AVERAGE

Average of some numbers is given by the formula

𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 =
𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

Q1. The average first 9 prime numbers is :

a) 9
b) 11
𝟏
c) 𝟏𝟏
𝟗
𝟐
d) 𝟏𝟏
𝟗

Q2. The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the
difference between the highest and lowest numbers?
a) 2
b) 5
c) 8
d) Cannot be determined
SOME IMPORTANT FORMULAES
1. Average of consecutive numbers ( Numbers are in AP) =
𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 + 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
𝟐
𝐧+𝟏
2. Average of first n natural no. =
𝟐
(𝐧 + 𝟏)(𝟐𝐧 + 𝟏)
3. Average of Square of first n natural no. =
𝟔
𝐧(𝐧+𝟏)𝟐
4. Average of cube of first n natural no. =
𝟒
5. Average of first n even no. = (n + 1)
𝟐(𝒏+𝟏)(𝟐𝒏+𝟏)
6. Average of Square of first n even no. =
𝟑
7. Average of Cube of first n even no. = 𝟐𝒏(𝒏 + 𝟏)𝟐
8. Average of first n odd no. = n
(𝟐𝒏+𝟏)(𝟐𝒏–𝟏)
9. Average of Square of first n odd no. =
𝟑
10.Average of Cube of first n odd no. = n(2n²–1)
Q3. Find the average of first 15 odd numbers.
 a) 5
b) 7
c) 13
d) 15
Q4. Find the average of first 50 natural numbers.
a) 26
b) 25.5
c) 26.5
d) 25
Q5. Find the average of 5,10,15,20,25,30,…,105.
a) 45
b) 55
c) 65
d) 75
WEIGHTED AVERAGE/COMBINED MEAN
If the average of n1 observations is a1, the average of n2 observations is a2
and so on, then

𝐧𝟏 𝐚𝟏 + 𝐧𝟐 𝐚𝟐 + . . . .
𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 =
𝐧𝟏 + 𝐧𝟐 + . . . .

Q6. The average score of a cricketer in two matches is 27 and in three other
matches is 32. Then find the average score in all the five matches
a) 35
b) 40
c) 30
d) 37

Q7. The average marks of 32 boys of section A of class X is 60 where as the

average marks of 40 boys of section B of class X is 33. The average marks for
both the sections combined together is
a) 44
b) 45
𝟏
c) 𝟒𝟔 ( )
𝟐
 𝟏
d) 𝟒𝟓 ( )
𝟐

Q8. A man bought 13 articles at Rs. 70 each, 15 at Rs. 60 each and 12 at Rs. 65
each. The average price per article is
a) 60.25
b) 64.75
c) 65.75
d) 62.25

Q9. The average age of 30 boys of a class is equal to 14 yrs. When the age of
the class teacher is included the average becomes 15 yrs. Find the age of the
class teacher.
a) 35
b) 45
c) 55
d) 46

Q10. The average weight of 45 students in a class is 52 kg. 5 of them whose

average weight is 48kg leave the class and other 5 students whose average
weight is 54kg join the class. What is the new average weight of the class?
a) 52.6
𝟐
b) 𝟓𝟐 ( )
𝟑
𝟏
c) 𝟓𝟐 ( )
𝟑
d) None of these

Q11. A fruit seller sold big, medium and small sized apples for Rs. 15,10 & 5
respectively. The total number of apples sold were in the ratio 3:2:5. Find the
average cost of the apple
a) 8
b) 10
c) 9
d) 7

Q12. A man purchased 7 bags of rice at the rate of Rs. 800 each, 8 bags of rice
at Rs. 1000 each and 5 bags of rice at Rs. 1200 each. What is the average cost
of one bag of rice?
 a) 1000
b) 980
c) 1120
d) 1050

Q13. The average of marks secured by the students of a class is 68. The
average of marks of the girls in the class is 80 and that of boys is 60. What is
the percentage of boys in the class?
a) 40%
b) 60%
c) 65%
d) 70%

