—— vo ~ Si , 7 a ~ (1 Vives - ( =m Of observationg 1 T of observations | Y Suppose a man cove TS a coy * A certain distance at x kmph and n equal distance a ykmph. Then, the ay BN ee cand tsaoce erage speed during the whole journey is | 2%, kmph x+y SOLVED EXAMPLES Ex. 1. Find the average of ai) Prime numbers between 30 and 50. Sol. There are fiv © prime numbers between 30 and 30. They are 31, 37, 41, 43 and 47 Required average = {31+ 37+ 41+ 43447 \ 5 39.8. ‘Ex. 2. Fifid the average of first 40 natural numbers. (n+), Sol. Sum of first n natural numbers = 2+). = a 40x41 So, sum of first 40 natural numbers = aa = 820 820 Required average = 70 7 205 Ex,’8. Find the average of first 20 multiples of 7. : 7142484... +420) x 20x 21 Sol. Required average = ———~"5) “90x2 Ex, 4, Th ge of four consecutive even numbers is 27. Find the largest of these K. 4, le avera, .umbers, Sol. Let the numbers be x x + Ax Er r+ Deer M+x¥O 97 4 ~ 4 n. Largest number = G+ 6 Ex. 5, There are two sections igh! "spectively. Tf the average Weis! 7 4 2 find the fa weight of the whole © 36 x 40 + 44 x 36) kg = 2980 kg, . 4) studen' Sol. Total weight of (36 + 4 2280) kg = 37.25 ke. je class = | “go 2, x+4 and x +6. Then, ) = 4 + 6 = 30 sl Aand B of a t of section A is 8 sisting of 96 and 44 students ato kg and that of action B io $5 kg, Average weight of the whol 1397 > Quantitative Apia, 140 ; is Right of thom Ex. 6. Nine persons wont to a hotel for taking Cr ee expendi! As. 12 each on their meals and the niath spent Re, 8 more th ne oF all the nine. What was tho total money spent by them Sol. Let the ave * ane be Rs rage expenditure of all the nine be Then, 12s 8 + (x 48) = 9x or 8x = 104 or x = Rs, 117 Total money spent = 9x = Rs. (9 x Ex. 7. Of the three numbers, second is twice the first and beled thrice the thirg “If the average of the three numbers is 44, find the largest number. se - 3x, Firs! ber = 2% Sol. Let the third number be x ‘Then, second number = 3x. First num| a x tax + = (44 3) or EE 44x38 or x = 24. So, largest number = 2nd number = 3x = 72. Ex. 8. The average of 25 results is 18. The average of first twelve of them ia 14 ang that of last twelve is 17. Find the thirteenth result. Sol. Clearly, thirteenth result = (sum of 25 results) ~(sum of 24 results) = (18 x 25) ~ {14 x 12) + (17 x 12)] = 450 ~ (168 + 204) = 450 - 372 = 78, Ex.9. The average of 11 resulta is 60. If the that of the Inst six is 63, find the sixth result, Sol. Sixth result = (68 x 6 + 63 x 6 — 60 x 12) = 66. Ex. 10. The average weight of A, B, C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, find the weight of B. Sol. ‘et A, B and C represent their individual weights. Then, A+B+C = (45 x 3) kg = 135 kg. A+ B = (40 x 2) kg = 80 kg and B + C= 43 x 2) kg = 86 kg Es ore ag BO (8+ B+ 0) = 80+ 86 ~ 188) he o Ex. 11. The average age of a class of 39 students is 16 years, If bp included, then the average increases by 3 ths. Find the a Sol. Total age of 39 persons = (89 x 15) years = 585 years average of first six results is 58 and 1 kg. the age of the teacher ge of the teacher. Average age of 40 persons = 15 years 3 months 4 on 61 49) ‘Total age of 40 persons = 710] Years = 610 yoars Age of the teacher = (610 — 58! Ex. 12. The average weight of 1 of the crew, who weighs 53 kg is 5) years 0 oarsmen in replaced iby a 25 years 4 boat is in, new man. man. ‘creased by 1.8 kg when one Mind the (reight of the new Total weight increased = (1.8 x 19) kg = Weight of the new man = (53 + 18) k= Th kg . 