Arithmetic Mean and Averages
Comprehensive quiz covering arithmetic mean calculations, properties of averages, means of arithmetic progressions, and word problems involving averages
Questions
The $A.M.$ of the observations $1.3.5,3.5,7,9,.,(2n-1)(2n+1) (2n+3)$ is $(\forall\ n\ \in\ N)$
- $2n^{3}+6n^{2}+7n-2$
- $n^{3}+8n^{2}+7n-2$
- $2n^{3}+5n^{2}+6n-2$
- $2n^{3}+8n^{2}+7n-2$
The mean of ${1^{2,}}{2^2},{3^2},{4^2},{5^2},{6^2},{7^2}$ is:
- 10
- 20
- 30
- None of these
The A.M. of a + 2, a, 2-a is
- $a$
- $\cfrac { a+4 }{ 3 } $
- $\cfrac { a-4 }{ 3 } $
- $\cfrac { a }{ 2 } $
Find the mean of $ 43,54,64,53,36$
- $50$
- $ 40$
- $60$
- $ 30$
The arithmetic mean of $1 + \sqrt { 2 }$ and $7 + 5 \sqrt { 2 }$ is $\sqrt { a } + \sqrt { b }$ . Then $a - b =$
- -1
- 1
- 2
- -2
The airthmatic mean of $1 + \sqrt { 2 }$ and $7 + 5 \sqrt { 2 }$ is $\sqrt { a } + \sqrt { b }$ . Then a $- b =$
- -1
- 1
- 2
- -2
Mean of the first $n$ terms of the A.P. $a, (a + d), (a + 2d), ........$ is
- $\displaystyle a + \frac{nd}{2}$
- $\displaystyle a + \frac{(n - 1)d}{2}$
- $a + (n - 1) d$
- $a + nd$
If the arithmetic mean of $6, 8, 5, 7, x$ and $4$ is $7,$ then $x$ is
- $12$
- $6$
- $8$
- $4$
Find the Arithmetic mean between 24 and 36
- 26
- 28
- 30
- 32
The arithmetic mean of $12$ and $20$ is :
- $12$
- $14$
- $16$
- $18$
Find the AM between $20$ and $26$.
- $23$
- $22$
- $21$
- $24$
The arithmetic mean of 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17 is
- $20$
- $15$
- $10$
- $25$
If each observation is multiplied by $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ then the mean of the new data will de
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ times
- 3 times
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ times
- $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$ times
The mean of $x, y, z$ is $y$, then $x + z = .............$
- $y$
- $3y$
- $2y$
- $4y$
The arithmetic mean of first five natural number is
- $2$
- $3$
- $4$
- $8$
The arithmetic mean between $2+\sqrt {(2)}$ and $2-\sqrt {(2)}$ is
- $2$
- $\sqrt {(2)}$
- $0$
- $4$
Find the arithmetic mean of the progression $2, 4, 6, 8, 10.$
- $10$
- $20$
- $30$
- $6$
What is the arithmetic mean of the progression $11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77?$
- $44$
- $208$
- $308$
- $48$
Find the arithmetic mean of first $10$ natural numbers.
- $55$
- $550$
- $5.5$
- None of the above
Find AM of first $250$ natural numbers.
- $115$
- $225$
- $125$
- $125.5$
If $n^{th}$ term of AP is $4n+1$, then AM of $11^{th}$ to $ 20^{ th}$ terms is
- $61.5$
- $63$
- $63.5$
- $62$
If $n^{th}$ term of AP is $t _n=4n+1$. Find mean of first $10$ terms.
- $85$
- $95$
- $23$
- $7.5$
Find AM of multiple of $3$ from natural numbers $1$ to $100$.
- $48$
- $51$
- $36$
- $57$
The arithmatic mean of $4,6,8$ is
- $4$
- $6$
- $8$
- $4.5$
Find AM of $ 3$ digit even numbers between $1$ to $500$.
- $200$
- $400$
- $300$
- $150$
Find AM of divisors of $100$.
- $24$
- $25.5$
- $24.11$
- $21.9$
If the nth term of AP is $2n+5$. Then find the AM of first $38$ terms.
