Average - 1
Practice problems on calculating arithmetic averages including age averages, weighted averages, and average changes when group composition changes
Questions
If 25 persons went to a Barbeque Nation for a combined dinner party and 10 of them spent Rs. 84 each on their dinner and the rest spent Rs. 4 more than the average expenditure of all the 25, then what was the approximate total money spent by them?
- Rs. 90
- Rs. 2250
- Rs. 2225
- Rs. 2100
- Rs. 1500
The average marks of 28 students in math were 50. When 8 students left the school, then the average increased by 5. What is the average of marks obtained by the students who left?
- 37.5
- 12.5
- 17.5
- 39.3
- 300
The average weight of 3 persons Kora, Tanzin and Zuko is 90 kg. Another man Bumi joins the group and the average now becomes 85 kg. If another man Marko, whose weight is 3 kg more than that of Bumi, replaces Kora then the average weight of Tanzin, Zuko, Bumi and Marko becomes 81 kg. The weight of Kora is
- 99 kg
- 85 kg
- 94 kg
- 82 kg
- 89 kg
Three years ago, the average age of Katara, Kaya and Dazna was 30 years and that of Kaya and Dazna, 7 years ago, was 20 years. What is Katara’s present age?
- 46 years
- 5 years
- 40 years
- Cannot be determined
- 45 years
The average age of a class of 61 students was 18 years 4 months on 1st August. If Sakura, whose age was 19 years 2 months on 1st December, left the school in December, what would be the average age of the class on the following 1st April?
- 18 years, 11 months and 27 days
- 19 years and 29 days
- 18 years, 11 months, 27 days and 21 hours
- 18 years, 10 months and 27 days
- 18 years, 11 months and 28 days
A stealth jet can fly at 240 kmph in the stratosphere and at 200 kmph in the troposphere. Find its average speed if it is in the troposphere for three quarters of the distance.
- 208.6 kmph
- 220 kmph
- 228.5 kmph
- 210 kmph
- Can’t be determined
Hinata and Saske were married 7 years ago. The average age of Hinata and Saske was 25 years when they were married. At present, the average age of Hinata, Saske and their child is 22 years. How many years after their marriage was the child born?
- 3 years
- 2 years
- 5 years
- 8 years
- 6 years
What is the average of first n whole numbers?
- (n - 1)/2
- (n + 1)/2
- n/2
- data inadequate
- n/3
Naruto buys rice worth Rs. 1,34,650. On the way, 60% of the rice gets damaged. He is forced to sell it at a loss of 20%. At what profit percentage should he sell the remaining rice to have an average overall profit of 20%?
- 95% profit
- 80% profit
- 330% profit
- 20% profit
- 170% profit
The average salary of 30 officers in a firm is Rs. 120 and the average salary of laborers is Rs. 40. Find the total number of employees, if the average salary of the firm is Rs. 50.
- 210
- 240
- 220
- 390
- 83
The average age of Daffny, Kirito and Kakashi is 55. Daffny’s age is as much more than the average as Kirito’s age is less than the average. Find the age of Kakashi.
- 45 years
- 110 years
- 65 years
- 55 years
- Cannot be determined
There are 137 consecutive odd integers. The average of the first 129 is n. What is the average of all 137?
- n + 4
- n + 8
- n + 6
- n + 10
- Cannot be determined
Eleven years ago, the ages of the members of a family of six people added up to 205 years. Three years later, one member died at the age of 55 years and a child was born during the same year. After another three years, one more member died, again at 55, and a child was born during the same year. The current average age of this six-member family is nearest to
- 23 years
- 45 years
- 24 years
- 27 years
- 26 years
The average marks of a class of 50 students were calculated to be 64.15. It was later discovered that the marks of a student were taken to be 39, instead of 75. Find the real average of the class.
- 64.87
- 65.07
- 64.89
- 64.99
- 64.97