18. There were 36 students in a hoster Das, aezen of the mess were increased by Ty, 4a',”? fh Admission of 7 new students er head diminished by Re 1. What S aan igure iH the original expen, die © average expendi Sol. Let the original average expendi wy 18 kp. ure be Rs, x. The, Te of the mess ? 42 (x— VD ~ 35x= 42 > Tyo gy Original expenditure = Rs, (3 n 5 x= 12, Bx 12).wv jx 14. A batsman makes Aa : e by 3. Find hig 2,8 80re ws a et is a ind bis averg 0 ane” TNs in th 171 sol. be e average after After 17¢, 4) 2 17th inning and thus ii Then, average * 17th inning — ine. us inerenter afte Bh: iB ‘. . / —— 16 (x — 3) + 87 wr lath inning — ¢,. , Wb 429 = lp) : . = 17x o x - x~a, Jo _ k 16. Distance bet; = (87 ~ 4g), a mah) — 33 on to B at 84 km pea two stations A an ¥ la 3th ee hour. Find the ave Bis 778 km. A train hour per nd ret T8BC speed of tn covers the journey urns b, ; : train ah to A with a uniform speed of 56 km uring the whole journey. xy yey] kosher | gol. Required average speed — ( km/hr = (> 84x56 Tan ) kav hr = 67.2 km/hr EXERCISE 6A Ol — (OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS) oe ene uA ) against the correct answer : a avid obtaines 5, 6: 67 a Teen CHeeins een 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, Mathematics, pice ry and Biology. What are his average marks ? (Bank P.O. 2003) (a) 65, (b) 69 (o 72 (d) 76 © None of these . In Arun’s opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arum’s weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother’s view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all of them are correct in their estimatian, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun ? (S.B.LPO. 2000) (a) 67 kg (b) 68 kg (0) 69 kg (d) Data inadequate -e) None of these ‘ ss zero, Of them, at the most, how many may be greater 3. The average of 20 numbers is zero 4 eae zero? r ne vere 1 (0) 10 (a) 19 : 34 whi divisible by 5 between 6 and 34 which are di y 4. Find the average of all the numbers oa tt (a) 18 ) 20 (CBI. 1997) eee (Assistant Grade, 1998) _ 5» The average of first five multiples of a roi (a) 3 6) 9 eas (C.B.1. 2003) st nine prime num . The average of the first nine P) “ aw wo u2 wos 11 9, 15, 13 9 bers 3, 11, 7, 9 15, 13, . find the arithme’ ibe i What, ‘should be the number ih ny ee aaa «He found the mean to (Section Officers’; 2003) 8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and * raat place of x? " (917 dy is 10, What is oye wT athe average of 18; 1. 6 20 y a) 5 an 2, 7, 6 and x8 (d) 30 8. The average of the value of y? (a) 5 46 20 (b) 10gis 11. then the mean " 6 and X* (C.D.S. 2003) xt 2xre (a) 17 £5 sbservations % > - JAAR a wie cael Sarason enema 2 ° wb 13 sea Ot a 3) tthe r eMeand ab + bee Egy? (IITTM, 2003) 10) If the mean of a,b. ¢ is 9 ee (o aITTM, 2009 - : “oe shen the digits inter. (a) Me same W i n the § C.D.8. 2003 1 abers, which rema! a Gs ) \/(11) The average of thertwo-digit NUT 7 , 7 change their position 935 (a) 33 ib) 44 hers is bes 12. The average of first 50 natural numbers 1° fa) 12.25 (b) 21.25 ee \13. The mean of 1°, 2 5 (o 30 2) 10 stb) 20 ae a y 4.) The average of all odd numbers upto ae (er 50 NO a 49 (b) 49.5 _ eer 15 If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers. ¢ \ abede (a) 5 (a+ 4) oy 3 oe 4d) None of these A) 5(a+beer+d+@ : er The number : st times the num! 16. The average of a non-zero number and its square is 5 ti ae et - (2) 9 (b) 17 (e) 29 (d) 295 17. The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers 1s a) 20 (b) 22 Me 23 (d) 24 (S.8.C. 2000) S® The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the . highest and lowest numbers ? (Bank PO. 2003) (a) 2 (b) 5 ler B (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these 19. