Find The Average

FIND THE AVERAGE Read the problems and then find the average. 1.

The wheat bread had 15 slices of bread, the white bread had 20 slices, and the rye bread had 16 slices. What was the average number of slices for the three loaves of bread?

2.

Andrew had 15 strawberries on Monday, 10 strawberries on Tuesday, and 8 strawberries on Wednesday. What was the average number of strawberries that he ate?

3.

The monkeys stole 5 bananas yesterday, 8 bananas today, and 2 bananas last week. What was the average number of bananas that the monkeys stole?

4.

Stephen has 62¢, Gavin has 85¢, Alex has 53¢, and Alonzo has 72¢. What is the average amount of money that the boys have?

5.

A box of chocolate chip cookies has 18 cookies, a box of pecan cookies has 15 cookies, a box of sugar cookies has 25 cookies, and a box of oatmeal cookies has 22 cookies. What is the average number of cookies.

ANSWERS 1.

17

2.

11

3.

5

4.

68

5.

20