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Q1:

2025 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The average salary of 5 managers and 25 engineers in a company is 60000 rupees. If each of the managers received 20% salary increase while the salary of the engineers remained unchanged, the average salary of all 30 employees would have increased by 5%. The average salary, in rupees, of the engineers is

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Option 1
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Q2:

2025 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The average number of copies of a book sold per day by a shopkeeper is 60 in the initial seven days and 63 in the initial eight days, after the book launch. On the ninth day, she sells 11 copies less than the eighth day, and the average number of copies sold per day from second day to ninth day becomes 66. The number of copies sold on the first day of the book launch is

49
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Q3:

CAT 2024 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The average of three distinct real numbers is 28. If the smallest number is increased by 7 and the largest number is reduced by 10, the order of the numbers remains unchanged, and the new arithmetic mean becomes 2 more than the middle number, while the difference between the largest and the smallest numbers becomes 64. Then, the largest number in the original set of three numbers is

Q4:

CAT 2024 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Hard

A company has 40 employees whose names are listed in a certain order. In the year 2022, the average bonus of the first 30 employees was Rs. 40000, of the last 30 employees was Rs. 60000, and of the first 10 and last 10 employees together was Rs. 50000. Next year, the average bonus of the first 10 employees increased by 100%, of the last 10 employees increased by 200% and of the remaining employees was unchanged. Then, the average bonus, in rupees, of all the 40 employees together in the year 2023 was

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Option 3
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Explanation for CAT 2024 Slot 2 QA question 4

Q5:

CAT 2024 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

There are four numbers such that average of first two numbers is 1 more than the first number, average of first three numbers is 2 more than average of first two numbers, and average of first four numbers is 3 more than average of first three numbers. Then, the difference between the largest and the smallest numbers, is

Q6:

CAT 2023 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

There are three persons A,B\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B} and CC in a room. If a person DD joins the room, the average weight of the persons in the room reduces by xx kg . Instead of DD , if person EE joins the room, the average weight of the persons in the room increases by 2xkg2 \mathrm{x} \mathrm{kg}. If the weight of EE is 12 kg12 \mathrm{~kg} more than that of DD, then the value of xx is

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Option 2
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Explanation for CAT 2023 Slot 3 QA question 6

Q7:

CAT 2023 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Hard

In an examination, the average marks of 44 girls and 66 boys is 2424. Each of the girls has the same marks while each of the boys has the same marks. If the marks of any girl is at most double the marks of any boy, but not less than the marks of any boy, then the number of possible distinct integer values of the total marks of 22 girls and 66 boys is

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Option 2
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Explanation for CAT 2023 Slot 1 QA question 7

Q8:

CAT 2022 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

In an examination, the average marks of students in sections AA and BB are 3232 and 6060, respectively. The number of students in section AA is 1010 less than that in section BB . If the average marks of all the students across both the sections combined is an integer, then the difference between the maximum and minimum possible number of students in section AA is

Q9:

CAT 2022 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

Consider six distinct natural numbers such that the average of the two smallest numbers is 1414, and the average of the two largest numbers is 2828. Then, the maximum possible value of the average of these six numbers is

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Option 1
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Explanation for CAT 2022 Slot 3 QA question 9

Q10:

CAT 2022 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Easy

Manu earns Rs. 40004000 per month and wants to save an average of Rs. 550550 per month in a year. In the first nine months, his monthly expense was Rs. 35003500, and he foresees that, tenth month onward, his monthly expense will increase to Rs. 37003700. In order to meet his yearly savings target, his monthly earnings, in rupees, from the tenth month onward should be

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Option 4
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Explanation for CAT 2022 Slot 2 QA question 10

Q11:

CAT 2022 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

Five students, including Amit, appear for an examination in which possible marks are integers between 00 and 50, both inclusive. The average marks for all the students is 3838 and exactly three students got more than 32. If no two students got the same marks and Amit got the least marks among the five students, then the difference between the highest and lowest possible marks of Amit is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2022 Slot 2 QA question 11

Q12:

CAT 2022 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The average of three integers is 1313. When a natural number nn is included, the average of these four integers remains an odd integer. The minimum possible value of nn is

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Option 2
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Explanation for CAT 2022 Slot 1 QA question 12

Q13:

CAT 2022 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Easy

The average weight of students in a class increases by 600600 gm when some new students join the class. If the average weight of the new students is 33 kg more than the average weight of the original students, then the ratio of the number of original students to the number of new students is

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Option 3
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Explanation for CAT 2022 Slot 1 QA question 13

Q14:

