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19 persons went to a hotel for a combined dinner party. 13 of them spent Rs.79 each on their dinner and the rest spent Rs.4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19. What was the total money spent by them? (a) 1628.4 (b) 1534 (c) 1492 (d) None of these The average of Sureshs marks in English and History is 55. His average marks in English and Science is 65. What is the difference between the marks that he obtained in History and Science? (a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 20 (d) Data inadequate A batsman has a certain average of runs for 9 innings. In the 10 th inning, he makes a score of 100 runs thereby increasing his average by 8 runs. His new average is: (a) 32 (b) 36 (c) 25 (d) 20 The average of a batsman for 40 innings is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest score by 172 runs. If these two innings are excluded, his average drops by 2 runs. His highest score is: (a) 86 (b) 92 (c) 174 (d) 170 The average weight of 20 students of a class is 25 kg. If one student named Amar leaves the class, the average weight of the class decreases by 0.2 kg. Find the weight of Amar. (in kg.) (a) 28.8 (b) 27.8 (c) 26.6 (d) 20.7 The average age of 4 men in a group is 34 years. If a man joins the group, the average age of the group increases by 2 years. Find the age of that man (in years). (a) 40 (b) 44 (c) 50 (d) 36 The average weight of 18 students in a class is 15 kg. If one student leaves the class, the average weight decreases by 0.8 kg. Find the weight of that student. (in kg) (a) 27.2 (b) 27.8 (c) 28.6 (d) 29.2 A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is: (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 73 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) 250 (b) 276 (c) 280 (d) 285 A shop keeper sells 140 items on Monday, every day after that he sells 10 items more than he sold on the previous day. Find the average of number of items sold by him in that week (including Sunday) (a) 130 (b) 170 (c) 120 (d) 190 Mohan scored an average of 54 marks in the first 10 unit tests. If the marks obtained by him in the first unit test were not counted, and the marks obtained by him in the 11th, 12th unit tests were counted, then his average score goes up by 6 marks. The average marks obtained by him in the 11th and 12th unit test is 90. Find the marks in the first unit test. (a) 90 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 60 Of four numbers, the first is 4 times the third, the fourth is 2 more than the first, the second is thrice the third. Find the greatest number among them, if the average of the number is 5 (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4.5 (d) 10

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