Averages

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 Question 1
You along with 5 of your friends go for an outing. You have Rs. 31,348, Rs. 26,348,
Rs.23,348, Rs. 27,348, Rs. 32,348 and Rs. 35,348 with you. You plan to divide that amount
equally among yourselves before starting for this trip. All six of you agree to donate the
unspent money to an orphanage. What is the amount with each person at the start of the
journey?
 Question 2
You along with 5 of your friends go for an outing. You have Rs. 31,348, Rs. 26,348,
Rs.23,348, Rs. 27,348, Rs. 32,348 and Rs. 35,348 with you. You plan to divide that amount
equally among yourselves before starting for this trip. All six of you agree to donate the
unspent money to an orphanage. If the last person lost his money when he was about to reach
the starting point and you still agree to share the money equally, what will be the amount with
each of you when you are starting?
 Question 3
A pupil's mark was wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that, the average mark of the
class increased by half a mark. The number of pupils in the class is:

A) 40
B) 20
C) 10
D) 73
 Question 4
In the first 5 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was 4.6. What should be the run rate in the
remaining 15 overs to reach the target of 183 run in 20 overs match?

A) 6.25
B) 10.5
C) 10.67
D) 10.75
 Question 5
When a student weighing 45 kgs left the class, the weight of the remaining 59 students
increased by 200g. What is the average weight of the remaining 59 students?

A) 57
B) 69
C) 54
D) None of these
 Question 6
The average score of 70 students is 35. The average score of first 28 students is 53. Find the
average of the remaining students.

A) 42
B) 23
C) 53
D) 67
 Question 7
The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years
older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one
year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?

A) 23

B) 22

C) 21
D) 20
 Question 8
A certain factory employed 600 men and 400 women and the average wage was Rs. 25.50 per
day, if a woman got Rs. 5 less than a man, then what are their daily wages?

A) 25
B) 22.5
C) 24
D) 21.5
 Question 9
The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife
and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is?

A) 40
B) 15
C) 20
D) 30
 Question 10
The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the average age of 5
students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years, The age of the 15th student is:

A) 13
B) 12
C) 3
D) 11
 Question 11
A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. What is the
average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday?

A) 290
B) 300
C) 285
D) 230
 Question 12
The average height of 30 boys out of a class of 50 boys is 160 cm. If the average height of the
remaining boys is 165 cm, the average height of the entire class (in cm) is:

A) 161
B) 162
C) 163
D) 164
 Question 13
9 men visited a hotel. 8 of them spent Rs.4 each for their meal and the 9th man spent Rs. 2
more than the average of all the nine. The total money spent by them for the meal is

A) 38.25
B) 40
C) 42.25
D) 50
 Question 14
5 Scores in a classroom are broken into 5 different ranges, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, 81-90 and 91-100.
The number of students who have scored in each range is given below.51 to 60 - 3 students, 61 to
70 - 8 students, 71 to 80 - 7 students, 81 to 90 - 4 students, 91 to 100 - 3 students. Furthermore,
we know that the number of students who scored 76 or more is at least one more than those who
scored below 75. What is the minimum possible average overall of this class?

A) 71.2

B) 70.6

C) 69.2

D) 72
 Question 15
In a sequence of 25 terms, can 20 terms be below the average? Can 20 terms be between median
and average?
 Question 16
Consider a class of 40 students whose average weight is 40 kgs. m new students join this class
whose average weight is n kgs. If it is known that m + n = 50, what is the maximum possible
average weight of the class now?

A) 40.18 kg

B) 40.56 kg

C) 40.67 kg

D) 40.49 kg
 Question 17
The average score in an examination of 10 students of a class is 60. If the scores of the top five
students are not considered, the average score of the remaining students falls by 5. The pass mark
was 40 and the maximum mark was 100. It is also known that none of the students failed. If each
of the top five scorers had distinct integral scores, the maximum possible score of the topper
is......

A) 100

B) 87

C) 95

D) 99
 Question 18
From 10 numbers, a, b, c,...j, all sets of 4 numbers are chosen and their averages computed. Will
the average of these averages be equal to the average of the 10 numbers?
 Question 19
Arun has 13 boxes of chocolates with him, with an average of 17 chocolates per box. If each box
has at least 11 chocolates and no two boxes have equal number of chocolates, then what can be
the maximum possible number of chocolates in any box?

A) 23

B) 25

C) 29

D) Cannot be determined
 Question 20
At a certain upscale restaurant, there just two kinds of food items: entrees and appetizers. Each
entrée item costs $30, and each appetizer item costs $12. Last year, it had a total of 15 food
items on the menu, and the average price of a food item on its menu was $18. This year, it added
more appetizer items, and the average price of a food item on its menu dropped to $15. How
many appetizer items did it add this year?

A) 3

B) 6

C) 9

D) 15
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