AVERAGE

Class Exercise

1. The mean weight of 120 students in the second year class of a college is 56 kg. If the mean weights of the
boys and that of the girls in the class are 60 kg and 50 kg respectively, then the number of boys and girls
separately in the class are
(1) 72, 48 (2) 38, 82 (3) 56, 64
(4) 40, 60 (5) None of these
2. In an examination of 7 subjects with maximum 100 marks in each, I scored 40% in all. Average marks in 3
subjects were 48 while the highest marks scored among these three subjects were 64. If passing marks in any
subject were 35, then what was the minimum number of subjects in which I failed?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0
(4) 4 (5) None of these
3. Average weight of a group changes by P if Ajay and Parul are excluded. But instead if we add two new
persons, Saurabh and Ankit having total weight equal to that of Ajay and Parul, the average weight changes
P
by . How many persons are there in the group initially?
3
(1) 6 (2) 9 (3) 4
(4) 13 (5) Cannot be determined
4. In a class of 15 students, the average marks in five subjects was 145, maximum marks in each subject being
50 (total marks of five subjects are considered while calculating the average). If the two lowest scores are
removed the average increases by 5. Also, the two lowest scores are consecutive multiples of 9. Find the
lowest score in the class.
(1) 117 (2) 126 (3) 108
(4) 120 (5) None of these
5. In a class of 125 students numbered from 1 to 125, the age of every fifth student is the average of the earlier
four students. This relation is also true for the students numbered 5, 10, 15, ... and 25, 50, 75, …. What is the
age of last student, if the sum of ages of all the 125 students is 1625?
(1) 17 years (2) 11 years (3) 25 years
(4) 13 years (5) 19
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6. The average of 3 prime numbers between 50 and 75 is . Find the difference between the largest and
3
smallest prime numbers.
(1) 18 (2) 12 (3) 15
(4) Both 1 and 2 (5) None of these
DIRECTIONS for questions 7 and 8: It is possible to arrange eight of the nine numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 in
the vacant squares of the 3 by 4 array shown below so that the arithmetic average of the numbers in each row and
column is the same integer.
1 15
9
14

7. Which one of the nine numbers must be left out when completing the array?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 7
(4) 10 (5) 11
8. The arithmetic average is
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8
(4) 9 (5) 12
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DIRECTIONS for questions 9 and 10: The training wing of Alchemist that prepares students for Management
Entrance Examination started its operation in 2004 with 3,4,5 and 6 faculty members in the Logical Reasoning (LR),
Data Interpretation (DI), English Language and Quantitative Analysis (QA) areas respectively to start with. No one
retired in the first 3 months of the year 2004. In the next 4 years, the institute recruited faculty members in each of
the four areas. All the new faculty members who joined the institute subsequently over the years were 25 years old
at the time of joining the institute. The joining date was always April Fool’s Day (1st April). During these four years,
one of the faculty members retired at the age of 60. The following table gives the area-wise average age (in terms of
completed years) of faculty members as on April 1 of 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Faculty 2004 2005 2006 2007

LR 49.33 44 45 46
DI 50.5 51.5 52.5 47.8
English 50.2 49 45 46
QA 45 43 44 45

9. In which year did the new faculty member join as the faculty of English?
(1) 2004 (2) 2005 (3) 2006
(4) 2007 (5) Can’t be determined
10. Vijay and Ajay, two members in the LR area, who have been with the institute since its inception, share
birthday (30th Nov). One was born in 1954 and the other one is elder by 3 years. On April 1 2009, what
would be the age of the 3rd faculty member who has been in the same area since inception?
(1) 47 (2) 49 (3) 50
(4) 51 (5) 52
DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 15: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The weights (in kg) of each of the five members of the ZPS school wrestling team - Ajay, Bijli, Charanya, Deeksha
and Farrukh - is a distinct integer. Before leaving for an inter-school competition, the coach decided to check the
weights of all the five members. But in the only available weighing machine in the school, the weights from 0 to 100
were not properly visible. But as checking of weights was necessary to register them, he decided to weigh the
students in groups of three making sure that no group of three students was repeated. The weights obtained while
weighing them were as follows - 106 kg, 116 kg, 122 kg, 126 kg, 132 kg, 146 kg, 120 kg, 126 kg, 136 kg and 142 kg.
It is also known that the weight of Ajay is the average of that of Bijli and Farrukh. Further, Farrukh is heavier than
Charanya but lighter than Deeksha.
11. What is the weight (in kg) of the heaviest person?
(1) 50 (2) 56 (3) 60
(4) 58 (5) None of these
12. What is the weight (in kg) of Bijli?
(1) 24 (2) 30 (3) 36
(4) 40 (5) None of these
13. What is the weight (in kg) of Farrukh?
(1) 50 (2) 56 (3) 60
(4) 58 (5) Can’t be determined
14. What is the weight (in kg) of Charanya?
(1) 24 (2) 30 (3) 34
(4) 28 (5) None of these
15. What is the average weight (in kg) of all the five people?
(1) 38.6 (2) 40.2 (3) 42.4
(4) 41 (5) None of these

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DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 18: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The following table gives the percentage of marks scored by three students - Utkarsh, Vinay and Tara, in five
subjects. The maximum mark in two of the five subjects is 150 and the maximum mark in the other subjects is 300.
Further, the marks scored by any person in any subject need not be ah integer.
Student
Subject
Utkarsh Vinay Tara
Micro 80% 84% 52%
Macro 68% 85% 88%
Ind Eco 56% 72% 76%
Eco History 92% 63% 60%
Forex 76% 66% 80%
16. If it is known that Tara had the highest total marks among the three, then how many marks did Utkarsh score
in total?
(1) 1116 (2) 858 (3) 852
(4) 936 (5) Can not be determined
17. If Utkarsh scored 72% marks in total, then for which two subjects was the maximum mark 150?
(1) Micro and Forex (2) Macro and Eco History (3) Micro and Macro
(4) Ind Eco and Forex (5) None of these
18. Which two subjects had the maximum mark as 150, if it is known that Vinay had the highest total marks
among the three?
(1) Micro and Forex (2) Macro and Eco History (3) Ind Eco and Eco History
(4) Ind Eco and Forex (5) Cannot be determined

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