AVERAGE

1) The average of first five multiples of 3 is:

a. 9 b. 27 c. 18 d. 81 e. None
2) Find the average of all prime numbers between 30 and 50:
a. 39 b. 39.8 c. 41 d. 41.9
3) Find the average of all numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5?
a. 30 b. 20 c. 40 d. 60
4) The average of 6 consecutive even numbers is 21. Find the largest number?
a. 26 b. 24 c. 28 d. 20
5) The average of 6 consecutive odd numbers is 22. Find the smallest number?
a. 19 b. 21 c. 17 d. 23
6) The average of 4 consecutive even numbers is 27. Find the largest of these numbers?
a. 28 b. 30 c. 32 d. 24
7) The average of first 40 natural numbers.
a. 20.5 b. 21.5 c. 22.5 d. 23.5
8) The average of first 30 natural numbers.
a. 15 b. 14 c. 15.5 d. 15.75
9) Find the average of first 20 multiples of 7?
a. 75 b. 74.9 c. 73.5 d. 71.324
10) If the average of X and Y is 30 and the average of Y and Z is 20, find X-Z
a. 10 b. 57 c. 35 d. 20

11) Average of ten positive numbers is X. If each number is increased by 10%. Then X.
a. Remain unchanged b. May Decrease c. May increase d.
Is increased by 10%
12) A set containing eight positive integers, if each of these numbers is increased by 5%.
The average of the set increases by
a. 10% b. 5% c. 20% d. 25%
13) S= {0, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9} which number can be removed from s without affecting the
average of S?
a. 0 b. 5 c. 9 d. 2
14) Find the average of
a. 9 consecutive odd numbers a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i
b. 6 consecutive odd numbers a, b, c, d, e, f
i. e, (c+d)/2 ii. D, (a+f)/2 iii. (d+e)/2, c iv. (e+f)/2, d
15) Dev obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out in 100) in English, Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry and Biology. What are his average marks?
a. 65 b. 70 c. 75 d. 80
16) The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater
than zero?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 19 d. 20
17) There are two sections A and B of a class, consisting of 36 and 44 students
respectively. If the average weight of section A is 40 Kg and that of section B is 35 Kg.
Find the average weight of the whole class
a. 35 b. 38 c. 37.25 d. 39
18) A student was asked to find the arithmetic mean of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13,
8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and x. He found the mean to be 12. What should be the number in
place of X?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
19) i. The average age of 36 students in a group is 14 years, when teacher’s age is
included to it, the average increases by one. What is the teacher’s age in years?
a. 50 Years b. 51 Years c. 52 Years d. 54 Years
ii. The average age of 36 students in a group is 15 years, when teacher’s age is
included to it, the average increases by one. What is the teacher’s age in years?
b. 50 Years b. 51 Years c. 52 Years d. 54 Years
iii. The average age of 30 students in a group is 9 years, when teacher’s age is
included to it, the average becomes 10. What is the teacher’s age in years?
a. 48 Years b. 40 Years c. 37 Years d. 56 Years
20) The average of 5 numbers is 27. If one number is excluded the average becomes 25.
The excluded number is.
a. 30 b. 34 c. 35 d. 40

21) The average of 50 numbers is 30. If two numbers are 35 and 40 then the average of
the remaining number is:
a. 28.32 b. 29.68 c. 28.78 d. 29.27 e. None

22) The average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers are 45 and 55 then the average of
the remaining number is:
a. 37.5 b. 23.22 c. 11.22 d. 44.32 e. None
23) A class has two sections, in one of which there are 40 students with an average age
of 14.5 years and the average of the class is 14.2 years. If there be 32 students in the
other section, its average age is:
a. 11.32yrsb. 13.285yrs c. 14.23yrs d. 9.21yrs
24) The average of 6 numbers is 30. If the average of first four is 25 and that of last three
is 35, the fourth number is:
a. 25 b. 33 c. 28 d. 44 e. None

25) The average of 25 numbers is 18. If the average of first 12 is 14 and that of last 12 is
17, the thirteenth number is:
a. 78 b. 48 c. 55 d. 75 e. None

26) The average marks obtained by 22 candidates in an examination are 45. The average
of the first ten is 55 while that of the last eleven is 40. The marks obtained by the
11th candidate is?
a. 0 b. 3 c. 4 d. 10 e. None
27) The average salary per month of 30 employees in a company is Rs. 4000. If the
manager’s salary is added, the average salary increases to Rs. 4300. What is the
salary of the manager?
a. 77700 b. 45000 c. 13300 d. 63000 e. None
28) The average of 5 consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the
highest and lowest numbers?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 9 d. 8 e. None