- $99$
- $98$
- $100$
- $44$
The AM of multiple of $5$ from numbers $1$ to $500$ is
- $250$
- $\dfrac{500}{2}$
- $\dfrac{505}{2}$
- $252.5$
The Sum of three numbers in AP is $75$, and product of extremities is $609$. The numbrs and AM of 1st two numbers is
- $\{21,25,29\}$, AM $= 23$
- $\{13,17,21\}$, AM $= 22$
- $\{21,25,29\}$, AM $= 25$
- $\{21,22,29\}$, AM $= 23$
If the Arithmetic mean of $8, 6, 4, x, 3, 6, 0$ is $4$; then the value of $x =$
- $7$
- $6$
- $1$
- $4$
Arithmetic mean of $2$ and $8$ is
- $5$
- $10$
- $16$
- $3.2$
- True
- False
The arithmetic mean of the squares of the first $n$ natural numbers is
- $\dfrac { n\left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 6 } $
- $\dfrac { n\left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 2 } $
- $\dfrac { \left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 6 } $
- $\dfrac { \left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 3 } $
The middle terms , if four different numbers are in proportion are called ______ .
- Antecedents
- Means
- Extremes
- Consequents
The arithmetic mean between $\cfrac { x+a }{ x } $ and $\cfrac { x-a }{ x } $ when $x\ne 0$, is (the symbol $\ne$ means "not equal to"):
- $2$, if $a\ne 0$
- $1$
- $1$, only if $a=0$
- $\dfrac {a}{x}$
- $x$
The arithmetic mean (average) of a set of $50$ numbers is $38$. If two numbers, namely, $45$ and $55$, are discarded, the mean of the remaining set of numbers is :
- $36.5$
- $37$
- $37.2$
- $37.5$
- $37.52$
If $A _1,A _2$ be two arithmetic means between $\dfrac{1}{3}$ and $\dfrac{1}{24}$, then their value are
- $\dfrac{7}{72},\dfrac{5}{36}$
- $\dfrac{17}{72},\dfrac{5}{36}$
- $\dfrac{7}{36},\dfrac{5}{72}$
- $\dfrac{5}{72},\dfrac{17}{72}$
Sum of $4$ numbers in GP is $60$. And the AM of first and last no. is $18$ find the first term and common difference of the GP
- $a=4, r=2$
- $a=32, r=\dfrac {1}{2}$
- $a=3, r=1$
- $a=6, r=3$
The A.M. of the observations $1.3.5, 3.5.7, 5.7.9,...,(2n-1)(2n+1)(2n+3)$ is $(\forall n\in N)$
- $2n^3+6n^2+7n-2$
- $n^3+8n^2+7n-2$
- $2n^3+5n^2+6n-1$
- $2n^3+8n^2+7n-2$
If $n\ AM's$ are inserted between $1$ and $31$ and ratio of ${7}^{th}$ and $(n-1)^{th}$ $A.M.$ is $5:9$ then $n$ equals ?
- $12$
- $13$
- $14$
- $None$
In a Maths test the average score of the $10$ girls in a class is $15$ and the average score of the $15$ boys is $10$. The average score of the class in the test is
- $12$
- $12.5$
- $13$
- $12.75$`
Mean deviation of first $7$ natural no. about their A.M. is?
- $2$
- $\sqrt{2}$
- $\dfrac{12}{7}$
- $0$
The ratio of sum of n arithmetic means between two given numbers to that of single arithmetic mean between them id
- n : 1
- n$^2$ : 1
- 1 : 1
- $\sqrt{n}$ : 1
If $\cfrac {a^n+b^n}{a^{n-1}+b^{n-1}}$ is the AM between a and b, then the value of n is
- 0
- 1
- -1
- none of these
Find the average of the following set of scores $253,124,255,534,836,375,101,443,760$
- $427$
- $413$
- $141$
- $409$
The average age of $30$ girls. is $13\ yr$. The average of first $18$ girls is $15\ yr$. Find out the average age of remaining $12$ girls?
- $12\ yr$
- $10\ yr$
- $16\ yr$
- $10.5\ yr$
A student bought $4$ books for $Rs.120$ from one book shop and $6$ books for $Rs.150$ from another. The average price (in rupees), he paid per book was:
- $27$
- $27.50$
- $135$
- $138$
Let $(1-2x+3x^{2})^{10}=a _{0}+a _{1}x+a _{2}x^{2}+....+a _{n}x^{n},a _{n}\neq 0$, then the arithmetic mean of $a _{0},a _{1},a _{2},....a _{n}$ is
- $\dfrac{1024}{11}$
- $\dfrac{512}{7}$
- $\dfrac{512}{11}$
- $\dfrac{1024}{21}$
If $a,b,c,d,e,f$ are $A.M.s$ between $2$ and $12$ then $a+b+c+d+e+f$ is equal to
- $14$
- $42$
- $84$
- $None\ of\ these$
The average height of 25 boys is 1.4 m. When 5 boys leave the group, then the average height increases by 0.15 m. What is the average height of the 5 boys who leave?
