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whole number is.
number each of which is divisible by 7 ?
10
6
(a) 5 (b) 4
7
(c) 5.5 (d) 4.5
3. The average of odd numbers upto 100 is. (a) 42 (b) 43
100 (c) 47 (d) 49
11. The average of eight successive numbers is 6.5.
(a) 50.5 (b) 50
The average of the smallest and the greatest
(c) 49.5 (d) 49
numbers among them will be
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4. What is the arithmetic mean of first 20 odd natu-
6.5
ral numbers
20
(a) 4 (b) 6.5
(a) 19 (b) 22 (c) 7.5 (d) 9
12. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers,
(c) 20 (d) 17
their average is
5. The average of first 20 even natural numbers is.
20 a, b, c, d, e
(a)10 (b)10.5
(c) 20 (d) 21 abcde
(a) 5 (a + b) (b)
6. The average of all the odd integers between 2 5
an 22 is (c) 5 ( a + b + c + d+ e) (d) a + 4
2 22 13. a, b, c, d, e, f, g are consecutive even numbers.
(a) 13 (b) 12 j, k, l, m, n are consecutive odd numbers. The
(c) 11 (d) 14 average of all the nimbers is
7. The average of all the numbers between 6 and a, b, c, d, e, f, g j, k, l, m, n
50 which are divisible by 5 is.
6 50
5 an
3
ld
(a) 27.5 (b) 30 (a) (b) 2
2
(c) 28.5 (d) 22
8. The average of the first nine integral multiples abmn jcng
of 3 is. (c) (d)
4 4
3
ANSWERS
1.(c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11.(b) 12. (d) 13. (b)
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21. If the average of eight consecutive even num-
(a) increease by 1.5/1.5 bers be 93, then the greatest number among
(b) remains the same/ them is.
93
(c) increease by 1/ 1
(d) increease by 2/ 2
16. The average of 5 consective integers starting with (a) 100 (b) 102
m is n. What is the average of 6 consective inte- (c) 86 (d) 98
gers starting with (m + 2) ? 22. The average of four consective even numbers is
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7 20 25.
(c) 15 (d) None
The average of first ten prime numbers is
10
(a) 24 (b) 23
(a) 10.1 (b) 10
(c) 22 (d) 20
(c) 12.9 (d) 13
19. The sum of the ages of 5 children born at the
intervals of 3 years each is 50 years What is the 26. Average of first five prime numbers is
ANSWERS
14.(c) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (a)
24.(a) 25. (c)
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(a) 30625 (b) 1225 is the age of the son ?
(c) 30125 (d) 6235 35
27
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29. Find the average of 1.11, 0.01, 0.101,0.001, (a) 12 years (b) 11 years
0.11. (c) 10.5 years (d) 10 years
1.11, 0.01, 0.101,0.001, 0.11. 35. Average age of 6 sons of a family is 8 years.
(a) 0.2664 (b) 0.2554 Average age of sons together with their parents
(c) 0.1264 (d) 0.1164 is 22 years. If the father is older than the mother
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30. The average (arithmetic mean) of 330, 360,and by 8 years, the age of mother (in yer.) is :
390 is. 6 8
330, 360,and 390 22
(a) 327 + 357 + 387 (b) 329 +359 + 389 8
(c) 3 60
(d) 3177
31. The average of 7, 11, 15, x, 14, 21, 25 is 15, (a) 44 (b) 52
then the value of x is (c) 60 (d) 68
7, 11, 15, x, 14, 21, 25 15 x 36. The average age of P, Q and R is 5 years more
than R's age. If the total age of P and Q together
(a) 3 (b) 14.5 is 39 years, then R's age is.
