Average Questions

• A batsman has a certain average of runs for 12 innings. In the 13th inning he scores 96 runs thereby increasing his average by 5 runs. What will be his average after 13th inning?
• A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average score for the team would have been 84. The number of points the team scored was
• A librarian purchased 60 story books for his library. But he found that he could get 4 extra books by spending Rs 336 more and then the overall average price per book would be reduced by Re 1. The previous average price of each book was
• In an exam, the avarage marks obtained by John in English, Maths, Hindi and Drawing were 50. His average marks in Maths, Science, Social Studies and Craft were 70. If the average marks in all seven subjects is 58, his score in maths was
• The average weight of L, M and N is 93 kg. If the average weight of L and M be 89 kg and that of M and N be 96.5 kg, then the weight (in kg) of M is ________.
• Mahesh buys 3 shirts at an average price of Rs 1250. If he buys 2 more shirts at an average price of Rs 1450 what will be the average price (in Rs) of all the 5 shirts he buys?
• In a one day match of 50 overs in an innings the team A had a run rate of 5.3 runs per over. Team B is playing and 5 overs are left and the required run rate to tie the match is 7.2 per over to match the score of Team A. What is team B's score?
• A batsman scores 98 runs in the 17th match of his career. His average runs per match increased by 2.5. What is his average before the 17th match?
• What is the average of all numbers between 100 and 200 which are divisible by 13?
• The average marks of 18 students in an examination was 60. It was later found that the marks of one student had been wrongly entered as 63 instead of 36. The correct average is:
• The average of 44 consecutive odd numbers is 144.What is the largest number?
• A batsman makes 100 runs in the 25th match of his career. His average runs per match increases by 1.4. Find his average before the 25th match.
• A factory buys 10 machines. 2 MachineA, 3 MachineB and rest MachineC. Prices of the machines are Rs 95000, Rs 60000 and Rs 50000 respectively. What is the average cost of these machines?
• A line cuts the xaxis at the point (3,0) and the yaxis at the point (0,6). What is the equation of the line?
• The average weight of P, Q and R is 71 kg. If the average weight of P and Q be 66 kg and that of Q and R be 76.5 kg, then the weight (in kg) of Q is.
• A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his average by 3. Find his average after 17th inning?
• 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 ?
• 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 ?
• The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero ?
• The average weight of 8 persons 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 ?