- 0.8 m
- 0.9 m
- 0.95 m
- 1.05 m
The average age of 36 student in a group is 14 years. When teacher's age is included to it, the average increases by one. What is the teacher's age in years?
- 31
- 36
- 51
- Cannot be determined
- None of these
The sum of first $n$ natural numbers is given by the expression $(2n^{2}+3n)$. The mean of the given numbers is
- $\left(\dfrac{2}{n}+3\right)$
- $\left(2+\dfrac{3}{n}\right)$
- $(2+3n)$
- $(2n+3)$
The average weight of 45 students in a class is 25 kg. Five of them whose average weight is 48 kg leave the class and other 5 students whose average weight is 54 kg join the class. What is the new average weight (in kg) of the class?
- $52\frac{1}{3}$
- $52\frac{1}{2}$
- $52\frac{2}{3}$
- None of these
If n A.M.'s are inserted between 3 and 17 such that the ratio of the last mean to the first mean is 3:1, then the value of n is
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 9
Four numbers are in proportion. The sum of the square of the four numbers is $50$ and the sum of the means is $5$. The ratio of first two terms is $1 : 3$. What is the average of the four numbers ?
- $2$
- $3$
- $5$
- $6$
Average of first ten prime numbers is :
- 12.6
- 12.9
- 13.9
- 14.9
A line is such that the algebraic sum of the perpendicular on it from a number of point is zero. The line always passes through a fixed point that is
- A. M of the given points
- GM of the given points
- HM of the given points
- None of these
Coefficient of variance of a distribution is 60% and the standard deviation is 25. The arithmetic mean of the distribution is
- $\cfrac {25}{3}$
- 35
- $\cfrac {125}{3}$
- $\cfrac {25}{6}$
If the arithmetic mean of the numbers $x _{1}, x _{2}, x _{3}.......,x _{3}$ is $\overline{X}$, then the arithmetic mean of numbers $ax _{1}+b, ax _{2}+b, ax _{3}+b,........, ax _{n}+b$, where $a, b$ are two constants would be
- $\overline{X}$
- $na\overline{X}+nb$
- $a\overline{X}$
- $a\overline{X}+b$
The average score of a cricketer for 10 matches is 42, find the average for last four matches :
- $34\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $
- 35
- $36\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $
- $35\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $
If the total incomes of $M,N,O,P$ are in the rate a $2:3:4:5$ and the total income of $M$ is $Rs\ 8000$ , then find approximate average salary of all four?
- $Rs\ 14000$
- $Rs\ 7000$
- $Rs\ 9950$
- $Rs\ 4875$
The artimetic mean of $2 sin 2^o, 4 sin 4^o, 6sin6^o,...,180sin 180^o$ is equal to
- $cosec1^o$
- $sec1^o$
- $cot1^o$
- None of these
Arithmetic Mean is ______ affected by extreme values.
- Not
- Highly
- Less
- None of these
Suppose a population $A$ has $100$ observations $101,102...200$ and other population $B$ has $100$ observations $151,152...250$.
- $49$
- $50$
- $51$
- $52$
The mean of 2, 7, 6 and x is 15 and the mean of 18, 1, 6, x and y is 10. What is the value of y ?
- $-5$
- $-10$
- $-20$
- $-30$
Sum of $50$ A.M. between $20$ and $30$ is :
- $1255$
- $1205$
- $1250$
- $1225$
$11,AM's$ are inserted between $28$ and $10$ then ${6}^{th},AM$ is
- $19$
- $\displaystyle 17\frac{1}{2}$
- $\displaystyle 20\frac{1}{2}$
- $22$
The mean of $3$ observations is $12$ and mean of $5$ observations is $4$ the combined mean is
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
The sum of $9$ numbers is $246$. If the average of three of them is $24$, what is the average of the remaining numbers?
- $30$
- $29$
- $31$
- $25$
A boy draws n squares with sides $1,2,3,4,5....$ in inches.The average area covered by these n squares will be:
- $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)$
- $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)\left(\dfrac{2n+1}{3}\right)$
- $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)\left(\dfrac{2n+1}{3}\right)^{-1}$
- $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)-1 \left(\dfrac{2n+1}{3}\right)$
The mean marks of $120$ students is $20$. It was later discovered that two marks were wrongly taken as $50$ and $80$ instead of $15$ and $18$. The correct mean of mark is
- $19.19$
- $19.17$
- $19.21$
- $19.14$
The Arithmetic mean of first $5$ whole numbers.
