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AVERAGES

1) If the mean of 4 consecutive even integers is 27, find the highest of them

2) Judy’s average (arithmetic mean) on four tests is 80. Assuming she can earn no
more than 100 on any test, what is the least she can earn in her fifth test and still
have a chance for an average 85 after seventh tests?

(A) 60 (B) 70 (C) 75 (D) 80 (E) 85

3) What is the sum of first 100 positive integers?

4) What is the sum of all the multiples of 7 between 300 and 600? (same Q, all the
even multiples of 7)

5) Last year Department Store X had a sales total for December that was 4 times the
average (arithmetic mean) of the monthly sales totals for January through November.
The sales total for December was what fraction of the sales total for the year?
(A) 1 (B) 4
4 15
(C) 1 (D) 4
3 11
(E) 4
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6) is the average price of 10 items of which no two cost the same. If each of the
cheapest 5 items loses 10% in price while each of the most expensive 5 items gains 10%
in price, which of the following is possible about ?

I. will decrease
II. will not change
III. will increase

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7) There were ‘x’ students who weighed 70 kilograms on an average. When 10 students
who weighed 75 kilograms on an average came in, the total average weight
increased by 1 kilogram. What was the original number of students in the class?
a 40 b 42 c 45 d 48 e 50

8) After 5 games, a rugby team had an average of 28 points per game. In order to
increase the average by n points, how many points must be scored in a 6th game?

(A) n
(B) 6n
(C) 28n
(D) 28 + n
(E) 28 + 6n

9) Adams average (arithmetic mean) on four tests is 80. Which of the following CANNOT
be the numbers of tests on which he earned exactly 80 points?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

10) If the average (arithmetic mean) of 5 positive temperatures is x degrees Fahrenheit,

then the sum of the 3 greatest of these temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, could be

(A) 6x

(B) 4x

(C) 5x
3

(D) 3x
2

(E) 3x
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Weighted Average

1) The average (arithmetic mean) weight of a student in French club is 150 pounds
and the average weight of a student in Spanish club is 130 pounds. If no one is
member of both clubs, If the average weight of all the student is 142 pounds, and if
there are 30 members in French club, how many are there in Spanish club?

2) A corporation with 5,000,000 shares of publicly listed stock reported total earnings of
$7.20 per share for the first 9 months of operation. During the final quarter the
number of publicly listed shares was increased to 10,000,000 shares, and fourth
quarter earnings were reported as $1.25 per share. What are the average annual
earnings per share based on the number of shares at the end of the year?

3) If x, y, and k are positive numbers such that and if x < y, which of the following could
be the value of k?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
E. 30

4)Each of the 30 boxes in a certain shipment weighs either 10 pounds or 20 pounds, and
average (arithmetic mean) weight of the boxes in the shipment is 18 pounds. If the
average weight of the boxes in the shipment is to be reduced to 14 pounds by
removing some of the 20-pound boxes, how many 20-pound boxes must be removed?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 10
D. 20
E. 24

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Median
1) What is the median grade of the class below?
No. of Grades
students
5 10
15 20
9 30
8 40
3 50
a 8 b 10 c 20 d 25 e 30

2) 150, 200, 250, n which of the following could be the median of the 4 integers listed
above?

I. 175
II. 215
III. 235

A) I only B) II only C) I and II only D) II and III only E) I, II, and III

3) The average (arithmetic mean) of the 5 positive integers k, m, r, s, and t is 16, and k < m
< r < s < t. If t is 40, what is the greatest possible value of the median of the 5 integers?
A. 16
B. 18
C. 19
D. 20
E. 22

Standard Deviation

1) A certain characteristic in a large population has a distribution that is symmetric about

the mean m. If 68 percent of the distribution lies within one Standard Deviation d of the
mean, what percent of the distribution is less than m+d?

A. 16%
B. 32%
C. 48%
D. 84%
E. 92%

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DATA SUFFICIENCY

1) What is the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y and z ?

(1) x + y = 5

(2) y + z = 7

2) During a 6-day local trade show, the least number of people registered in a single day
was 80. Was the average (arithmetic mean) number of people registered per day for
the 6 days greater than 90?

(1) For the 4 days with the greatest number of people registered, the average
(arithmetic mean) number registered per day was 100.

(2) For the 3 days with the smallest number of people registered, the average
(arithmetic mean) number registered per day was 85.

3) Tom, Jane, and Sue each purchased a new house. The average (arithmetic mean)
price of the three houses was $120,000. What was the median price of the three
houses?

(1) The price of Tom’s house was $110,000.

(2) The price of Jane’s house was $120,000.

4)The results of a certain experiment included 6 data values that were all multiples of the
same number c, namely, c, 8c, 2c, 5c, 4c, and 4c. Was the average (arithmetic mean)
of the 6 data values greater than 8?

(1) c < 4

(2) c > 2

5) If is an integer, how many even numbers does set contain?

1. The mean of the set is even.

2. The standard deviation of the set is 0.

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6) What is the mean age of all students of the city's schools?

1. The average age of the students in each of the city's schools is 12

2. The number of students in each of the city's schools is 70

7) If the average (arithmetic mean) of six numbers is 75, how many of the numbers are
equal to 75?

(1) None of the six numbers is less than 75.

(2) None of the six numbers is greater than 75.

8) If r, s, w are positive numbers such that w = 60r + 80s and r + s = 1, is w < 70?

(1) r > 0.5

(2) r > s

9) What is the median number of employees assigned per project for the projects at
Company Z?

(1) 25 percent of the projects at Company Z have 4 or more employees assigned to

each project.

(2) 35 percent of the projects at Company Z have 2 or fewer employees assigned to

each project

10) Is the range of a combined set bigger than the sum of ranges of sets and ?

1.The largest element of is bigger than the largest element of .

2.The smallest element of is bigger than the largest element of .