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AVERAGE
• Natural numbers : Natural num- 4. The average of any 70 consecutive natural no. is
ber are all positive integers from 1 to infinity. p. If next 70 no. are added in them then find the
new average ?
(1, 2,
70 p 70
3 .............  )
• Whole numbers The whole num-
(a) p + 34 (b) p – 34
bers are the numbers without fractions and it is (c) p + 35 (d) p – 35
a collection of positive integers and zero. 5. If m is a natural number, then the average of five
consecutive natural numbers, starting with m, is:
m m
(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.............)
• Prime numbers : A prime num- (a) 2m (b) m + 2
ber is a whole number greater than 1 whose only
(c)
4m  6 (d) 5m + 10
factors are 1 and itself. 5
[SSC CHSL 31/05/2022]
Next Type:
(2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17.............)
6. Find the average of first 50 even numbers?
• Composite Number : A number that 50
is a multiple of at least two number other than it (a) 50 (b) 53
self and one. (c) 52 (d) 51
7. Find the average of first 50 odd numbers?
50
(a) 51 (b) 52
• Even numbers : Any number that
(c) 50 (d) 53
can be exactly divided by 2.
8. Find the average of all odd numbers upto 100?
100
(2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ...............) (a) 50 (b) 40
 Odd numbers Odd numbers are (c) 30 (d) 20
the numbers that can not be divided by 2 evenly. 9. Find the average of all even numbers upto 100?
100
(a) 41 (b) 61
1. Find the average of the first 100 natural numbers? (c) 31 (d) 51
100 10. The average of the first 1234____ numbers is equal
(a) 50.5 (b) 51.5 to 1234.
(c) 52.5 (d) 54.5 ___
2. Find the average of the first 25 natural numbers?
25 (a) (Odd) (b) (Even)
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) (Prime) (d) (Natural)
(c) 11 (d) 14 [SSC CHSL 10/07/2019]
3. The average of any 5 consecutive natural number 11. The average of the first 101___ numbers is equal
is m. If next two no. are added in them then what to 102.
will be the new average ? ____
5 m 2
(a) (Natural) (b) (Odd)
(a) (m – 1) (b) (m + 2) (c) (Even) (d) (Perfect square)
(c) (m – 2) (d) (m +1) [SSC CHSL 10/07/2019]

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12. The average of certain first consecutive even 20. The average of all the prime and composite num-
number is 101. Find their sum. bers upto 100 is:
101
(a) 51 (b) 50
(a) 10100 (b) 12100 (c) 50.5 (d) 49.5
(c) 14100 (d) 13200 [SSC MTS 09/08/2019]
13. The average of five consecutive even numbers is Next Type
M. If the next five even numbers are also included,
the average of ten numbers will be: 21. What is the average of square of the natural
M numbers from 1 to 41.
1 41
(a) 581 (b) 481
(c) 381 (d) 681
(a) M + 10 (b) 11 22. What is the average of square of the natural
(c) M + 5 (d) 10 numbers from 1 to 50.
[SSC CGL 03/03/2020] 1 50
14. The average of any 70 consecutive odd no. is p. If (a) 860.6 (b) 680
next 70 no. are added in them then find the new (c) 858.5 (d) 860.5
average ?
70 p 70 Next Type
23. Find the average of cubes of natural numbers from
(a) p + 70 (b) p + 65 1 to 24.
(c) p + 35 (d) p + 55
1 24
Next Type (a) 3550 (b) 3750
(c) 3450 (d) 3230
15. What is the average of the first 8 multiples of 6 24. Find the average of cubes of natural numbers from
among the natural numbers?
1 to 20.
1 20
(a) 24 (b) 26
(a) 2205 (b) 2505
(c) 27 (d) 28 (c) 4505 (d) 2305
[SSC MTS 07/08/2019]
16. Find the average of first 20 multiples of 3? Next Type
3 20
25. If average of 5 consecutive natural no. is 25. Find
(a) 30.5 (b) 32.5
smallest and biggest no. ?
(c) 31.5 (d) 33.5
5 25
17. What is the average of the first six (positive) odd
number each of which is divisible by 7?
6 7 (a) 22, 26 (b) 20, 21
(c) 23, 27 (d) 20, 25
26. If average of 7 consecutive natural no. is 21. Find
(a) 43 (b) 42 smallest and biggest no. ?
(c) 44 (d) 45
7 21
18. The average of the natural numbers divisible by
5 between the integers 10 to 35 :
(a) 25, 22 (b) 24, 18
(c) 23, 17 (d) 20, 15
27. The average of any 31 consecutive natural no. is
(a) 22.50 (b) 17.5 61. Find the smallest and biggest no. ?
(c) 15 (d) 20 31 61
[SSC CHSL 30/05/2022]
19. What is the ratio of the average of first eight prime
numbers to the average of first ten even natural (a) 45, 70 (b) 46, 76
numbers? (c) 44, 77 (d) 36, 76
28. The average of any 30 consecutive natural no. is
61.5. Find the smallest and biggest no.?
30 61.5
(a) 1 : 7 (b) 7 : 80
(c) 8 : 70 (d) 7 : 8 (a) 37, 75 (b) 40, 66
[SSC CGL 16/08/2021] (c) 37, 70 (d) 47, 76