- $1$
- $2$
- $3$
- $5$
For a certain frequency table which has been partly reproduced here, the arithmetic mean was found to be Rs.28.07
| Income (in Rs.) | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of workers | 8 | 12 | ? | 16 | 3 | 10 |
If he total number of workers is 75, then the missing frequencies are?
- 14, 15
- 15, 14
- 13, 16
- 12, 17
The antithetic mean of the masks is _________.
- 50.25
- 50.75
- 51.25
- 53.75
let a and b be the two different natural numbers whose harmonic mean is 10 then their arithmatic mean is ______.
- 12
- 15
- 16
- 18
If 25 is the arithmetic mean between x and 46, then find x.
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
The arithmetic mean of first ten natural numbers is
- $5.5$
- $6$
- $7.5$
- $10$
If AM between $\displaystyle p^{th}$ and $\displaystyle q^{th}$ terms of an AP be equal to the AM between $\displaystyle r^{th}$ and $\displaystyle s^{th}$ term of the AP, then $p + q$ is equal to
- $r + s$
- $\displaystyle \frac{r-s}{r+s}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{r+s}{r-s}$
- $r + s + 1$
The arithmetic mean of 1, 2, 3, ..., n, is
- $\displaystyle \frac{n-1}{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{n+1}{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}+1$
Find the arithmetic mean of the series $1, 3, 5,...........
(2n - 1)$
- $n$
- $2n$
- $n/2$
- $n - 1$
Find the arithmetic mean of the series: $1,3,5 ........... (2n - 1)$
- $n$
- $2n$
- $\dfrac n2$
- $n - 1$
What is the average of the first $300$ terms of the given sequence?
$1, -2, 3, -4, 5, -6, ....., n.(-1)^{n + 1}$
- $-1$
- $0.5$
- $0$
- $-0.5$
The A.M. of 'n' observations is M. If the sum of $(n - 4)$ observation is 'a', what is the mean of remaining $4$ observations?
- $nM + a$
- $\dfrac {nM - a}{2}$
- $\dfrac {nM + a}{2}$
- $\dfrac {nM - a}{4}$
The mean of five numbers in AP is $89$. The product of first and last terms is $7885$. The AM of first, third and fifth term is
- $83$
- $86$
- $89$
- $90$
The sum of four numbers in AP is $176$. The product of 1st and last is $1855$. The mean of middle two is
- $42$
- $41$
- $44$
- $53$
The arithmetic mean of 1, 8, 27, 64, ....... up to n terms is given by
- $\dfrac{n(n+1)}{2}$
- $\dfrac{n(n+1)^2}{2}$
- $\dfrac{n(n+1)^2}{4}$
- $\dfrac{n^2(n+1)^2}{4}$
- True
- False
Say true or false.
- True
- False
If the arithmetic mean of n numbers of a series is $\overline{x}$ and the sum of the first (n-1) numbers is k, then the nth number is
- n+k
- $n\overline{x}+k$
- $n\overline{x}-k$
- n-k
The arithmetic mean (average) of the first $n$ positive integers is
- $\dfrac {n}{2}$
- $\dfrac {n^{2}}{2}$
- $n$
- $\dfrac {n - 1}{2}$
- $\dfrac {n + 1}{2}$
The mean of the cubes of the first $n$ natural numbers is :
- $\displaystyle \frac{n(n+1)^2}{4}$
- $n^2$
- $\displaystyle \frac{n(n+1)(n+2)}{8}$
- $(n^2+n+1)$
If the arithmetic mean of $n$ numbers of a series is $\bar{x}$ and sum of the first $(n - 1)$ numbers is $k$, then which one of the following is the nth number of the series ?
- $\bar{x} - nk$
- $n\bar{x} - k$
- $k\bar{x} - n$
- $nk\bar{x}$
The mean marks got by $300$ students in the subject of statistics was $45$. The mean of the top $100$ of them was found to be $70$ and the mean of the last $100$ was known to be $20$, then the mean of the remaining $100$ students is
- $45$
- $58$
- $68$
- $88$
If $a _{1}=0$ and $a _{1}, a _{2}, a _{3}, ...., a _{n}$ are real numbers such that $|a _{i}|=|a _{i-1}+1|$ for all $i$ then the Arithmetic mean of the numbers $a _{1}, a _{2}, ..., a _{n}$ has value $x$ where
- $x<-1$
- $x<-\dfrac{1}{2}$
- $x>-\dfrac{1}{2}$
- $x=-\dfrac{1}{2}$