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 38 more than the average of these numbers. What is the first of these numbers ? (Bank PO. 1998) (a) 13 W) 17 (0 19 d) Data inadequate (© None of these 20. Phe average age of the boys in a clas: The average age for the whole class j (a) 15 years (b) ‘d) Cannot be computed with the given ii 21, The average annual income (in Rs. other workers is T The number o} {© 16 Years and that of the girls is 15 years (S.S.C. 2003) (c) 16 years years information ) of certain Agricultural yw, f agricultural orkers is § and that of workers. Then the average monthly income (in Revers is 11 times that of other pees (» SLUT "| ofall the workers is : e 2 (ce) es ng*? w@ US=T 2 22. & family consists of grand; 12 Parents, parents ang of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the oS Erandchildren a Mts is 35 7 ye (8.8.C. 2004) grandchildren is 6 years. What 10 the average ages : average ase 5 years and that of the The family? Oe we 2008) Fears (03 sey (d) None of these ————ry has an ge Number oF eRe OF 81 143 ; > wrens we Ol visig 10 visit 5 PS por a OPS ong ca) 280 Wy ing mont ota 240 on other days. ‘The oe (6) 275 40 days beginning with a Sunday ga. He the HNeTARE MAEKS OF Uy (0 28 (M.A. 2003) 6d and 60, then the AVerage >atehes of 55, 60 ° (d) 285 Gd 58.33 Marks of aly the stint 45 students respectively is 50, Stadents is . 26. 8 8 (C.B.1. 2003) (© 55 YS a class ig 5 bes SS is 50.25, TARE WeiRKL Of all the (DY 48 kus y (d) None of these kgs and that of the remaining 8 boys boys in the class. (I.M.T. 2002) A car owner buys petrol aR an 148.55 kes (d) 49.25 kgs watch ar Approximately is the vt 8 and Rs, 8.50 per litre for three successive ane RE Cost per litre of petrol if be spends Rs. 4000 yea) Rs ib) Rs. g (M.A.T. 2001) I rhe average of six numbers ig and (eo) Rs. 8.50 (d) Rs. 9 7 of the remaining three Sines nd the average of three of these is y. If the average } Wxoyeg ws vie (Hotel Management, 2001) | Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. a0 each fen ue en (d) Noneof these Rs, 20 more than the average expenditure e pepe uae ne telaatone een all of them was e of all the nine. The total money spent by (a) Rs, 260 (b) Rs. 290 (6) Rs, 292.50 fayos 50 ’ 29. The average of 50 numbers is 30. If two numbers, 35 and 40 are discarded, then the average of the remaining numbers is nearly (R.R.B. 2002) (a) 28.32 (D) 28.78 (0) 29,27 (d) 29.68 89 The average of five numbe 7. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25 WV The excluded number is (Section Officers’, 2003) | (a) 25 (b) (©) 80 Ad) 35 31. The average age of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What is the average age of remaining 14 students ? (S.B.LB.O. 1997) (a) 15 years (b) VT years (c) 18 years (d) 19 years | roenitinee q ; 10 and 6 children. The average $ children are to be divided into two groups A and B of "y be a ; abt vined by the children of group A is 75 and the average percent marks ent marks obta _/ pere ye verage perce.t marks of children of group of all the 16 children is 76. What is the average Ps (BS RB. 2008) B? e 1 2 78— (d) 78> un 772 ws ons ‘ 3 33. The average score matches is 42, thet is 8‘ he ter atches is 38.9 runs. If the average for t os cricketer (ere averagefor