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29. A, B, C, D & E are five consecutive even numbers. 37. The average of 10 numbers is 7. If each number
Average of A and E is 46. What is the largest is multiplied by 12, then the average of the new
number? set of numbers will be?
A, B, C, D E A E 7 12
46
(a) 55 (b) 40 (a) 84 (b) 54
(c) 44 (d) 50 (c) 74 (d) 64
30. The average of four consecutive even numbers is 38. Average of 37 number is 323. If each number
15. Find the second largest number.
Divide by 19 then find new average.
15
37 323 19

(a) 15 (b) 12
(a) 17 (b) 16
(c) 16 (d) 11
(c) 15 (d) 19
31. The average of five consecutive odd numbers is
15. Find the second largest number and the Next Type
smallest number.
15 39. 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 and
(a) 17, 11 (b) 16, 13 7,7,7,7,7,7,7 is:
(c) 15, 10 (d) 20, 15 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6
32. The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 7,7,7,7,7,7,7
19. Find the second largest number and the (a) 10 (b) 15
smallest number. (c) 5 (d) 8
19 40. 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........
(a) 20, 12 (b) 13, 12 10(10 times).
(c) 23, 15 (d) 22, 30 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6.........
33. If a, b, c, d, e, f, g are seven consecutive even 10 (10 )
integers, then what will be the average. 41. The arithmetic mean of the following numbers:
a, b, c, d, e, f, g 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6........
20(20 times).
(a) a – 6 (b) a + 7 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,6.........
(c) a – 7 (d) a + 6 20 (20 )
34. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers 42. If the average marks of three batches of 30, 50
and 70 students is 55, 70 and 70 respectively,
then what will be the average.
then the average marks of all the students is:
a, b, c, d, e

(a) a + 4 (b) a + 5
(c) a – 5 (d) a – 4 (a) 67 (b) 66.50
(c) 69 (d) 68.75
Next Type [SSC CHSL 26/05/2022]
43. If the average marks of three batches of 40, 50
35. The average of 20 numbers is 80. If each number and 60 students is 70, 55 and 80 respectively,
is added by 15, then the average of the new set of then the average marks of all the students is:
numbers will be?
80 15
(a) 70 (b) 71
(a) 90 (b) 95 (c) 69 (d) 68
(c) 85 (d) 75 [SSC CHSL 26/05/2022]
36. The average of 20 numbers is 80. If each number 44. The average income of 15 people is 3000 and
is subtracted by 15, then the average of the new the average income of another 10 people is
set of numbers will be? 2500. Find the average income of whole group.
80 15 15 3000 10
2500
(a) 55 (b) 35 (a) 2500 (b) 2100
(c) 45 (d) 65 (c) 2000 (d) 2800