Q14. Three science classes A,B and C take a life science test. The average
score of class A is 83. The average score of class B is 76. The average score of
class C is 85. The average score of class A & B is 79 and average score of class
B & C is 81. Then the average score of classes A.B and C is
a) 80
b) 80.5
c) 81
d) 81.5

Q15. The average age of a family of 6 members is 22yrs. If the age of the
youngest member be 7 years, then what was the average age of the family at
the birth of the youngest member ?
a) 17
b) 18
c) 19
d) 21

Q16. There are 50 students in a class and their averages weight is 45kg. when
one student leaves the class the average weight reduces by 100kg. what is
the average weight of the student who left the class?
a) 45kg
b) 47.9kg
c) 49.9kg
d) 50.1kg
Q17. The average age of 45 persons is decreased by 1/9 year when one of
them of 60 years is replaced by a new comer. Then the age of the new comer
is:
a) 45
b) 55
c) 59
d) 49

Q18. Average age of 8 men is increased by 3 years when two of them whose
age are 30 & 34 years are replaced by 2 persons. What is the average age of
the two persons?
a) 24
b) 32
c) 44
d) 48

Q19. The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates in a certain

examination is 35. If the average marks of passed candidates is 39 and that of
the failed candidates is 15, what is the number of candidates who passed the
examination?
a) 100
b) 110
c) 120
d) 134

Q20. A cricketer has completed 10 innings and his average is 21.5 runs. How
many runs must he make in his next innings so as to raise his average to 24?
a) 39
b) 49
c) 45
d) 57

Q21. There are six baskets – Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Black and White. Each
basket has some rings in it. The average number of rings in all the six baskets
is 38. If the blue basket is removed, the average number of rings in the
remaining basket is 34. How many rings are there in the blue basket?
 a) 22
b) 45
c) 37
d) 58

Q22. Class 10, consisting of 40 students, took a science test. 30 students has
an average score of 95. The other students had an average score of 85. What
is the average score of the whole class?
a) 92.3
b) 92.5
c) 92.4
d) 92.2

Q23. The average salary of all the employees in a company is Rs.14,000. The
average salary of 5 technicians is Rs.18,000 and average salary of rest is
Rs.13,200. The total number of employees in the company is:
a) 28
b) 30
c) 29
d) 27

Q24. The average of batsman in 16 innings is 36. In the next innings, he

scores 70 runs. What will be his new average ?
a) 53
b) 35
c) 106
d) 38

Q25. The average of 15 results is 21. The average of the first 7 of those is 21
and average of the last 7 is 20. What is the 8th result?
a) 25
b) 31
c) 28
d) 22

Q26. In a coaching centre, the average marks in English test of a class of 45

students is 52. A group of 6 children with an average of 40 marks left the
group and a group of 8 boys with an average of 43 marks is included in a
group. what will be the new average of class’s marks?
a) 53
b) 48
c) 49.5
d) 52

Q27. The average age of 10 students and their class teacher is 17 years. If the
age of the class teacher is excluded, the average age of the 10 students is
reduced by 2 years. What is the age of the class teacher?
a) 38
b) 36
c) 37
d) 35

Q28. The weight of a person entered incorrectly as 83kg instead of 63kg. as a

result , the average weight of the group of people increased by 500gm. What
is the total number of people in the group?
a) 44
b) 48
c) 40
d) 50

Q29. The average height of 3 kids is 56cm and their heights are in the
proportion of 7:8:9. Find the heights of all the three.
a) 42,48,54
b) 56,64,72
c) 35,40,45
d) 49,56,63

Q30. The average marks of 100 students were found to be 40. Later on it was
discovered that a score of 53 was misread as 83. Find the correct average
corresponding to the correct score.
a) 38.7
b) 39
c) 39.7
d) 41
Q31. While finding the average of 10 given numbers a student, by mistake
wrote 64 in place of a number 46 and got his average 50. The correct average
of the given numbers is:
a) 48.2
b) 48.3
c) 49.1
d) 49.3

