Police Math Calculating Averages Questions and Answers

Question 1

Officer Rodriguez recorded her response times for five emergency calls during her shift: 8 minutes, 12 minutes, 7 minutes, 15 minutes, and 8 minutes.
What was her average response time for these calls?

Accepted Answer

10 minutes

Answer

9 minutes

Answer

11 minutes

Answer

8 minutes

Question 2

A detective is reviewing case files. Over a four-week period, she closed an average of 9 cases per week. In the first three weeks, she closed 10, 7, and 11 cases, respectively. How many cases did she close in the fourth week?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

10

Question 3

An evidence locker contains three sealed envelopes of cash seized during a raid. The envelopes contain $1,250, $875, and $1,510. What is the average amount of cash per envelope?

Accepted Answer

$1,211.67

Answer

$1,155.00

Answer

$3,635.00

Answer

$1,250.00

Question 4

An officer patrolled three different routes. Which of the following patrols resulted in the highest average speed?

Accepted Answer

40 miles in 50 minutes

Answer

20 miles in 30 minutes

Answer

25 miles in 40 minutes

Answer

35 miles in 1 hour

Question 5

A police academy class has six recruits with the following ages: 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28. What is the mean age of the recruits?

Accepted Answer

25

Answer

24

Answer

25.5

Answer

24.5

Question 6

The number of traffic citations issued by a small department over five consecutive months was 110, 130, 125, 145, and 140. After a new traffic enforcement initiative in the sixth month, the monthly average for all six months dropped to 128 citations. How many citations were issued in the sixth month?

Accepted Answer

118

Answer

130

Answer

128

Answer

122

Officer Rodriguez recorded her response times for five emergency calls during her shift: 8 minutes, 12 minutes, 7 minutes, 15 minutes, and 8 minutes.What was her average response time for these calls?

Officer Rodriguez recorded her response times for five emergency calls during her shift: 8 minutes, 12 minutes, 7 minutes, 15 minutes, and 8 minutes.
What was her average response time for these calls?