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45. A worker's average income for a week is Rs.180. 50. The average temperature of monday, tuesday and
He earned Rs.115, Rs.212, Rs.170, Rs.165, Wednesday is 21º and the average temperature
Rs.185 and Rs.225 from Monday to saturday. Find of tuesday, wednesday & thursday is 18º. If the
his Sunday's income. temperature of thursday is 21º then find the
temperature of monday.
21º
18º
(a) Rs.191 (b) Rs.188 21º
(c) Rs.195 (d) Rs.178 (a) 30° (b) 50°
[SSC CHSL 25/05/2022] (c) 20° (d) 40°
46. The group leader of a group of 6 students reported 51. The average temperature of monday, tuesday and
that their average weight is 46 kg. When the mem- wednesday 32º and the average temperature of
bers of the group were asked about their indi- tuesday, Wednesday and thursday is 30º. If the
vidual weights, 5 of them answered: 50 kg, 52 kg, 3
40 kg, 44 kg, 48 kg. The 6th member said, "I can't temperature of thursday is of monday. Find
4
recall my weight". What is his weight? the temperature of Monday?
32º
30º
3
4

(a) 43 kg (b) 44 kg (a) 22° (b) 26°

(c) 19° (d) 24°
(c) 45 kg (d) 42 kg
[SSC CHSL 25/05/2022] Next Type
47. A grocer has a sale of Rs.8435, Rs.8927, Rs.8855,
Rs.9230 and Rs.8562 in 5 consecutive weeks. How 52. There are four different numbers. The average of
much sale must he have in the 6th week so that the first three numbers is three times the fourth
he gets an average sale of Rs.8500? number, and the average of all the four numbers
is 55. What is the sum of the first three num-
bers?

(a) Rs.7009 (b) Rs.6997

(c) Rs.6991 (d) Rs.7011 (a) 172 (b) 198
[SSC CHSL 26/05/2022] (c) 165 (d) 153
48. If the average of m number is n2 and that of n [SSC MTS 14/10/2021]
numbers is m2, then the averageof (m + n) numbers 53. The average of the first four numbers is three times
is – the fifth number. If the average of all the five num-
m n2 n m2 bers is 85.8, then the fifth number is:
(m + n)
(a) m + n (b) m – n
(c) mn (d) None of these (a) 33 (b) 34
(c) 39 (d) 29
Next Type
[SSC CGL 03/03/2020]
49. The average monthly income of A and B is
15,050, the average monthly income of B and C
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is 15,350 and the average income of A and C is 54. If the average of a, b, c is M and ab + bc + ca = 0.
15,200. The monthly income of A is. Find average of a2, b2, c2.
A B 15,050 B C a, b, c M ab + bc + ca = 0
15,350 A C a2, b2, c2
15,200 A (a) 2M3 (b) 2M2
(a) 12700 (b) 14900 (c) 3M2 (d) 3M3
(c) 13800 (d) 11600 [Haryana CET 05/11/2022]

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55. The average of 2 no. is xy. If one of the no. is x 8 20 15.5
then find another no. 1
xy x 21
3
4 7
(a) 2y–1 (b) x (2y+1) (a) 30 (b) 25
(c) x (2y–1) (d) 2y +1 (c) 20 (d) 22
1 62. The average of 7 numbers is 50. The average of
56. If average of x and  x  0 is M. Find the average first four number is 40. Fifth number is 15 less
x
than 6th number while 25 less than 7th number.
1 Find the fifth number?
of x2 and –
x2 7 50 40
1 1 15 25
x  x  0 M x2
x x2 ?
– (a) 30 (b) 40
(a) M2–1 (b) 2M2 –1 (c) 50 (d) 60
(c) 2M2 +1 (d) M2 +1 63. The average of 16 numbers is 48. The average of
57. If average of x1, x2, x3, ..........xn is x . then find the first 7 numbers is 45 and the average of the
next 6 numbers is 52. If the 14th number is 11
n
less the 16th number, then the average of the 15th
 x
i 1
i 
– x
and 16th number is:
n