CAT 2021 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The arithmetic mean of scores of 2525 students in an examination is 5050. Five of these students top the examination with the same score. If the scores of the other students are distinct integers with the lowest being 3030, then the maximum possible score of the toppers is

Q15:

CAT 2021 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

In a football tournament, a player has played a certain number of matches and 1010 more matches are to be played. If he scores a total of one goal over the next 1010 matches, his overall average will be 0.150.15 goals per match. On the other hand, if he scores a total of two goals over the next 1010 matches, his overall average will be 0.20.2 goals per match. The number of matches he has played is

Q16:

CAT 2021 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

Suppose hospital AA admitted 2121 less Covid infected patients than hospital BB, and all eventually recovered. The sum of recovery days for patients in hospitals AA and BB were 200200 and 152152, respectively. If the average recovery days for patients admitted in hospital AA was 33 more than the average in hospital BB then the number admitted in hospital AA was

Q17:

CAT 2021 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

Onion is sold for 55 consecutive months at the rate of Rs 10,20,25,2510,20,25,25, and 5050 per kg, respectively. A family spends a fixed amount of money on onion for each of the first three months, and then spends half that amount on onion for each of the next two months. The average expense for onion, in rupees per kg, for the family over these 55 months is closest to

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2021 Slot 1 QA question 17

Q18:

CAT 2020 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

A batsman played n+2n + 2 innings and got out on all occasions. His average score in these n+2n + 2 innings was 29 runs and he scored 38 and 15 runs in the last two innings. The batsman scored less than 38 runs in each of the first nn innings. In these nn innings, his average score was 30 runs and lowest score was xx runs. The smallest possible value of xx is

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2020 Slot 3 QA question 18

Q19:

CAT 2020 Slot 3

Mean, Median & Mode

Easy

Dick is thrice as old as Tom and Harry is twice as old as Dick. If Dick's age is 11 year less than the average age of all three, then Harry's age, in years, is

Q20:

CAT 2020 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Hard

In a group of 1010 students, the mean of the lowest 99 scores is 4242 while the mean of the highest 99 scores is 4747. For the entire group of 1010 students, the maximum possible mean exceeds the minimum possible mean by

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Option 3
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Explanation for CAT 2020 Slot 2 QA question 20

Q21:

CAT 2020 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The mean of all 4−4-digit even natural numbers of the form ′aabb′,'aabb', where a>0,a > 0, is

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2020 Slot 1 QA question 21

Q22:

CAT 2019 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The average of 3030 integers is 55. Among these 3030 integers, there are exactly 2020 which do not exceed 55. What is the highest possible value of the average of these 2020 integers?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 2 QA question 22

Q23:

CAT 2019 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

Ramesh and Gautam are among 2222 students who write an examination. Ramesh scores 82.582.5. The average score of the 2121 students other than Gautam is 6262. The average score of all the 2222 students is one more than the average score of the 2121 students other than Ramesh. The score of Gautam is

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Option 4
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Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 1 QA question 23

Q24:

CAT 2018 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The arithmetic mean of x,yx, y and zz is 8080, and that of x,y,z,ux, y, z, u and vv is 7575, where u=(x+y)/2u=(x+y) / 2 and v=(y+z)/2v=(y+z) / 2. If x≥zx \geq z, then the minimum possible value of xx is

Q25:

CAT 2018 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

In an apartment complex, the number of people aged 5151 years and above is 3030 and there are at most 3939 people whose ages are below 5151 years. The average age of all the people in the apartment complex is 3838 years. What is the largest possible average age, in years, of the people whose ages are below 5151 years?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2018 Slot 1 QA question 25

Q26:

CAT 2018 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

A CAT aspirant appears for a certain number of tests. His average score increases by 11 if the first 1010 tests are not considered, and decreases by 11 if the last 1010 tests are not considered. If his average scores for the first 1010 and the last 1010 tests are 2020 and 30, respectively, then the total number of tests taken by him is

Q27:

CAT 2017 Slot 2

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

The average height of 22 toddlers increases by 2 inches when two of them leave this group. If the average height of these two toddlers is one-third the average height of the original 22, then the average height, in inches, of the remaining 20 toddlers is

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2017 Slot 2 QA question 27

Q28:

CAT 2017 Slot 1

Mean, Median & Mode

Medium

A class consists of 2020 boys and 3030 girls. In the mid-semester examination, the average score of the girls was 55 higher than that of the boys. In the final exam, however, the average score of the girls dropped by 33 while the average score of the entire class increased by 22. The increase in the average score of the boys is

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for CAT 2017 Slot 1 QA question 28