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M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/ A. D/(M-3) B. MD/3 C. M/(D-3) D. 3D/(M2-3M) Average age of students of an adult school is 40 years. 120 new students whose average age is 32 years joined the school. As a result the average age is decreased by 4 years. Find the number of students of the school after joining of the new students: (b) 120 (c) 360 (d) 240 The average marks of a student in ten papers are 80. If the highest and the lowest scores are not considered, the average is 81. If his highest score is 92, find the lowest. A. 55 B. 60 C. 62 D. Cannot be determined. The distance between portland, oregon and santafe, new mexico is 1800 miles. How many hours would it take a train with an average speed of 60 miles per hour to make the trip? (a) 30 (b) 39 (c) 40 (d) 300 (e) 480

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(a) 1200 3.

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A man drives for 5 hours at an average rate of 40 m.p.h. he develops some motor trouble and returns to his original starting point in 10 hours. What was his average rate on the return trip? (a) 10 m.p.h (b) 15 m.p.h (c) 20 m.p.h (d) 26.6 m.p.h (e) 40 m.p.h

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The average age of a class of 30 students is 12. If the teacher is also included the average becomes 13 years. Find the teachers age. Find the marks obtained in the 7th paper?

7. The average of 13 papers is 40. The average of the first 7 papers is 42 and of the last seven papers is 35.
(A) (B) (C) (D) 23 38 19 None of these

8. 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?
A. 28 4 Years 7 B. 31 5 years 7

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32

1 years 7

D.

None of these

9. 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?
A. C. Rs. 4991 Rs. 6001 B. D. Rs. 5991 Rs. 6991

10.The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
A. C. 0 10 B. D. 1 19

11.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?
A. C. E. 76 kg 85 kg None of these B. D. 76.5 kg Data inadequate

12.The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
A. C. 3500 4050 B. D. 4000

5000

13.The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is:
A. C. 35 years 50 years B. D. 40 years

None of these

14.A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
A. C. Rs. 7.98 Rs. 8.50 B. D. Rs. 8

Rs. 9

15.A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is:
A. C. 250 280 B. D. 276

285