SSC/MATHS/201707/AVERAGE/E&H/15
LECTURE-15
AVERAGE ( )
Q.1. Find the average of the score made by a player of different matches.
120, 135, 92, 0, 67, 150
(A) 92 (B) 94 (C) 96 (D) 98
Q.2. The average weight of liquid in 100 bottles is 500gm. The total weight of all the bottles is 20 kg.
The average weight of a bottle with liquid is-
100 500 20
(A) 0.5 kg (B) 0.7 kg (C) 0.8 kg (D) 1.2 kg
Q.3. The average rainfall on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday was 35cm. The average for Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday was 40cm. If the rainfall on Thursday was 37cm, find the rainfall on
Monday?
35
40 37
(A) 22 cm (B) 83 cm (C) 24 cm (D) 25 cm
Q.4. 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?
m
n m + n = 50
(A) 40.18 kg (B) 40.56 kg (C) 40.67 kg (D) 40.49 kg
Q.5. The average age of all the 100 employees in an office is 29 years, where 2/5 employees are
ladies and the ratio of average of men to women 5 : 7. The average age of female employees is:
100 29 2/5
5:7
(A) 18 years (B) 35 years (C) 25 years (D) 30 years
Q.6. The average of 8 observations was 25.5. It was noticed later that two of those observations
were wrongly taken. One observation was 14 more than the original value and the other
observation was wrongly taken as 31 instead of 13. W hat will be the correct average of those 8
observations
25.5
14 13 31 8
(A) 21.5 (B) 22 (C) 32.5 (D) 25.5
Q.7. The average mark of a class in a science test is 75. Geetha was the topper with 96 marks. If her
mark was wrongly entered as 69, the average of the class decreases by 1. Find the number of
students in the class?
75 96
69
(A) 24 (B) 27 (C) 30 (D) 32
Q.8. There are 35 students in a class. Number of girls in the class is 5 more than the boys. The
average weight of girls is 2 kg more than the boys average. Total weight of girls is 190 kg more
than that of boys. Calculate the average weight of the class
35 5
190
(A) 217 / 8 (B) 218 / 7 (C) 1090 / 7 (D) 220 / 7
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Q.9. 10 girls have their average age 14 years and 12 boys have their average age as 16 years.
When 6 boys from these 12 join the 10 girls, they all together have average age as 14.5 years.
What is the average age of the remaining 6 boys?
10 14 12 16 12
6 10 14.5
6
2 2 1
(A) 16 years (B) 16.5 years (C) 15 years (D) 16 years
3 3 3
Q.10. The average weight of 21 boys is 68 kg.If teacher's weight is included the average weight is
increased by 1 kg. What is teacher's weight?
21 68
(A) 86 kg. (B) 64 kg. (C) 72 kg. (D) 90 kg.
Q.11. A batsman score 87 runs in his 17th. innings due to this his average incraeses by 3 runs. Find
his current average.
17 87 3
(A) 36 (B) 39 (C) 40 (D) 42
Q.12. If the average age of 20 students in a class is 18 years. If one student left the class then
average decreases by 1 year. Find the age of that students who left the class.
20 18
1
(A) 36 (B) 37 (C) 14 (D) 42
Q.13. The average weight of 8 persons is increased by 2.5 kg when one of them whose weight 56 kg.
is replaced by a new person. Find the weight of new person.
8 2.5 56
(A) 58.5 kg (B) 76 kg (C) 80 kg (D) 92 kg
Q.14. There are 50 fishes in an aquarium. Out of these fishes, 1 fish which weighs 250 kg is taken out
of the aquarium as it used to hurt other fishes in the aquarium. At the same time another fish is
let into the aquarium. Thus the average weight of the fishes decrease by 1/4 kg. Find the weight
of the new fish.
50 250
1/4
(A) 12.5 Kg. (B) 237.5 Kg. (C) 250 Kg. (D) 247.5 Kg.
Q.15. The average age of P ,Q and R is 26 years. If the average age of P and R is 30 years. What is
Q's age?
P, Q R 26 P R 30 Q
(A) 24 years (B) 48 years (C) 36 years (D) 18 years
Q.16. 19 person went to a hotel, 13 of them spent Rs.79 each on their dinner and rest spent Rs.4
more than the average expenditure of all 19. What was the total money spent by them?
19 13 79
19 4
(A) Rs. 1536.07 (B) Rs. 136.07 (C) Rs. 1136.07 (D) Rs. 1356.07
Q.17. In average weight of 3 men A,B and C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and now average
becomes 80 kg. If another man E whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D replaces A, the
average of B,C,D and E becomes 79 kg. Then, what is the weight of A?
A,B C 84 D
E A D 3
B, C, D 79 A
(A) 70 kg. (B) 75 kg. (C) 80 kg. (D) 65 kg.
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