1) 3x = y (2) 2z - 3y = xy

26. A new cell phone plan is offering pricing based on average monthly use. Brandon and Jodie are comparing
their average use to determine the best plan for them. Brandon's average monthly usage in 2001 was q
minutes. Was this less than, greater than, or equal to Jodie's 2001 average monthly usage, in minutes?

(1) From January to August 2001, Jodie's average monthly usage was 1.5 q minutes.
(2) From April to December 2001, Jodie's average monthly usage was 1.5 q minutes.

27. On Jane's credit card account, the average daily balance for a 30-day billing cycle is average (arithmetic
mean) of the daily balances at the end of the 30 days. At the beginning of a certain 30-day billing cycle,
Jane's credit card account had a balance of $600. Jane made a payment of $300 on the account during the
billing cycle. If no other amounts were added to or subtracted from the account during the billing cycle, what
was average daily balance on Jane's account for the billing cycle?

(1) Jane's payment was credited on the 21st day of the billing cycle.
(2) The average daily balance through the 25th day of the billing cycle was $540.

28. L spends total $6.00 for one kind of D and one kind of C. How many D did he buy?

(1) the price of 2D was $0.10 less than the price of 3C

(2) the average price of 1 D and 1 C was $0.35

29. x, y, and z are consecutive integers, and x < y < z. What is the average of x, y, and z?

(1) x = 11 (2) The average of y and z is 12.5.