Aptitude Advanced

Average &
Decimals
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Assignment 01
 Average & Decimals Practice Assignment 01

1. David obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of

100) in English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
and Biology. What are his average marks?

1. 65 2. 69
3. 72 4. None of these
2. In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg
but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree
with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is
greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His
mother's view is that his weight is definitely less
than 68 kg. If all of them are correct in their
estimation, what is the average of different
probable weights of Arun?

1. 67 kg 2. 68 kg
3. 69 kg 4. None of these

3. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the

most, how many may be greater than zero?
1. 0 2. 1
3. 10 4. 19

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4. Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and
34 which are divisible by 5.
1. 18 2. 20
3. 24 4. 30
5. The average of first five multiples of 3 is :

1. 3 2. 9
3. 12 4. 15

6. The average of the first nine prime numbers is :

1. 9 2. 11
1 2
3. 11 4. 11
9 9

7. The numerator of a fraction is 5 more than its

denominator. If 5 is added to its denominator. The
fraction is decreased by 5/4. Find the value of
fraction.

1. 1/5 2. 9/4
3. 8/5 4. 6/5

8. There are two kids, one grows at rate 3/5 of other,

In 4 years height of kid growing at faster rate is 5
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 ft. What is height of kid growing at slower rate after
2 years.

1. 3ft 2. 2.4 ft
3. 1.5 ft 4. 2 ft

9. Nine people decided to share cost of pizza equally,

but one of them withdrew at last moment. What is
the increase in each person’s share in term of
fractions.

1. 1/8 2. 3/8
3. 5/8 4. 7/8

10. In a pair of fractions, fraction A is thrice of other

one, if there product is 25/3. Find both the
fractions.

5 5 7
1. and 5 2. and
3 4 3
2 1
3. and 6 4. and 3
3 3

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Average & Decimals Practice Assignment 01-
Answer Key

Q. Key Explanations
No.
1. 4 Average =  76  65  82  67  85    375   75
 5   5 
2. 4 Let Arun’s weight by X kg. According to Arun,
65 < X < 72.
According to Arun’s brother, 60 < X < 70.
According to Arun’s mother, X < 68
The value satisfying all the above conditions
are 66 and 67.
66  67   133 
Required average =     66.5 kg
 2   2 
3. 4 Average of 20 numbers = 0. Sum of 20
numbers = (0  20) = 0
It is quite possible that 19 of these numbers
may be positive and if their sum is a, then
20th number is -a.
4. 2 Average = 
10  15  20  25  30  100
  20
 5  5
5. 2 Average = 3(1  2  3  4  5) 45
 9
5 5
6. 3 Average =
4
  2  3  5  7  11  13  17  19  23  100 1
   11
 9  9 9
7. 2 Let the denominator be x, then numerator = x
+ 5 now, according to question
x  5  x  5  5 or x5 5
 1
 x   x  5 4 x 4
or x = 4
9
Therefore fraction is
4
Hence option 2.
8. 3 Since height of kid is 5 ft in 4 years growth
rate is 5/4. Since the growth rate of other end
is 3/5.
3 5 3
 Growth rate is  
5 4 4
Now, in 2 years, the right will be
3 3
 2   1.5
4 2
9. 1 Let the cost of pizza be Rs. 9.
9
Initially everyone has to pay = Rs. 1
9
9
Now, since one member left  Cost =
8
9 1
Increase in share = 1 =
8 8
Now this 1/8 increase is in the initial 1 only.

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 Thus the fractional increase is also equal to
1/8 only.
10. 1 x x
Let one fraction be , other is 3 
y  y
 x   x  25
 3     
 y  y 3
2
x 25
  
 y 9
Therefore x/y is 5/3
5
 Other number =  3  5.
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