the last four matches. . : U6) 34.25 (d) 35 5 (b) 38.8 (IGNOU, 2003) {two of them is 3.4, while the 4.95. ‘The average of two of f six pump whet ithe average of the remaining two numbers ? bd as (d) 4 or two a “sn cy) 46 « (Bank P.O. 2003) ° A a is 50 runs. His highest score a cricket Play ags are excluded, the average ro nest score of the player is : {dy 174 runs (a) 33, 34. The average 0 average of the (a) 4.5 nnings of erage for 400 he batting av he batting verte ore Bi exceeds his lowe of the remaining144 P ; ; oks is Rs. 36° The average price of 10 og two book b . is Rs. 11.75. Of the remain ice of each @ 19, Rs. 16 4 hat is (oy Rs. 19 (Assistant Grade, 1447, 2, fe wi the price of the oes whe Og A (a) Rs. 5, Rs. 7.50 19 innings WAS * 1 er of 37,) The average of runs of a cricket player rease his ave! he make in his next innings s° 4° ‘g 70 (8.8.0. 2004 (a) 2 (b) 4 . 30 and Rs. 6562 £ Rs. 7230 and 5495, Rs. 6927, Re. 6855. onth so that he 38. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 692%, the sixth month s0 18a) ne consecutive months. How much sale must he have 'P (8.8.C. 200 an average sale of Rs. 6500 ? (Rs, 6001 a1 nth for the firs ta) Rs, 4991 (b) Rs. 5991 th over the next 9 mont .ge 4000 items per mo! (39. A company produces on an avera 1 many items it must produce on an average per mon! EEC axerage 4375 items per month over the whole soso iat L 4500 (b) 4600 (o) ge 1 s only 3.2. What should be the Ja, in the first 10 overs of a cricket game,.the run rate was only 3 aoe \/\_F mun rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 262 runs te fc) 6.75 7 @ 6.25 (b) 6.5 | 41. The average price of three items of furniture is Rs. 15000. If their pric ratio 3: 5: 7, the price of the cheapest item is fa) Rs. 9000 (b) Rs. 15000 (c) Rs. 18000 tdi Rs. 21000 42. Of the four numbers, the first is twice the second, the second is one-third of and the third is 5 times the fourth. The average of the numbers is 24.75. The larges: of these numbers is : (Hotel Management, 1995, (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 30 La} None of the . Of the four numbers, whose average is 60, the first is one-fourth of the 1€ | "three, The first number is 8! SON apot _ (a) 15 (b) 45 46h 48 @) 60.25 /#4), Of the three numbers, the first is.twiee the second and the second is twice the es are in the +f The average of the reciprocal of the numbers is reciprocal Th 5E (a) 16, 8, 4 (b) 20, 10, 5 ‘Son 12, ee + 10, 6 24, 12,6 (d) 36, 18, 9 45. Of the three numbers, the average of the (C.B.I. 1997, : fi average of the second and the third by 15, What ie geo" is greater than the > and the third of the three numbers ? § the difference between the first gf (a) 15 'b) 45 (S.B.1.P.O. 2000) (d) Data inadequate J None of th (o 60 ese M8 The average of 8 numbers is 20. The average of first tw, of the next three is 212. If th ° numbers is 152 and that fe sixth number be less. the : ‘an the seventh , s and eighth numbers by 4 and 7 respectively, then the aan Rumber ig Laon, eta (A (S.8.c. 2004) &*/ 47,/ If the arithmeti 6) 25 eae —/ is incr, ed by 5, then men ent fve numbers ig 5 (d) 27 (a) 30 , fan of new numbers jg WAted, it j aa vi: Cheat 2 Meach number ©) 70 ‘ant Grade, 1998) (d) 90y ‘hte average of ten n, / TI) of the new set of numeets 187. It each 45 ers is: ‘Ach py, LF (a) 7 Is: umber i \ (b multiplied by 12 a Average of ten positive hy ‘ ao by 12, ee the average \ (a) remains unchangeq eS is Ih ea ‘h a dh 84 - c . (Q. may increase Humber is increased by 10%, then = ° (b) may decrease (0) The mean of 50 observati $d) is increased by 10% “7 wrongly taken as 23, The oS ¥88 36. It w, (LM.7. 