(c) 12 (d) 13.3 P, Q R R 5
32. The average of x number is y and average of y P Q 39 R
number is x.Then the average of all the number
taken together is :
(a) 12 years (b) 24 years
x y y x
(c) 16 years (d) 14 years
37. The average age of A and B is 20 years . If A
2xy is to be replaced by C, the average would be
(a) xy (b)
19 years. The average age of C and A is 21
2xy xy
years. The ages of A, B and C in order (in
n years) are
(c) x 2 y2 (d) (X i X) A B 20 A C
i 1
xy
33. The average of x numbers is y2 and the average 19
of y numbers is x2 . So the average of all the C A 21 A, B
ANSWERS
26.(b) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (b) 31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (c)
36.(a) 37. (c)
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(c) 25 (d) 30
39. Out of four numbers the average of the first three 38 48
is 16 and that of the last three is 15. If the last
number is 20 then the first number is . (a) 165 runs (b) 170 runs
3 16 (c) 172 runs (d) 174 runs
15 44. The average of 8 numbers is 20. The average of
20 1
first two numbers is 15 and that of the next
(a) 25 (b) 21 2
1
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(c) 52 (d) 56 4 20 C
42. The average expenditure of a man for the first
five months is Rs. 1200 and for the next seven
22 C
ANSWERS
38.(b) 39. (c) 40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (d) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (c)
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48. The average of 10 numbers is 7. If each number
is multiplid by 12, then the averaage of the new 49 E
set of numbers will be (a) 25 years (b) 40 years
10 7 (c) 45 years (d) 64 years
54. The average age of husband, wife and their child
(a) 7 (b) 19 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and
the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present
(c) 82 (d) 84 ago of the husband is :
49. The average of 8 numbers is 27. If each of the
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numbers is multiplied by 8, find the average of
new set of numbers. 5
8 27 8 20
(a) 40 years (b) 35 years
(c) None of the optin (d) 50 years
(a) 1128 (b) 938
55. The average age of a husband and wife who
(c) 316 (d) 216 were married 4 years age, was 25 years at the
50. The average of 8 nubers is 21. If each of the time of their marriage. The average age of the
numbers is multiplied by 8, the average of the family consisting of hisband, wife and a child,
new set of numbers is born during the interval is 20 years today. The
8 21 8 age of the child is
4
(a) 8 (b) 21 25
(c) 168 (d) 29 20
51. The average of 40 numbers is 405. If each of (a) 1 years (b) 2 years
the number is divided by 15, then find the
(c) 2.5 years (d) 3 years
average of new set of numbers.
56. In a family of 5 members, the avarage age at
40 405 15 present is 33 years. The yoyngest member is 9
years old. the average age of the family just be-
(a) 28 (b) 27
fore the birth of the youngest member was
5 33
(c) 21 (d) 26
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(a) 30 years (b) 29 years
52. 5 years ago, the average age of P and Q was 15
ANSWERS
46.(d) 47. (a) 48. (d) 49. (d) 50. (c) 51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (b)
56.(a)
1 (c) 34 (d) 34.5
(a) 2 years (b) 1 years
2 62. In a pre school, the average weight of 30 girls in
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1 a class among 50 students is 16 kg and that of
(c) 1 years (d) 2 years the remaining students is 15.5 kg . What is the
2
58. The average age of a husband and a wife 27 average weight of all the students in the class ?
years when the child was born, the average age 50 30
of the husband, the wife and a new-born child 16 kg
is 21 years now. The present age of the child is 15.5 kg
27 (a) 15.2 kg (b) 15.8 kg
(c) 15.4 kg (d) 15.6 kg
21 63. The average of 32 boy of section A of class X is
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57.(a) 58. (b) 59. (c) 60. (d) 61. (a) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (c) 65. (d)
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(a) 5 (b) 35
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(c) 112 (d) 45
(a) 8.2 years (b) 9.5 years 72. The average of 12 numbers is 15 and the aver-
(c) 12.5 years (d) 11 years age of the first two is 14. What is the average of
67. The average age of 30 students is 9 years. If age the rest ?
of their teacher is included, the average age be- 12 15
comes 10 years. The age of the teachers (in
14
years) is 1
30 9 (a) 15 (b) 14
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10 1
(c) 11 (d) 15
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(c) 35 (d) 40
68. The average of five numbers is 7 When three 73. The average age of four brothers is 12 years. If
new numbers are included, the average of the the age of their mother is also included, the av-
eight numbers become 8.5 . The average of the erage is increased by 5 years. The age if the
three new numbers is : mother (in years) is :
7 4 12
8.5 5
69. The average of 20 numbers is 15 and the aver- 74. The average age of eleven cricket players is 20
age of first five is 12. The average of the rest is : years. If the age of the coach is also included,
the average age increased by 10%. The age of
20 15 5
the coach is :
12
11 20
(a) 16
(c) 14
(b) 15
(d) 13
10%
70. The average weight of five persons sitting in a
boat is 38 kg. The average weight of the boat (a) 48 years (b) 44 years
and the person sitting in the boat is 52 kg. What (c) 40 years (d) 36 years
is the weight of he boat ? 75. The average weight of 12 parcels is 1.8 kg Addition
ANSWERS
66.(d) 67. (d) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (b) 71. (d) 72. (a) 73. (a) 74. (b)
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(a) 22 years (b) 24 years
40 18 (c) 28 years (d) 30 years
20 81. The average age of 11 players of a cricket team
6 is increased by 2 months when two of them aged
18 years and 20 years are replaced by two new
(a) 19 years players. The average age of the new players is :
(b) 19 years 6 month 11 2
(c) 20 years
(d) 20 years 6 month 18 20
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(c) 93 (d) 69 (c) 58 years (d) 60 years
79. The average weight of 15 students in a class in-
creases by 1.5 kg when one of the students 83. After replacing an old member by a new mem-
ber, it was found that the average age of five
weighing 40 kg is replaced by a new student. members of a club is the same as it was 3 years
What is the weight (in kg) of the new student ? ago. The difference between the ages of the re-
15 1.5 40 placed between the ages of the replace and the
kg new members is
ANSWERS
75.(c) 76. (b) 77. (d) 78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (d) 81. (c) 82. (b) 83. (d)
5 3 (a) 68 (b) 71
(c) 67 (d) 69
88. A student finds the average of ten 2 digit num-
bers. While copying numbers, by mistake, he
(a) 2 years (b) 4 years
writes one number with its digits interchanged.
