Q.1
The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is-
Q.2
Out of 10 teachers of a school, on teacher retires and in place of him a new teacher 25 years old joins. As a result of it average age of the teachers reduces by 3 years. Age of the retired teacher ( in years) is :
Q.3
The mean monthly salary paid to graduating MBA class of a management institute is Rs. 16000. The mean monthly salary paid to students with work experience is Rs. 18000. The corresponding figure for the students without any work experience is Rs. 12000. Determine the percentage of students with work experience and those without any work experience in the class.
Q.4
Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second and the second is twice the third. The average of the reciprocal of the numbers is $$\frac{7}{72}$$ . The numbers are:
Q.5
There were 35 students in a hostel. If the number of the students is increased by 7, then the expenses of the mess increased by Rs. 42 per day, while the average expenditure per head diminishes by Rs. 1. The original expenditure of the mess per day was-
Q.6
The monthly incomes of five persons are Rs. 1132, Rs. 1140, Rs. 1144, Rs. 1136 and Rs. 1148 respectively. What is their arithmetic mean?
Q.7
Kunal bought 65 books for Rs. 1050 from one shop and 50 books for Rs. 1020 from another. What is the average price he paid per book?
Q.8
There are 4 consecutive odd numbers (x1, x2, x3 and x4) and three consecutive even numbers (y1, y2 and y3). The average of the odd numbers is 6 less than the average of the even numbers. If the sum of the three even numbers is 16 less than the sum of the four odd numbers, what is the average of x1, x2, x3 and x4?
Q.9
There are three positive numbers. One third of the average of all the three numbers is 8 less than the value of the highest number. The average of the lowest and the second lowest number is 8. What is the highest number?
Q.10
The mean of 5 numbers is 18. If one number is excluded, their mean is 16. Find the excluded number.
Q.11
The average of the reciprocals of x and y is-
Q.12
A student obtained the following marks in percentage in his semester examination English 50, Maths 65, Statistics 70, Economics 58 and Accountancy 63. The weights of these subjects are 2, 2, 1, 1 and 1 respectively. What is the weighted arithmetic mean?
Q.13
Visitor to a show were charged Rs. 15 each on the first day, Rs. 7.50 each on the second day and Rs. 2.50 each on the third day. The attendance on the three days was in the ratio 2 : 5 : 13. The average charge per person for the whole show was-
Q.14
The average height of 25 boys is 1.4 m. When 5 boys leave the group, then the average height increased by 0.15 m. What is the average height of the 5 boys who leave ?
Q.15
The average monthly income of a family of four earning members was Rs. 15130. One of the daughters in the family got married and left home, so the average monthly income of the family came down to Rs. 14660. What is the monthly income of the married daughter?
Q.16
Average age of ten persons learning yoga is 32 years. When the age of their instructor is added, the average age becomes 34 years. The age of their instructor is-
Q.17
There were 24 students in a class. One of them, who was 18 years old, left the class and his place was filled up by a newcomer. If the average of the class thereby, was lowered by one month, the age of the newcomer is-
Q.18
The average weight of boys in a class is 30 kg and the average weight of girls in the same class is 20 kg. If the average weight of the whole class is 23.25 kg, what could be the possible strength of boys and girls respectively in the same class?
Q.19
The arithmetic mean of 15 numbers is 41.4. Then the sum of these numbers is-
Q.20
If the average of m numbers is n2 and that of n numbers is m2 , then the average of (m + n) numbers is-
Q.21
A company produces on an average 4000 items per must for the first 3 months. How many items it must produce on an average per month over the next 9 months, to average 4375 items per month over the whole?
Q.22
In a cricket eleven, the average age of eleven players is 28 years. Out of these, the average age of three groups of three players each are 25 years, 28 years and 30 years respectively. If in these groups the captain and the youngest player are not included and the captain is eleven years older than the youngest player, what is the age of the captain?
Q.23
The average marks obtained by 22 candidates in an examination are 45. The average marks of the first ten are 55 and that of the last eleven are 40. The number of marks obtained by the 11th candidates is-
Q.24
The average of 10 numbers is 40.2. Later it is found that two numbers have been wrongly added. The first is 18 greater than the actual number and the second number added is 13 instead of 33. Find the correct average.
Q.25
The average height of 35 girls in a class was calculated as 160 cm. It was later found that the height of one of the girls in the class was wrongly written as 144 cm, whereas her actual height was 104 cm. What is the actual average height of the girls in the class? ( rounded off to 2 digits after decimal)-
Q.26
My Scooty gives an average of 40 kmpl of petrol. But after recent filling at the new petrol pump, its average dropped to 38 kmpl. I investigated and found out that it was due to adulterated petrol. Petrol pimps add kerosene, which is $$\frac{2}{3}$$  cheaper than petrol, to increase their profits. Kerosene generates excessive smoke and knocking and gives an average of 18 km per 900 ml. If I paid Rs. 30 for a litre of petrol, What was the additional amount the pump-owner was making?
Q.27
The body weight of seven students of a class is recorded as 54 kg, 78 kg, 43 kg, 82 kg, 67 kg, 42 kg and 75 kg. What is the average body weight of call the seven students?
Q.28
The mean monthly salary paid to 75 workers in a factory is Rs. 5680. The mean salary of 25 of them is Rs. 5400 and that of 30 others is Rs. 5700. The mean salary of the remaining workers is-
Q.29
There are five boxes in a cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the weight of the second box is 20% more than the weight of third box, whose weight is 25% more than the first box’s weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30% lighter than the fifth box. The difference in the average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest boxes is-
Q.30
The average of 4 positive integers is 59. The highest integer is 83 and the lowest integer is 29. The difference between the remaining two integers is 28. Which of the following integers is higher of the remaining two integers ?
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