x1, x2, x3, ..........xn x  x

i 1
i – x 
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3

Next Type (a) 47.5 (b) 48.5

(c) 49 (d) 48
58. If the average of 7 numbers is 30. The average of 64. The mean of 11 numbers is 35. If the mean of
first 3 numbers is 25 and the average of next 2 first 6 numbers is 32 and that of the last 6
numbers is 40. Find the average of last two numbers is 37. Find the sixth number.
numbers? 11 35 6
7 30 3 25 32 6 37
2 40
? (a) 29 (b) 26
(a) 35.5 (b) 27.5 (c) 25 (d) 21
(c) 47.5 (d) 37.5 65. In a certain year the average monthly income of a
59. If the average of 9 numbers is 80. The average of person was 3400. For the first eight months of
first 5 numbers is 75 and the average of next 3 the year, his average monthlyt income was 3160
numbers is 85. Find the 9th number. and for the last five months, it was 4120. His
9 80 5 income in the eighth month of the year was.
75 3 85 3400
8 3160
(a) 80 (b) 90 5 4120
(c) 70 (d) 60
60. The average of 3 numbers is 77. First number is (a) 4070 (b) 5080
two times of 2nd number and 2nd number is two (c) 3050 (d) 2060
times of 3rd number. Find the first number ?
66. Of the three numbers, the average of the first
3 77 number and the second number is 15 more than
the average of second number and third number.
(a) 22 (b) 132 What is the difference between the first and the
(c) 44 (d) 55 third number?
61. The average of 8 numbers is 20. The average of
first two numbers is 15.5 and the average of next
1
three number is 21 . If the 6th number is 4 and
3 (a) 20 (b) 40
7 less by the 7th and the 8th numbers respectively (c) 10 (d) 30
then what will be the 8th number? [SSC CHSL 26/03/2018]

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67. The average of the first, and the second of three 73. Average age of 10 persons is 25 years. One person
numbers is 12 more than average of the second joins the group, then average age decrease by 2
and the third of these numbers. What is the years. Find age of new person?
difference between the first and the third of these 10 25
three numbers? 2

12 (a) 2 year (b) 1 year

(c) 5 year (d) 3 year
(a) 22 (b) 24 74. Average age of 15 persons is 30 years One more
(c) 32 (d) 19 person joins the group, then average age decrease
Next Type by 1.5 years. Find age of new person?
15 30
68. Average age of 10 persons is 20 years. One more 1.5
person joins the group, then the average age
increases by 2 years. Find the age of person?
(a) 6 years (b) 7 years
10 20
(c) 5 years (d) 3 years
2 75. In a class, there are 39 students and their aver-
age weight is 51 kg. If we include the weight of
(a) 32 year (b) 22 year the teacher, then the average weight becomes 51.2
(c) 42 year (d) 23 year kg. What is the weight of the teacher?
69. The average age of four brothers is 15 years. If
their father is included, the average is increased
by 5 years. The age of the father (in years) is:
(a) 53 kg (b) 59 kg
(c) 57 kg (d) 51 kg
[SSC CHSL 24/05/2022]
(a) 35 (b) 40 76. The average marks scored by a student in 4 sub-
(c) 38 (d) 36 jects is 75. But when the marks of English are
[SSC CHSL 05/07/2019] added to it, the overall average becomes 70. How
70. The average present age of four members of a fam- much did he score in English?
ily is 27 years and average increases by 3 years
when one of their relatives joins them. The age of
the relative is:
(a) 50 (b) 60
(c) 55 (d) 65
[SSC CHSL 26/05/2022]
(a) 40 years (b) 42 years 77. Average age of 15 persons is 35 years. 5 more
(c) 46 years (d) 44 years person joins the group, then average age decrease
[SSC CHSL 27/05/2022] by 0.5 years. Find average age of 5 person?
71. Average of 20 persons is 25 yrs. One more person 15 35 5
joins the group then average age increase by 1 0.5 5
year 6 months Find age of new person?
20 25 (a) 33 years (b) 44 years
1 6 (c) 22 years (d) 55 years
78. Average age of 11 persons is 25 years One person
(a) 55.5 (b) 56.5 left the group then average age decreases by 1.2
(c) 50.5 (d) 51.5 years. Find average age of persons.
72. Average of 10 persons is 20 years. Two more 11 25
persons joins the group, then average increasely 1.2
2 years. Find the average age of both persons?
10 20 (a) 33 years (b) 37 years
2 (c) 47 years (d) 27 years
79. Average age of 22 persons is 28 years. 2 person
(a) 35 (b) 40 left the group then average age decreases by 1.5
(c) 32 (d) 45 years. Find the average age of two persons.