2002) 8 (a) 35.2 Mh corrected new mesa ae that an aberation 8 wa a oy, 36.1 is: 8.8 5 (51) A pupil’s marks were wrong]: 46 36.5 4 s. .C. 2003) marks for the class got ime o rtered as 83 inste (d) 89.1 (a) 10 ey Mereased by half. Th stead of 63. Due to that the average (b) 20 ¢ number of pupils in the class is {9 40 (d) 73 52. The average age of 15 student (C.B.I. 1998) ts of a class is 15 5 years. Out of these, th a a , the average age ‘at of the other 9 students is 16 years. The age of the (8.8.C. 2003) a 7 of 5 students is 14 years ai e d 15th student is : " (a) 11 years (b) 14 years Cnn 7 53. 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 aumber is ¢ (a) 11 (b) 11.3 (o) 11.4 (d) 11.5 54, The average weight of three boys A, B and C is oak kg, while the average weight of three boys B, D and E is 53 kg. What is the average weight of A, B, C, D and E (a) 52.4 kg (b) 53.2 kg a (o) 53.8 kg wy Data inadequate (e&) None of these years (S.B.1.P.O. 2002) a 58 degrees. 55. rature of the town in the first four days of a month was 58 degr 55, Tre average temper gecond, third, fourth and fifth days was, 6) degrees. If the je average for | first and fifth days were in the ratio 7:8, then what is the temperatures of the fi (NMIMS, 2003) : ° temperature on the fifth day (c) 56 degrees (d) None of these. s Gd) 64 degrees (b) 62 degree sa: it ove aorge weight A ae ae B8,. ‘The average weight of A, B and Cis 45 Fe ight-of B is : (8.S.C. 2004) i and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the wi psoas 65 31 Wg . (b) 20 ke 5 ‘ thly income of (Uw (a) 17 kg and @ is Rs, 5050. The average mon y fam) e of 1d R is Rs. 5200. The | incom i of P an 87 The average are ting the averase monthly iacome (RRB. 2004) Q and R:s Rs. 5 i: (@) Rs. 4050 (d) Rs. 5000 monthly income Rs. 4000 sg 14 years, When teacher's age is included | a) Rs. 3500 denis ina 8TOUP the teacher's age in Ye 2 the teadl The average age of 36 100. 'hy one. What 1° (or51 to it, the average incr‘ (b) 36 eo (R.B.I. 2003) o! . ve Rs, 1500. If the (#) 31 (@ Nome rganisation is Rs. 1500 ined ees in an org 400. What is the (@ Cannot be ae jary of 20 eal = Mg increases By Rs. 200° WN 902) the average aed y ded, thi the id) Rs. 4800 “— manager’s sala 5 : 1y salary managers moni ly (by RS: 2400 | a) Rs.week ia Quantitative Aptituyy 0 a 146 pela xt) am ND . weight of the leacher },, 3 as WA AND 5 ky. Wf the weit SOC soem ay OS - sits is cher is 0. The awe 1 tof a class of 24 students © eine teacher average Weigh Ty t00 x The Welk oe, included, the average rise (oe) 63 ke a) 45 kg (b) 50 ky 41. The average age of the mother 5 years if the age of the mothe (d) 55 kag ich is reduced jy ? years wl the mother (d) 50 years old and the wicket keepe, SW pildren is 12 nd her six ch ata low ol ; excluded. | (c) 48 ye Y__ (a) 40 years Wy 42 years 26 ye 3 amber’ is \\ (62) ‘The captain of a cricket (eam of 11 member Mi Forage age of the FoMAIniny I team, What is the average ST Nahar seme Lage is 3 years older: If the ages of these two are exe ela Mises -\ players is one year less than the average age of the (N.LET. 2000) TA age of the team ? (d) None of these (c) 25 years eet leave the group, then the average 5 boys who leave ? (d) 1.05 m n 5 boys & (4) 23 years (b) 24 years : height of the ‘The average height of 25 boys is 1-4 m. Whe height increases by 0.15 m, What is the average