Average and mixture alligation
Average and mixture alligation
1. The average of 10 number is 15 and 15 numbers is 20 then find the average of all 252
numbers?
(a)18 (b)20 (c)25 (d)16
2. The average age of 5 basketball players is 18 if they include their captain their
average is becomes 19 years then what is the age of captain?
(a)23 (b)24 (c)25 (d)26
3. The average of 10 toys is 60 kg if another toy added to the group then the new
average is increased by 2kg then find out the new toy weight?
(a)80 (b)81 (c)85 (d)82
4. The average weight of 20 car is 180kg if an old car is removed from the group then
the new average weight is decreased by 2 kg then the weight of removed car is ?
(a)190 (b)200 (c)225 (d)218
5. The average age of 6 servants in my house is 28 years . a new servant replaces the old
servant then the new average reduces by 1 year then the average of new servant is ?
(a)26 (b)CND (c)25 (d)11
7. The average age of 24 boys and their teacher is 15 years when the teacher’s age is
excluded then the average age is decreased by 1 year then the age of the teacher is?
(a)46 (b)39 (c)50 (d)51
10. The average of 100 items was found to be 30 if at the time of calculation two of them
were wrongly taken as 32 and 12 instead of 23 and 11 then the correct mean is?
(a)29.5 (b)30 (c)28 (d)29.9
11. The average of 30 items was found to be 20,If at the time of calculation two of them
were wrongly taken as 26 & 76 instead of 66 & 56 then then corrected average is ?
(a)30 (b)20 (c)20.66 (d) 20.55
12. In an examination the average of 40 students is 72. Afterwards it is found that the
marks of three students are mistaked as 68, 75, & 73 instead of 64, 62 & 84
respectively then find the correct average?
(a)72.1 (b)74 (c)71 (d) 70
A) 36.12
B) 30.66
C) 29.28
D) 38.21
The mean of 50 no. is = 30 Sum of 50 no. is = 50×30=1500 50×30=1500
later it was discovered that two entries were wrongly entered as 82 and 13 instead of 28 and 31.
∴ Difference = (82 + 13) - (28 + 31) = 95 - 59 = 36 (Extra)
∴ Actual sum of 50 numbers is 1500 - 36 = 1464
∴ Actual avg. 146450 =29.28
14. The average of 25 observations is 13. It was later found that an observation 73 was
wrongly entered as 48. The new average is
A) 12.6
B) 14
C) 15
D) 13.8
∴∴ Difference = 73 - 48 = 25 (less)
∴∴ Actual sum of observations = 325 + 25 = 350
Actual avg. = 35025 =1435025=14
16. The average temp of Monday Tuesday and Wednesday was 30 degree and that
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday was 35 degree if the temp on Monday was 32
degree what was the temp on thursday?
(a)40 (b)50 (c)15 (d)47
17. The average temp of mon to fri is 40 degree and the average temp of tuesay to
Saturday is increased by 10 degree if the temp on Monday was 45 degree then the
temp on Saturday was?
(a)90 (b)95 (c)92 (d)98
19. The average of 9 consecutive natural number is 18 then the lowest of these no is?
(a)20 (b)16 (c)15 (d)14
21. The average of husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage after 5
years they had one year old child then the average age of the family at that time is?
(a)23 (b)24 (c)25 (d)26
22. The average of husband and his wife and his child 3 years ago was 27 years and that o
wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years then the present age of husband is?
(a)35 (b)40 (c)50 (d)55
23. At the time of marriage of a mahesh the average age of the mother father and mahesh
is 42 years. After one year of marriage a baby is born when the baby turns 5 years old
then the average age of whole family 36 years. Find the age of their daughter in law at
the time of their marriage?
(a)35 (b)25 (c)20 (d)30
24. 8 persons went to a hotel for taking their meals . 7 of them spent rupees 50 each on
their meals while the eighth spent 70 more than the average expenditure of all the
eight then total money spent by all the person is?
(a)480 (b)400 (c)500 (d)520
26. A batsman scores 87 runs in his 17th innings, due to this his average is increased by 3
runs then find his current average?
(a)36 (b)40 (c)41 (d)39
27. A batsman has a certain average in his 11 innings. He scores 90 runs in 12th innings
due to this his avg is decreased by 5 runs then find out current average?
(a)150 (b)145 (c)140 (d)155
1.A person bought 3 dozen oranges at rupees 20 per dozen and 7 dozen oranges at rupees 30
per dozen then find its average cost per dozen.
(a) 27 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 50
2. The cost of Red , Green and Blue colours per kg is rupees 20, 15 and 18 rupees
respectively. A house is painted in which these three colours are used in the ratio of 3:2:4
then the average cost of all three colour used per kg is
(a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 18
3. Three type of rice whose rate are rupees 10, 15 and rupees 20 are mixed together to make a
new type of rice in which three are 39kg 26kg and 65kg of the respective type of rice then the
average price of new mixture is?
A) 13 B) 16 C) 15 D) 20 E) None of these
4. The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 51 kg and the remaining 8 boys is 48kg Find the
average weight of all boys in the class?
(a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 50 (d) 60
5. Two mixtures containing milk 30% and 75% concentration are mixed in the ratio 1:2 what
will be the concentration of milk in new mixture?
A) 60% B) 70% C) 80% D) 50%
6. Mohan has two milk and water solutions . the ratio of milk to water in both the solution is 2:3
and 7:3 respectively then what will be the milk to water ratio if he mixes both the mixture in the
ratio of 2:3?
A) 21:29 B) 29:21 C) 51:49 D) 58:42
8. If the average weight of a class is 15kg and the average weight of another class is 30kg then
find the ratio of the student of first class to the another lass. When the average of both class is
25kg?
A) 2:1 B) 3:1 C) 1:3 D)1:2
9. The average weight of girls is 15 and the average weight of boys is 30 and the average weight
of boys and girls both is 25 kg . if the no of boys are 12 then find the no of girls is….
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D)6
10. The ratio of no of girls to no of boys is 1:2 . If the avg wt of the boys is 30kg and the avg wt
of both the boys and girls be 25kg then the avg wt of girls is:
A) 15 B) 30 C) 40 D)60
11. Two varieties of milk with different prices is mixed together in the ratio of 2:3 . The price of
1st type of milk is 10 rupees per litre as that of second type of 15 rupees per litre then find the
average price of mixture?
A) 15 B) 13 C) 14 D)16
12. A container contains 60 litre of milk from this container 6 litre of milk taken out and replaces
by water .this process repeated further two times then the amount of milk left in the container is
?
A) 43 B)44 C) 43.74 D)44.74
13. A container contains 100 litres of spirit from that container 10% of spirit was taken out and
this process repeated 3 times by replacing water at every time then how much spirit is left in the
container?
A) 65.61 B)60 C) 70 D)80