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 22 28 85. The average age of Eleven members of a Cricket
1.5 Team is 24 years. This team is divided into three
groups and each group contains three member.
The average age of all three groups are 20 years,
(a) 33 years (b) 23 years 24 years and 26 years respectively. Captain and
(c) 28 years (d) 43 years youngest player is not present in any group. If
80. Average age of 10 persons is 25 years. One person the difference between their ages is of 8 years,
left the group then average age increase by 2 years. Find the age of the Captain ?
Find age of person. 11 24
10 25 3 3
2 20 24 26

(a) 5 years (b) 7 years 8

(c) 4 years (d) 3 years (a) 30 years (b) 31 years
81. The average of 18 numbers is 37.5. If six num- (c) 33 years (d) 34 years
bers of average x are added to them, then aver- 86. Average age of 10 persons increases by 2 years
age of all the numbers increase by one. The value when one person of age 40 year replaces by new
of x is? person. Find age of new person?
x 10 2 40

x
(a) 70 years (b) 50 years
(a) 40 (b) 41.5
(c) 60 years (d) 30 years
(c) 42 (d) 38.5 87. Average age of 8 men is increased by 3 years when
[SSC CGL Mains 2018, 13/09/2019] two of them whose age are 30 and 34 years are
82. The average age of husband, wife and their child replaced by 2 persons. What is the average age of
3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the the 2 persons?
child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age 8 3 2
of the husband is:
30 34 2
3 27
2
5 20 (a) 43 years (b) 42 years
(c) 44 years (d) 41 years
(a) 30 years (b) 50 years [GMAT 2019]
(c) 20 years (d) 40 years 88. A family consists of two grandparents, two par-
83. 12 years ago, the average age of a husband and a ents and four grandchildren. The average age of
wife was 20 years. The average remains the same the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents
today, when they have two children. What is the is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 9
years. What is the average age of the family?
present age of the youngest child, if they differ in
age by 2 years?
12 20

2
(a) 40 years (b) 30 years
(c) 36 years (d) 45 years
(a) 5 years (b) 3 years
[SSC CHSL 30/05/2022]
(c) 2 years (d) 7 years 89. A family consists of two grandparents, two par-
84. Ten years ago, the average age of 4 member family ents and six grandchildren. The average age of
was 24 years. 2 child born in the family and the grandparents is 63 years, that of the parents
difference between their age is 2 years and the is 34 years and that of the grandchildren is 6
present average age of the family is same. Find years. What is the average age of the family?
the age of both children.
10 24

(a) 27 years (b) 33 years

(a) 5 yr., 3 yr. (b) 3 yr., 4 yr. (c) 23 years (d) 26 years
(c) 2 yr., 4 yr. (d) 6 yr., 9 yr. [SSC CHSL 30/05/2022]

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90. A cricket player scores 40, 42, 46 and 48 runs in 97. Average of a Cricket player was 50. He scored 200
his consecutive 4 innings. How much runs does in his next innings and average becomes 60. Find
he score so that his average becomes 50. the total number of innings.
4 40,
50 200
42, 46 48
60
50
(a) 70 (b) 74 (a) 11 innings (b) 15 innings
(c) 72 (d) 71 (c) 14 innings (d) 10 innings
91. Rahul's score in 5 innings is 72, 36, 46*, 0, 36 98. The batting average of batsman of 40 innings is
runs Find the average in per innings. (* = not out) 50 runs. The difference between the highest and
5 72, 36, 46*, 0, 36 the lowest score is 172 runs. If we removes both
two innings, the average of remaining 38 innings
(a) 40.5 (b) 49.5 becomes 48 runs. Find the highest and the lowest
(c) 47.5 (d) 50.5 score of the cricketer.
92. A batsman has a certain average in 17 innings. 40 50
In the 18th innings, he scores 92 runs and his
172
average increases by 2. After the 18 th innings
what is his average? 38 48
17 18
92 2 18 (a) H = 103, L = 3 (b) H = 163, L = 1
(c) H = 137, L = 4 (d) H = 174, L = 2
(a) 58 (b) 50 99. A batsman has an average of 40 runs in his 10
(c) 59 (d) 48 innings. The difference between his maximum and
93. A batsma n has a certain average in 21 minimum score is 140. If these two innings are
innings. In the 22th innings, he scores 98 runs removed his average for 8 innings comes down to
and his average increases by 2. After the 22 th 30. What is his maximum score?
innings what is his average? 10 40
21 22 140
98 2 22 8
30
(a) 56 (b) 57
(a) 140 (b) 120
(c) 60 (d) 56
94. A batsman has a certain average in 16 innings. (c) 130 (d) 150
In the 17th innings, he scores 58 runs and his 100. In a 20 over match, the required run rate to
average decreases by 5. After the 17 th innings win 9.4 per over. If the run rate is 7 at the end
what is his average? of the 15th over. The required run rate to win
16 17 the match is
58 5 17 20 9.4
15 7
(a) 90 (b) 138
(c) 143 (d) 60 (a) 15.6 (b) 14.6
95. A batsman has a certain average in 11 innings.
(c) 16.6 (d) 13.6
In the 12th innings, he scores 90 runs and his
average decreases by 5. After the 12 th innings 101. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run
what is his average? rate was only 3.2 the runs rate in the remaining
11 12 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs is.
90 5 12 10 3.2
40 282
(a) 140 (b) 135
(c) 145 (d) 130 (a) 5.25 (b) 6.25
96. Average of a Cricket player was 55. He scored 97 (c) 4.23 (d) 3.21
in his next innings and average becomes 58. Find
the total number of innings. Next Type
55 97 102. 6 people went to hotel to take their meals. 5 of
58 them spent 32 each and the 6th person spent
(a) 11 innings (b) 15 innings 80 more than the average expenditure. Find the
(c) 14 innings (d) 10 innings average expenditure?