hei (4) 0.8 m (b) 0.9 m (¢) 0.95 m_ sv person comes in placs 64. The average weight of 8 persons increases by 2.5 kg when ei ie he new person ? of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight o! ow person (a) 76 (b) 76.5 kg : i) Pant inadequate (& None of these (Bank P.O. 2000) 65. The average weight of 45 students in a cl 52 kg. Five of them whose average weight is 48 kg leave the class and other 5 students whose average ee taal ae the class. What is the new average weight (in kg) of the clas: 1 (d) None of these (a) sad (b) 52 ( 62 when two of them whos 66, The average age of 8 men is increased by ~ 21 years and 23 years are replaced by two new men. The average age of the two new men is (S.S.C. 2002) (a) 22 years (b) 24 years (c) 28 years (d) 30 years "67, The average of five consecutive number ~~ included, the average will : (a) remain the same 4) inerease by 1 _ (c) increase by 1.4 (d) increase by 2 (68, A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleve runs, thereby increasing his average by 6 runs. His new isn. If the next two numbers are also nth inning, he scored 108 average is : 0 » (a) 48 runs (b) 52 runs 55 LY (c) 55 runs (d) 60 runs v 68. A cricketer whose bowling average is 12.4 runs per wicke (A.A.0. Exam, 2003) U takes 5 wickets for 26 runs wickets taken by him till the (S.S.C. 2000) and thereby decreases hi last match was (a) 64 (b) 72 70\, A team of 8 persons joins in a shootin 7 e (@) 8 LX points. If he had scored 92 points, the average weno The best marksman scored 85 ~The number of points, the team scored was r the team wauld have been 84. (a) 588 (b) 645 ees 71. A motorist travels to a place 150 ° km away at (d) 6 His Y at an avery 2 returns at 30 km/hr His average speed for the ae “speed of 50 km/hr and whole jou (a) 35 (b) 37 : urney in km/hr is oh, ee average weight of 3 men A, B and ¢ (37.5 ee C is 84 kp (d) ‘ Cr AY 5 40 that of Dereplacee ee aee Hf another man, phe Man D joing the group and weight of Ais: MNOTARE WeiRME OF B, 6.1) NORD is 3 yy more thao *D and E bee a (a) 70 kg (b) 72 kg dE becomes 79 kg. The NO 75 ky (Bank P.O, 2003) (d) 80 ky verage by 0.4. The number of (c) 80 2The average age of a hug} 147 * After five years they havea 9nd his wife /\ (gf 19 years (b) 23 youn old cl was 2 ila, me years at the time of their marriage. ‘ ne average age of the family now is: on ©) 28.5 years (d) 29.3 years average age becomes 9 ‘ABE age of A g (Assistant Grade., 1998) S 22 years and B was | ° (ah 24 ones (bh on 'S. How old ig c vows years. With O joining them, the Years : The average age of husba (co) 2 : ‘ nae ©) 28 yea: of wife and the child 5 years we and their child 3 years a 0 wi wn, an eae (a) 35 years (y40 ve was 20 years, The present age of the husband is ars (0) 50 years (a) None of these (Hotel Management, 2003). was 17 years. A baby having lay. The present age of the baby (S.8.C. 2004) ( 2 years (d) 3 years 74. Three years ago, the ay, 16. 3 years ago, the average a . ” Be of a f been born, the average age of the fash > members is ily is the same tod: (a) 1 year (b) ib years \ 2 “ ) 10 years ago, the a age 0 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 24 years. Two children “ having been born (with age ge difference of : youngest child is (S.S.C. 2003) (a) 1 year 2 yeara a y (b) 2 years \O'3 years Ad) 5 years pera an old ere by a new member, it was found that the average age e ers 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 ? (a) 2 years (b) 4 years (c) 8 years Ad) 15 years 