Q32. The average of 10 numbers is calculated as 15. It is discovered later on

that while calculating the average one number namely 36, was wrongly read
as 26. The correct average is:
a) 20
b) 18
c) 16
d) 14

Q33. The average age of eleven cricket players is 20 years. If the age of the
coach is also included, the average age is increased by 10%. The age of the
coach is :
a) 48
b) 44
c) 40
d) 36

Q34. The mean of 9 observations is 16. One more observation is included and
the new mean becomes 17. The 10th observation is:
a) 9
b) 16
c) 26
d) 30

Q35. In a class , the average score of girls in an examination is 73 and that of

boys is 71. The average for the whole class is 71.8. find the percentage of
girls.
a) 40%
b) 50%
 c) 55%
d) 60%

Q36. The average age of a husband and a wife wad 27 years when the child
was born, the average age of the husband, the wife and the new-born child is
21 years now. The present age of the child is:
a) 4
b) 3
c) 2
d) 1

Q37. In a family the average age of father and mother is 35 years . the
average age of the father, Mother and their only son is 27 years. What is the
age of the son ?
a) 12
b) 11
c) 10.5
d) 10

Q38. The average of husband and wife , who were married 4 years ago, was
25 years at the time of their marriage. The average age of the family
consisting of husband, wife and a child, born during the interval is 20 years
today. The age of the child is:
a) 1
b) 2
c) 2.5
d) 3

Q39. Five years ago the average age of P and Q was 25. The average age of
P,Q and R today is 25. Age of R after 5 years will be:
a) 15
b) 20
c) 40
d) 35

Q40. The average of all the odd numbers between 2 and 22 is

a) 13
 b) 12
c) 11
d) 14

Q41. The arithmetic mean of the following numbers :

1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6, & 7,7,7,7,7,7,7 is
a) 4
b) 5
c) 14
d) 20

Q42. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers , their average is:

a) 5(a+4)
b) abcde/5
c) 5(a+b+c+d+e)
d) a+4

Q43. What is the average of first 20 odd natural numbers

a) 19
b) 22
c) 20
d) 17

Q44. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs.5,050. The average

monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6,250 and the average monthly income of P
and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
a) 3500
b) 4000
c) 4050
d) 5000

Q45. The average of all the numbers between 6 and 50 which are divisible by
5 is:
a) 27.5
b) 30
c) 28.5
d) 22
Q46. The average of 8 numbers is 21. If each of the numbers is multiplied by
8, the average of the new set of numbers is:
a) 8
b) 21
c) 168
d) 29

Q47. A student was asked to find the value of x, and given the arithmetic
mean is 12 of the following 12 numbers : 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14
and x
a) 3
b) 7
c) 17
d) 31

Q48. Of the three numbers whose average is 60, the first is one fourth of the
sum of the whole number. The first number is:
a) 30
b) 36
c) 42
d) 45

Q49. The arithmetic mean of 330,360 and 390 is

a) 327+357+387
b) 329+359+389
c) 360
d) 3177

Q50. A man spends his three months income in four months time. If his
monthly income is Rs.1000 then his annual savings is
a) 3000
b) 9000
c) 4000
d) 6000
Q51. If the average marks of three classes of 60, 65 and 70 students are 60,
65, 70 respectively, find the average marks of all the students.
(Approximately)
a) 69.25
b) 67.25
c) 71.25
d) 65.25

Q52. Ramesh is on a 9 day trip with his college mates. He had decided to
keep his average expense for 9 days at Rs.215. However, at the end of eighth
day he realized that his expenses on first eight days were Rs.188, Rs.194,
Rs.218, Rs.220, Rs,180, Rs.204, Rs.208, and Rs.206 respectively. How much
should he spend on the 9th day to ensure that he meets his targeted average
expense?(in Rs.)
a) 327
b) 317
c) 337
d) 307

Q53. If the average of three consecutive even numbers is 258, find the largest
of these numbers.
a) 265
b) 275
c) 270
d) 260