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 6 5 32 108. A librarian purchased 50 story books for his
library. But he find that he could get 14 books
80
more by spending 76 more but per book average
becomes 1 less. The average price (in ) of each
(a) 50 (b) 40 book he bought was:
(c) 48 (d) 38 50
103. Out of 10 persons, 9 persons spent 40 each for 76 14
their meals. The tenth one spent 18 more than 1
the average expenditure of all the ten. The total
money spent by all of them is:
10 9 40 (a) 11 (b) 10
18 (c) 12 (d) 15
109. A librarian purchased 60 story books for his
(a) 420 (b) 320 library. But he found that he could get 4 extra
(c) 220 (d) 520 books by spending 336 more and then the overall
104. 12 men went to a restaurant. 11 of them spent average price per book would be reduced by 1.
5 each and the 12 th person spent 11 more than The previous average price of each book was
the average expenditure of all. Find the total 60
money spent by them. 336.
12 11 5 4
12 11 1

(a) 62 (b) 72 (a) 200 (b) 300

(c) 52 (d) 82 (c) 100 (d) 400
105. The average weight of the first thirteen persons
among fourteen persons is 78 kg. The weight of
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the 14th person is 39 kg more than the average 110. The average of the marks obtained in mathematics
weight of all the fourteen persons. Find the weight by 5 students is 50. Later it was realized that the
of the 14th person. marks obtained by one students was read as 84
thought it was originally 48. Find the correct
average.
5 50
48
84
(a) 118 kg (b) 120 kg (a) 32.8 (b) 42.8
(c) 98 kg (d) 110 kg (c) 22.8 (d) 52.8
[SSC CGL - TIER - II, 26/10/2023] 111. It is given that the average of 19 numbers is 8.5.
106. There are 70 students in a hostel. When 14 new If one number with value 63 was entered incor-
students joins the hostel, total daily expenditure rectly as 25, then the corrected average is:
of hostel increases by 84 while average daily
expenditure decreases by 2. Find the new
average expenditure?
(a) 9.5 (b) 11.5
70 14 (c) 7.5 (d) 10.5
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112. The average of 18 observations is recorded as 124.
(a) 15 (b) 10 Later it was found that two observations with
(c) 12 (d) 16 values 64 and 28 were entered wrongly as 46 and
107. There were 35 persons in a camp. If the no. of 82, then the correct average is:
persons increases by 7 then the total daily 18 124
expenditure of camp increases by 42 per day. 64 28 46 82
While the average expenditure is decreased by
1. Find the average expenditure? (a) 122 (b) 125
35 7 (c) 120 (d) 115
42 1 113. The average marks of 40 students was found to
? be 68. If the marks of two students were incor-
(a) 11 (b) 12 rectly entered as 48 and 64 instead of 84 and 46
(c) 13 (d) 10 respectively, then what is the correct average?

