AVERAGE

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• Average calculations
• Inclusion and Exclusion
• Weighted average
Some properties of Average:

If we have N number of observation as a1, a2, a3, a4 …………aN and their average
is A, then

1. If we add or subtract the same value (suppose x) from all the observations then
average will be directly added or subtracted by x.

2. If we multiply or divide each observation by a same value (Suppose x), then

average also multiplied or divided by the same value x.
If terms are in A.P or consecutives

1. If the terms are consecutives or are in A.P then average is always the
middle term of the sequence if the number of observations are odd.

2. If number of observations are even then average is the average of two

middle numbers.
Question : Find the average weight of 5 boys having weights 30kg, 40kg, 50kg, 60kg,
70kg?

(a) 50 kg

(b) 40 kg

(c) 45 kg

(d) 55 kg
Question : Find the average of 50, 52, 54, 56, …………150

(a) 80

(b) 90

(c) 100

(d) 110
Question : Find the average of all even numbers up to 100.

(a) 50

(b) 51

(c) 52

(d) 55
Question : Find the average of 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21

(a) 11

(b) 9

(c) 13

(d) 15
Question : Find the average of 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28

(a) 22

(b) 19

(c) 19.5

(d) 20.5
Question : If the average of 5 consecutive number is 21. Find the largest number.

(a) 22

(b) 23

(c) 24

(d) 25
Question : If the average of 5 consecutive odd number is 25, then find the smallest
number.

(a) 23
(b) 21
(c) 29
(d) 19
Question : Find the average of first 100 natural numbers.

(a) 50

(b) 50.5

(c) 51

(d) 49
Question : Find the average of first 100 whole numbers.

(a) 50

(b) 50.5

(c) 49.5

(d) 49
Question : The average of first 10 even numbers is?

(a) 18

(b) 22

(c) 9

(d) 11
Question : Find the average of first 17 multiples of 17?

(a) 150

(b) 183

(b) 153

(c) 163
Question: The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 28 more
than the average of these three numbers. Then the smallest of these
three numbers is?

(a) 6

(b)12

(c) 14

(d)16
 COMBINED AVERAGE

Class A Class B
0 100

What is the combined average?

50 marks??
NO

We cannot determine the average without knowing the number of students in each
class

The combined average depends on the number of students and the average in each
class
Question : There are 36 students in a class A whose average weight is 30kg and 24
students in class B whose average is 40kg. What will be the average if the classes
are combined?

(a) 35

(b) 34

(c) 36

(d) 32
Question : There are 63 students in a class A whose average weight is 32kg and 21
students in class B whose average is 44kg. What will be the average if the classes
are combined??

(a) 33

(b) 35

(c) 36

(d) 38
Question : In a class there are 20 boys and 40 girls. The average age of boys is 18
years and that of girls is 15 years. What will be the average age of the whole class?

(a) 16.5 Years

(b) 17 years

(c) 16 years

(d) 14.2 Years

Question : The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates was 35. If the average
of passed candidate was 39 and that of failed candidate was 15, the number of
candidates who passed the examination is?

(a) 100

(b) 110

(c) 120

(d) 150
Question : A man goes from home to his office at speed of 40km/h and return from
office to home at a speed of 60Km/h. Find the average speed during whole journey.

(a) 45 Km/h

(b) 48Km/h

(c) 50Km/h

(d) 55Km/h
Equal Distribution of Data
Example: Average of 5 students marks is 30. If one student having 90 mark
is added to the team, then what will be the new average ?
Question : If the average weight of 10 students in a class is 30Kg, when weight of
teacher is also included new average becomes 33. Find weight of teacher.

(a) 63Kg

(b) 54Kg

(c) 66Kg

(d) 70Kg
Question : The average weight of a class of 24 students is 30Kg when weight of the
teacher is also included the average weight is increases by 1Kg.What is the weight
of teacher in kg?

(a) 60Kg

(b) 61Kg

(c) 37Kg

(d) 55Kg
Question : The average weight of 8 person increases by 2.5 kg when a new person
comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new
person?

(a) 70Kg

(b) 80Kg

(c) 75Kg

(d) 85Kg
Question : A teacher while calculating the average marks of 30 students of an
examination, by mistake enter a student’s marks as 68, instead of 86 and obtained
the average as 58. Find the actual average.

(a) 59

(b) 60

(c) 58.6

(d) 60.5
Question : A Student’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that
the average marks of the class got increased by 2. The number of students in class
is?

(a) 10

(b) 12

(c) 15

(d) 18
Question : The average age of a committee of 12 members is 48 Years. A member of
age 62 retired and in place a new person aged 26 joined the committee. Find the
new average of the committee.

(a) 44

(b) 45

(c) 46

(d) 47
Question : Average of 5 numbers is 27, if one number is excluded the new average
becomes 25. Find the excluded number.

(a) 35

(b) 30

(c) 38

(d) 25
Question : The average of a family is 24 years which is consisting of 5 members, out
of which the youngest being 6 years old. What would be the average age of family
just before his birth?

(a) 20

(b) 22

(c) 22.5

(d) 23.5
Question : The average age of 10 members in a committee is increased by 3 years
when two men whose ages are 25 years and 35 years are replaced by two new men.
Find the average age of two new men.

(a) 40

(b) 45

(c) 48

(d) 52
Question : Average of 7 values is 20. If average of first 4 is 15 and that of last 4 is 25.
Find the 4th number.

(a) 20

(b) 25

(c) 30

(d) 40
Question : The average marks of some students is 40 and 10 of them get 60 marks
instead of 90 marks by mistake. After correction, the new average becomes 50. Find
the number of students.

(a) 20

(b) 30

(c) 25

(d) 35
Question : In a hostel there are 30 students and if the number of students increased
by 5 then the expense is increased by 40 per day. But the average expenditure
diminishes by 3. Find the original expenditure.

(a) 810

(b) 870

(c) 910

(d) 950
Question : A batsman has a certain average of runs for 16 innings, In the 17th inning,
he makes a score of 85 runs there by increasing the average by 3 What is the
average of 17 innings?

(a) 38

(b) 37

(c) 36

(d) 34
Question: A baller whose balling average is 12.4 runs/wicket. He played his next
match and takes 5 wickets for 26 runs; therefore, his average is reduced by 0.4. Find
the total number of wickets taken by the baller.
(a) 80
(b) 85
(c) 90
(d) 75
Question. A cricketer whose bowling
average is 24.85, runs per wicket, takes 5
wickets for 52 runs and thereby decreases
his average by 0.85. The number of wickets
taken by him till the last match was?
a) 64
b) 72
c) 80
d) 96
Question: The average temperature in Delhi for the first four days of the month was
reported as 58°C. It reported as 60°C for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th days. The ratio of the
temperatures of 1st and 5th day was 7 : 8. Find the temperature on the first day.

(a) 42
(b) 46
(c) 63
(d) 56
Question: The average temperature of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is 34°C.
The average temperature of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday is 32°C. If the
temperature of Thursday is 28°C, then find the temperature of Monday.
(a) 34
(b) 36
(c) 40
(d) 42
Question: 6 friends went to a hotel for taking their lunch. 5 of them spent Rs.32 each
while the 6th person spent 80 more than the average expenditure of all the 6 person.
Find the total money spend on lunch.
(a) 280
(b) 178
(c) 285
(d) 288
Question: 7 friends went to a hotel for taking their lunch. 6 of them spent Rs.60 each
while the 7th person spent 240 more than the average expenditure of all the 7 person.
Find the total money spend on lunch.
(a) 280
(b) 700
(c) 750
(d) 650