How To Solve Averages Questions Quickly

Type 1: How to Solve Problems on Averages Weights and Ages

Question 1 : The average age of 39 boys and a girl is are 11 years. If the age of the girl is excluded the average age of the group is reduced by 1. What is the age of the girl ?

Solution :   The average of 39 boys + 1 girl = 11

Sum of ages of 39 boys + 1 girl = 11x (39+1)= 440    ……………… Eqn (i)

When the girl is excluded from the average age the new average = 11- 1= 10

The sum of the ages of 39 boys= 39x 10= 390  ………………Eqn(ii)

Girl’s age= (i)- (ii)= 440- 390= 50

Alternatively,

Alternatively : When the girl leaves the group, she takes with  her 1 year (i.e the  change in the new average) from each of the 39 students along with the 11 years of her average age.

So the age of the girl will  (39 x 1)+ 11 that is 50 years.

Question 2 : The average weight of 10 a group of persons increases by 10 kg when a new person replaces one of the persons from the group who weighs 60kg. Calculate the weight of the new person.

Solution :    Total increase in weight = 10 x 10 = 100 kg

Weight of new person = 60+100 =160 kg

Question 3 : The age of Yogesh at the time of his wedding was 27 years, while the age of his wife at that time was 25 years. Four years after their marriage the average age of Yogesh, his wife, and his son is 21 years. Find Age of Yogesh’s son.

Solution :     Let the current age son be x

Ages of Yogesh and his wife after 4 years of their marriage = 27+4 = 31 and 25+4 =29 years respectively.

Average age of the family =21

=>\frac{(31+29+x)}{3} = 21

x + 60 = 63

x = 63-60

x = 3 year’s

Therefore, the current age Yogesh’s son is 3 years.

Type 2: How to Solve Problems on Average marks and scores

Question 1 : The batting average of Sachin in 15 innings is 55. The difference between the runs of his best and worst innings is 65. Excluding the best and the worst innings the average of 13 innings played by Sachin is 50. Calculate Sachin’s best score.

Solution :    Total score of Sachin in 15 innings = 55 x 15 = 825

Total score of Sachin in 13 innings (excluding his best and worst inning’s scores) = 13 x 50 = 650

Sum of Sachin’s score in his best and worst innings = 825-650 = 175

The difference of Sachin’s score in his best and worst innings = 65

B+W = 175…(1)

B-W = 65…(2)

adding equation 1 and 2; (1)+(2)

2B = 240

B = 120

Therefore, Sachin’s score in his best innings was 120 runs.

Question 2 : The average marks of a class gets increased by 5 when Shikha’s marks are wrongly entered as 75 instead of 55. Find the number of students in the class.

Solution :    Let the total strength of class be n.

Let sum of scores of rest of students is x

Let the average when marks of Shikha are 75 = A1= \frac{75+x}{n}

The average of class when shikha marks is 55 = A2 = \frac{(57+x)}{n}

A1-A2 = 5

\frac{(75+x)}{n} – \frac{(55+x)}{n} =5

20 = 5n

n = 4

Therefore, the total number of students in the class is 4.

Question 3 : A team of 5 players participated in a competition. The best player of the team scored 50 points. Had he scored 80 points, the average score of the team would have been 75. Calculate the total points scored by the team.

Solution :    Let the sum of of points scored by 4 players of the team other then the best player be x.

Actual average = \frac{(x+50)}{5}

Required average = 75 = \frac{(x+80)}{5}

x = (75\times 5)-80

x = 375-80

x = 295

Total points scored by the team = 295 + 50 = 345

Type 3: How to solve Problems on Average speed distance time

Question 1 : Tushar travels from his home to office at the speed of 20 Kmph. While returning from office to home his speed increases by 20%. Calculate Tushar’s average speed.

Solution :   Tushar’s speed while returning home = 120\times \frac{20}{100} = 24Kmph
Average speed = \frac{(2ab)}{a+b}

That is, \frac{(2\times 20\times 24)}{(20+24)} = \frac{960}{44} = 21.81Kmph
Therefore, the average speed of Tushar will be 21.81 Kmph.

Question 2 : Shyam travels at speed 40 km/hr for half the time and speed 30 km/hr for other half of the time. Then,what will be average speed of Shyam?

Solution :    Average Speed = \frac{\text{Total Distance}}{\text{Total Time}}

Average speed = \frac{500}{6}

= 83.33 Kmph

Type 4: How to solve Average Problems on Numbers

Question 1: The average of 5 numbers is 50. The average of the first and the second number is 40. Similarly, the average of the fourth and the fifth number is 25. Find the third term of the series.

Solution: Let the third term be x

Average of 5 numbers =50

Therefore, the sum total of all 5 numbers = 50 x 5 = 250

Sum of first two numbers = 40 x 2 = 80

Sum of fourth and fifth term = 25 x 2 = 50

80+x+50 = 250

x = 250-130

x = 120

Question 2 : The average of 5 consecutive numbers is 50. Find the numbers.

Solution: Let the numbers be (n-2), (n-1), (n), (n+1), (n+2)

Sum of all numbers = n-2+n-1+n+n+1+n+2 = 50 x 5

5n = 250

n = 50

Numbers = 48, 49 , 50, 51, 52

Question 3 : Calculate the average of 5 consecutive odd numbers greater than 15.

Solution: Odd numbers greater than 15 = 17, 19, 21, 23, 25

Average = \frac{(17+19+21+23+25)}{5} = 21