(c) 8 years (d) 15 years
As a result his answer is 1.8 less than the correct
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age corresponding to correct score.
100 1.8
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6
(a) 38.7 (b) 39
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85. While finding the average of 10 given numbers
a student, by mistake, wrote 64 in place of a 89. A cricketer has a certain average of runs for his
8 innings. In the ninth innngs, he scores 100 runs,
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number 46 and got his average 50. The correct
average of the given numbers is : thereby incrases his average by 9 runs. His new
average age of runs is .
10
8 9
46 64
100
50
9
(a) 48.2 (b) 48.3
(a) 20 (b) 24
(c) 49.1 (d) 49.3
(c) 28 (d) 32
86. Mean of 10 numbers is 30. Later on it was ob-
served that numbers 15, 23 are wrongly taken 90. Sachin Tendulkar has a certain average fof 11
as 51,32. The correct mean is : innings. In the 12th innings he scores 120 runs
and thereby increases his average by 5 runs. His
10 30
new average is :
15, 23 51, 32
11 12
120
(a) 25.5 (b) 32
5
(c) 30 (d) 34.5
(a) 60 (b) 62
87. The average marks of 14 students was 71. It
was later found that the marks of one of the stu-
(c) 65 (d) 66
dents has been wrongly entered as 42 instead
91. A cricket batsman had a certain average of runs
of 56 and another as 74 insteas of 32. What is for his 11 innings. In the 12th innings, he made
the correct average ? a score of 90 runs and thereby his average of
14 71 runs was decreased by 5. His average of runs
after 12th innigs.
56
11 12
42
90 5
32 74
ANSWERS
84.(c) 85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (d) 88. (a) 89. (c) 90. (c) 91. (c)
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(a) 130 (b) 128
97. The bowling average of cricketer was 12.4 . he
(c) 70 (d) 68 improves his bowling average by 0.2 points when
93. The average of rums of a cricket player of 10 be takes 5 wickets for 26 runs in his last match.
innings was 32. How many runs must he make The number of wickets taken by him before the
in his next inning so as to increase his average
last match was
of runs by 4 ?
12.4
10 32
0.2 26
5
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4
(a) 76 (b) 72
(a) 125 (b) 150
(c) 4 (d) 2
94. The average of runs scored by a player in 10 (c) 175 (d) 200
innings is 50. How many runs should be score 98. There are in all, 10 balls; some of them are red
in the 11th innings so that his average is in- and the other white. The average cost of all balls is
creased by 2 runs ? Rs. 28, average cost of red balls Rs. 25 and that of
10 50 11 white balls is Rs. 30, the number of white balls is :
10
28, 25
2
30
(a) 80 runs (b) 72 runs
(c) 60 runs (d) 54 runs
(a) 3 (b) 5
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95. A cricketer whose bowling average is 24.85 runs
99. The average of marks scored by the students of
per wicket, takes 5 wickets for 52 runs in next
a class is 68. The average of marks of the girls in
the class is 80 and that of boys is 60. What is the
inning and thereby decreases his average by
percentage of boys in the class ?
0.85. The nimber of wickets taken by him till
the last match was : 68
24.85 80 60
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0.85 (a) 40% (b) 60%
(c) 65% (d) 70%
: 100. The average salary of all staff of a school is Rs. 10,
ANSWERS
92.(b) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (b) 96. (c) 97. (c) 98. (c) 99. (b)
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shop is Rs. 8,000. The average salary of 7 is increased by 5 years, then the number of stu-
teachnicians is Rs. 12,000 and the salary of the
dents at first is
rest is Rs. 6,000. The total nimber of workers in
the workshop is 30 10
8000 40
7 12, 000 5
6,000
(a) 20 (b) 15
(c) 10 (d) None
(a) 20 (b) 21
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ers and students is 7 years, then the number of 107. Out of nine persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 each
students is for their meals. The ninth one spent Rs. 20 more
than the average expenditure of all the nine. The
6
total money spent by all of them was :
12 40
7 9
9
8
20
30