Average - General Questions (2)
| 9. | The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Let the average age of the whole team by x years.
So, average age of the team is 23 years. |
11x - (26 + 29) = 9(x -1)
11x - 9x = 46| 10. | The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Total weight increased = (8 x 2.5) kg = 20 kg. Weight of new person = (65 + 20) kg = 85 kg. |
| 11. | The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: Average of 20 numbers = 0.
It is quite possible that 19 of these numbers may be positive and if their sum is a then 20th number is (-a). |
| 12. | A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Total sale for 5 months = Rs. (6435 + 6927 + 6855 + 7230 + 6562) = Rs. 34009.
= Rs. (39000 - 34009) = Rs. 4991. |
| 13. | A family consists of two grandparents, two parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation:
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| 14. | In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Required run rate = |