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 119. 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 and B
(a) 68.25 (b) 68.15
is 79 and average score of class B and C is 81.
(c) 68.45 (d) 68.35
Then the average score of classes A, B and C is:
[SSC CGL 10/06/2019]
114. The average marks of a class of 35 children is 35. A, B C
the marks of one of the students, who got 35, A 83 B 76
was incorrectly enterd as 65. What is the correct C 85 A B
average of the class?
79 B C 81 A, B
35 35 35
C
65
(a) 81.5 (b) 71.5
(c) 61.5 (d) 51.5
(a) 33.15 (b) 32.15
120. In an examination average marks obtained by the
(c) 35.15 (d) 34.15
girls of a class is 85 and the average marks
115. Average marks of 20 students is 75. one student
obtained by the boys of the same class is 87. If
got 30 marks instead of 80. Other 70 instead of
50. Find true average. the girls and boys are in the ratio 4 : 5, average
marks of the whole class (approx) is closed to
20 75 80 30
50 70
(a) 70.5 (b) 76.5 85 87
(c) 66.5 (d) 55.5 4:5
116. A student's marks were incorrectly entered as 94
instead of 69. Due to this error, the average marks (a) 76.1 (b) 66.1
of the class got increased by 1.25. What is the (c) 86.1 (d) 55.1
number of students in the class? 121. Average age of Puneet and Ajay is 35 years. If
Ranjeet replaces Puneet then average age become
32 years. If Ranjeet replaces Ajay then average
age becomes 38 years. If the average age of
(a) 15 (b) 25 1
(c) 20 (d) 22 Sushant and Azadveer is of the average age of
2
[SSC CHSL 01/06/2022] Puneet, Ajay and Ranjeet. Find the average age of
117. In an exam, the average was found to be 50 marks. all five persons?
After deducting computational errors the marks
35
of the 100 candidates had to be changed from 90
to 60 each and the average came down to 45 32
marks. The total number of candidates who took 38
the exam, were:
50
1
100 90 60
2
45
?
(a) 28 Year (b) 25 Year
(a) 600 (b) 400
(c) 300 (d) 800 (c) 21 Year (d) 33 Year
118. Several students have taken an exam. There was 122. The average of the 2-digit numbers 37, 45, 6x
an error in the answer key which affected the and x6 is 48. What is the average of (4x + 3) and
marks of 48 students, and their average marks (x + 7)?
reduced from 78 to 66 The average of remaining 37, 45, 6x x6 (4x
students increased by 3.5 marks. This resulted + 3) (x + 7)
in the reduction of the average of all students by (a) 12.5 (b) 15
4.5 marks. The number of students that attended (c) 17.5 (d) 20
the exam is:
[SSC MTS 05/10/2021]
123. The average of the two-digit numbers 41, x5, 5x
and 44 is 57. What is the average of (x + 5) and
(2x – 9) ?
41, x5, 5x (x +
5) (2x – 9)
(a) 96 (b) 84 (a) 10 (b) 13
(c) 93 (d) 100 (c) 9 (d) 11
[SSC CHSL 18/03/2020] [SSC MTS 05/10/2021]

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124. The average of the 2-digit numbers 49, 6x, x4 and Next Type
70 is 65. What is the average of (x + 8) and (x +
12)? 126. The average of 1088 real numbers is zero. At most
49, 6x, x4 70 (x + how many of them can be negative?
8) (x + 12)
(a) 16 (b) 17
(c) 19 (d) 18 (a) 100 (b) 88
[SSC MTS 06/10/2021] (c) 544 (d) 1087
125. The average of the 3-digit numbers 372, 2x5 and [SSC CHSL 11/07/2019]
x37 is 498. What is the average of (2x + 7) and (5x 127. The average of 27 numbers is zero. Out of them,
– 2)? how many may be greater than zero, at the most?
372, 2x5 x37 (2x
+ 7) (5x – 2)
(a) 28 (b) 30.5 (a) 0 (b) 15
(c) 28.5 (d) 27 (c) 26 (d) 20
[SSC MTS 26/10/2021] [SSC CGL 13/06/2019]

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