Average

1. The arithmetic mean of 15 numbers is 41.4. Then the sum of these numbers is? Agg 5

2. The average sale of a car dealership was 15 cars per week. After a promotional scheme the average sale
increased to 21 cars per week. The percentage increase in the sale of cars was? Agg 32

3. 13 chairs and 5 tables were bought for tk 8280. If the average cost of a table be tk 1227, what is the
average cost of a chair? Ex 8

4. The average of 2, 7, 6 and x is 5 and the average of 18, 1, 6, x and y is 10. What is the value of y? Agg
21

5. The average of 50 numbers is 38. If the numbers 45 and 55 are discarded, then the average of remaining
numbers is? Agg 68

6. If the mean of 5 observations x, x+2, x+4, x+6 and x+8 is 11, then the mean of the last three
observations is? Agg 28 Pubali SO 2017

7. The average of the two-digit numbers, which remain the same when the digits inter-change their
positions, is? Agg 30 BB AD 2014

8. The average expenditure of a man for the first five months of a year is tk 5000 and for the next seven
months it is tk 5400. He saves 2300 tk during the year. His average monthly income is? Agg 53

9. If the average temperature of the first four days of the week was 39 degree Celsius and the average
temperature of the week was 40 degree Celsius then what was the average temperature of the last three
days of the week? Agg 72

10. The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of the first six numbers is 10.5 and that of the last six
numbers is 11.4 then the middle number is? Agg 106

11. The average monthly income of P and Q is tk 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is 6250 tk
and the average monthly income of P and R is 5200 tk. The monthly income of P is? Agg 113

12. The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the
class, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The original strength of the class was? Agg 123

13. After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a
club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the
new member? Agg 139

14. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he make in his next
innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4? Agg 81

15. The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After five years
they have a one - year old child. The average age of the family now is? Agg 132

16. A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/hr and returns at 30 km/hr. His
average speed for the whole journey in km/hr is? Agg 130
17. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the number of students is increased by 7, then the expenses of the
mess increase by tk` 42 per day, while the average expenditure per head diminishes by tk 1. The original
expenditure of the mess per day was? Agg 62

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? Agg 172

19. The average weight of 3 men A, B and C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the average now
becomes 80 kg. If another man E whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D replaces A then the average
weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. The weight of A is? Agg 131 Janata EO 2017

Practice

20. Total of Arun’s marks in Sanskrit and Mathematics together are 80 more than his marks in Science. His
average marks in the three subjects are 100. What are his marks in Science? Agg 36

21. In a class there are 32 boys and 28 girls. The average age of the boys in the class is 14 years and the
average age of the girls in the class 13 years. What is the average age of the whole class (rounded to two
digits after decimal)? Agg 50

22. Visitors to a show were charged Rs.15 each on the first day, Rs.7.50 on the second day, Rs.2.50 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? Agg 87

23. In an examination, a pupil's average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his
Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per paper would have been 65.
How many papers were there in the examination? Agg 88

24. 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? Agg 114

25. The average weight of a group of 75 girls was calculated as 47 kg. It was later discovered that the
weight of one of the girls was read as 45 kg whereas her actual weight was 25 kg. What is the actual
average weight of the group of 75 girls? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal)? Agg 177

26. The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 95. What is fourth number in the descending order? Agg
42

27. The batting average for 40 innings of a cricket player is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest
score by 172 runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 innings is 48 runs.
The highest score of the player is? Agg 77

28. Ten years ago, the age of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years. Three
years later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same year. After
another three years one more member died, again at 60 and a child was born during the same year. The
current average of this eight member joint family is nearest to? Agg 142

Answer: 20. 110 21.13.53 22.5 23.11 24.54 25.46.73 26.93 27.174 28.24