Answer Key-Averages Exercise
Answer Key-Averages Exercise
Answer Key-Averages Exercise
10,12,16,17,20
2. 0,3,6,9
3. 12,24,36,48,60
4. –0.01,0.06,1.9,1.8,2.1
5. —4, —2,4, 0,2
6.
7. 100,100,100,0
8. What is the value of x if the average of 2,4, 6, and x is 3?
9. What is the value of x if the average of –4,0,6, and x is 8?
10. If the average of 8, 3,12,11, and x is 0, then x = ?
1. 15
2.
3. 36
4. 1.17
5. 0
6.
7. 75
8. 0
9. 30
10. —34
AVERAGES TEST
Solve the following problems and choose the best answer. (Answers and explanations are at the end of this chapter.)
Basic
5. A violinist practices one hour a day from Monday through Friday. How many hours must she practice on Saturday in
order to have an average (arithmetic mean) of two hours a day for the six—day period?
5
6
7
8
12
6. The average (arithmetic mean) of six numbers is 6. If 3 is subtracted from each of four of the numbers, what is the new
average?
Intermediate
7. What is the sum of the five consecutive even numbers whose average (arithmetic mean) is 12?
30
60
90
120
150
8. If the temperature readings at noon for three consecutive days are +9°,—6°, and +8°, what must the reading be at noon
on the fourth day for the average (arithmetic mean) noon temperature of all four days to be +4°?
–11°
–7°
+2°
+4°
+5°
9. Jerry’s average (arithmetic mean) score on the rst three of four tests is 85. If Jerry wants to raise his average by 2
points, what score must he earn on the fourth test?
87
88
89
91
93
10. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of n, n + 1 + 2, and n + 3?
Advanced
13. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 18 consecutive odd integers is 534, then the least of these integers is
14. The table above shows the closing price of a stock during a week. If the average (arithmetic mean) closing price for the
five days was $75.50, what was the closing price on Friday?
$75.35
$75.40
$75.42
$75.45
$75.48
15. The average (arithmetic mean) of 6 positive numbers is 5. If the average of the least and greatest of these numbers is 7,
what is the average of the other four numbers?
3
4
5
6
7
16. If the average (arithmetic mean) of a, b, and 7 is 13, what is the average of a + 3, b – 5, and 6?
7
9
10
12
16
RATIOS
Ratios may be written either with a fraction bar or with a colon (x:y) or with English terms (ratio of x to y). We
recommend the first way, since ratios can be treated as fractions for the purposes of computation.
Ratios can (and in most cases, should) be reduced to lowest terms just as fractions are reduced.