79. The average age of 3 children in a family is 20% of the average age of the father and the eldest child. The total age of the mother and the youngest child is 39 years. If the / father’s age is 26 years, what is the age of second child? ~ (a) 15 years (b) 18 years (c) 20 years (d) Cannot be determined Un) ° fi : (80) The average age of a group of persons going for picnic is 16 years, ‘Twenty new persons with an average age of 15 years join the group on the spot due to which their average age becomes 15.5 years. The number of persons initially going for picnic is : Y (a) 5 (b) 10 fe) 20 (d) 30 ‘1/81. A certain factory employed 600 men and 400 women and the average wage was ( oR, BO per day. If a woman got Rs. 5 less than a man, then what are their \ > aily wages ~ 9 : 7 We > Rs. (a) Man : Rs. 25; Woman : Rs. 20 (D) Man : Rs. 27.50, Woman : Rs. 22.50 . (d) Man : Rs. 32.50, Woman : Rs. 27.50 (c) Man ; Rs. 30, Wothan : Rs. 25 : a . T ehe scores of @ group of students in a test was 52. The \ 82) The arithmetic mean the scores score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean score \-/ brightest 20% of them secu! : (S.8.C. 2000) of 31, The mean score of rema (Q) 51.4 approx. (d) 54.6 approx. (a) 45 (b) 60 is Rs. 8000. The average salar; vorkers in a workshop is 0. e y \a) phe average salary of a and the ‘average salary of x rest is Rs. Seton ote of 7 technicians is Rs- , is S.C. number of workers in the wonkshoP re aes os age of the boys'is 12 years and that of the ‘6s fe 11 years 9 months, then the number ining 55% is : { \a) 20 (84) In a school with 500 students, girls is 11 years: If the ave’ " of girls in the school is + (@ 350 ~ A) 450° (a) 150 (b) 250 7 the average age of the schdt (2 148 Quantitative Aptituy, ser paper. If he had obtained 9, marks for his History paper, ,. ere 5 pil’s average marks we 85, Tn an exammmation, a pupil’s averag vy and 2 more ere in the examination, » & more marks for his Geography Pap ava papers were there iM “x Nation . average per paper would have been 66, Ho aaa (eo 8 my fe) 10 (SCMHRD, 2001) phe average age of boys in the oye the ratio of the number of boy. age of students of a class is 15. vrs and thot of the girls is 15.4 years. T (S.B.LPO. 2009, to the number of girls in the class is 1 (d) 3:5 > 2:3 eit a TT = Sb) 6 \ hI t ANSWERS | (0 9° 7 ) Zw SW 4) 5b) 6) 7 BC 9b) LL) 12d) 13. (b) 14. (o) 16. (d) 16. (a) 17. (eo) 18. (c) 20. cd) 21. id) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (b) 29. .d) 30. (dé) 81, (d) 82, (b) 83. (©) 34. (b) 85. (d) 36. (c) 88. (2) 89. a) 40. (a) 41. (a) 42. (d) 48.10 44 (co) 46. (eo) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (d) 50. (c) 51. (ce) 52. (a) 58. (d) 54. (d) 58. \d) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (a) 61. (b) 62. (d) 63. (a) po 66. dd) 67. (b) 68, (a) 69. (d) 70. (©) 71. (&) 72, (o) 74. (a) 75. (b) 76. (c) 77. (©) 78. (a) 79. (d) 80, (c) 81. (b) 83. (b) 84. (a) 85. (d) 86. (b) SOLUTIONS 2+67+85 1. Average AL c 2. Let Arun’s weight be X kg. According to Arun, 65 < X < 72 According to Arun's brother, 60 < X < 70 According to Arun’s mother, X < 68, ‘The walues satisfying all the above conditions are 66 and 67 (66 +67) . Required average 2) 1 3. Average of 20 numbers = 0. Sum of 20 numbers = (0 x 20) = 0, {tis quite possible that 19 of these numbers 'S may be posit; then 20th number is (~ a) '¥ be positive and if their sum is a 10+ 15+ 204 254 30 100 J= 7 = 20 H+ 2634445) 45 4. Average a 9 6. Average 1 Bs Te + 13417419 " q wolm