Q54. The average of 11 numbers is 110.9. If the average of first six is 110.3
and that of the last six is 111.5, then the sixth number is:
a) 112.9
b) 114.9
c) 116.9
d) 110.9

Q55. If the arithmetic mean of 13 observations 385, 386, 388, 379, 387, 381,
383, 378, 386, 387, X, 381, 385 is 375. Find the value of "X" in the
observations.
a) 269
 b) 273
c) 275
d) 271

Q56. The average weight of 36 students in a class is 54.25 kg, and that of the
remaining 20 students is 51 kg. Find the average weight of all the students in
the class. (Approximately)
a) 49
b) 51
c) 53
d) 47

Q57. The average height of 31 telecom towers which are arranged in an

ascending order is 288 m. If the average height of first 15 telecom towers is
288 m and that of last 15 telecom towers is 288 m, then what is the height of
16th telecom tower? (In m)
a) 268
b) 298
c) 278
d) 288

Q58. The average of 11 numbers is 112.9. If the average of first six is 112.3
and that of the last six is 113.5, then the sixth number is.
a) 110.9
b) 114.9
c) 112.9
d) 116.9

Q59. If the average of three consecutive even numbers is 262, find the largest
of these numbers.
a) 262
b) 266
c) 268
d) 264
Q60. If the average marks of three classes of 65, 70 and 75 students are 65,
70, 75 respectively, find the average marks of all the students.
(Approximately)
a) 70.23
b) 74.23
c) 76.23
d) 72.23

Q61. Prathap is on a 9 day trip with his college mates. He had decided to
keep his average expense for 9 days at Rs.227. However, at the end of eighth
day he realized that his expenses on first eight days were Rs.191, Rs.197,
Rs.221, Rs.223, Rs,183, Rs.207, Rs.211, and Rs.209 respectively. How much
should he spend on the 9th day to ensure that he meets his targeted average
expense?(in Rs.)
a) 407
b) 403
c) 401
d) 405

Q62. If the arithmetic mean of 13 observations 399, 400, 402, 393, 401, 395,
397, 392, 400, 401, X, 395, 399 is 388. Find the value of "X" in the
observations.
a) 270
b) 276
c) 274
d) 272

Q63. Kishanth is on a 9 day trip with his college mates. He had decided to
keep his average Roll No: RegistrationNo: Name: expense for 9 days at
Rs.239. However, at the end of eighth day he realized that his expenses on
first eight days were Rs.194, Rs.200, Rs.224, Rs.226, Rs,186, Rs.210, Rs.214,
and Rs.212 respectively. How much should he spend on the 9th day to ensure
that he meets his targeted average expense? (in Rs.)
a) 465
b) 475
c) 495
d) 485
Q64. If the average marks of three classes of 70, 75 and 80 students are 70,
75, 80 respectively, find the average marks of all the students.
(Approximately)
a) 77.22
b) 75.22
c) 81.22
d) 79.22

Q65. The average of 11 numbers is 114.9. If the average of first six is 114.3
and that of the last six is 115.5, then the sixth number is:
a) 116.9
b) 110.9
c) 112.9
d) 114.9

Q66. If the arithmetic mean of 13 observations 413, 414, 416, 407, 415, 409,
411, 406, 414, 415, X, 409, 413 is 401. Find the value of "X" in the
observations.
a) 273
b) 277
c) 271
d) 275

Q67. If the average of three consecutive even numbers is 266, find the largest
of these numbers.
a) 264
b) 268
c) 262
d) 266

Q68. The average weight of P, Q and R is 84 kg. If the average weight of P and
Q be 86 kg and that of Q and R be 75 kg, then what is the weight (in kgs) of
Q?
a) 65
b) 75
c) 70
 d) 80

Q69. What is the sum of the first 13 terms of an arithmetic progression if the
5th term is -2 and the 8th term is 7?
a) -61
b) 52
c) -15
d) 72

Q70. The average weight of P and his three friends is 55kg. if P is 4 kg more
than the average weight of his three friends, what is the P’s weight(in kg)?
a) 54
b) 58
c) 62
d) 60