Quiz Discussion

The average of five different positive numbers is 25. x is the decrease in the average when the smallest number among them is replaced by 0. What can be said about x?

• 1] x is less than 5
• 2] x is greater than 5
• 3] x is equal to 5
• 4] Cannot be determined

In a set of three numbers, the average of first two numbers is 2, the average of the last two numbers is 3, and the average of the first and the last numbers is 4. What is the average of three numbers?

• 1] 2
• 2] 2.5
• 3] 3
• 4] 3.5

Average of two numbers is 8 and average of other three numbers is 3; the average of the five numbers is :

• 1] 2
• 2] 3
• 3] 5
• 4] 6

The mean of 100 observations was calculated as 40. It was founder later on that one of the observation was misread as 83 instead of 53. The correct mean is :

• 1] 39
• 2] 39.7
• 3] 40.3
• 4] 42.7

The average age of a family of 10 members is 20 years. If the age of the youngest member of the family is 10 years, then the average age of the members of the family just before the birth of the youngest member was approximately.

• 1]

  27.14 years

• 2]

  12.5 years

• 3]

  14.28 years

• 4]

  \(11\frac{1}{9}\) years

Amount five people with monthly income (in Rs.) 15000, 26000, 16000, 19000, 50000, how many will have income less than the mean income of five people?

• 1] 1
• 2] 2
• 3] 3
• 4] 4

The average monthly salary of 660 workers in a factory is Rs. 380. The average monthly salary of officers is Rs. 2100 and the average monthly salary of the other workers is Rs. 340. Find the number of other workers.

• 1] 645
• 2] 650
• 3] 640
• 4] 642

Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 25. The average age of P, Q and R today is 25. Age of R after 5 years will be :

• 1] 15 years
• 2] 20 years
• 3] 40 years
• 4] 35 years

The average of the first 100 positive integers is-

• 1] 49.5
• 2] 50.5
• 3] 51
• 4] 100

The average of 25 results is 18. The average of first 12 of those is 14 and the average of last 12 is 17. What is the 13th result?

• 1] 74
• 2] 75
• 3] 69
• 4] 78