Quiz Discussion

Total expenses of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly varying linearly with the number of boarders. The average expense per boarder is Rs. 700 when there are 25 boarders and Rs. 600 when there are 50 boarders. What is the average expense per boarder when there are 100 boarders?

• 1] Rs. 540
• 2] Rs. 550
• 3] Rs. 570
• 4] Rs. 580

The average age of A, B, C, D and E is 40 years. The average age of A and B is 35 years and the average of C and D is 42 years. Age of E is :

• 1] 48 years
• 2] 46 years
• 3] 42 years
• 4] 45 years

A shop of electronic goods is closed on Monday. The average daily sales for remaining six days of a week is Rs. 15,640 and the average sale of Tuesday to Saturday is Rs. 14,124. The sales on Sunday is -

• 1] Rs. 20,188
• 2] Data inadequate
• 3] Rs. 23,220
• 4] Rs. 21,704

A has 50 coins of 10 paise denominations. While B has 10 coins of 50 paise denominations. C has 20 coins of 25 paise denominations while D has 25 coins of 20 paise denominations. The average number of paise per person is :

• 1] 450 paise
• 2] 500 paise
• 3] 550 paise
• 4] 650 paise

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

Ajay working in a Cellular company as a salesman. His monthly salary is Rs. 200. But he gets bonus as per given rule. If he sells sim cards of Rs. X then his bonus will be   . In the first quarter of the year his average sale was Rs. 3000 per month. In the next 5 five month his average sale was Rs. 5000 per month and for next four month his average sale was Rs. 8000 per month. What is the average earning per month for the whole year?

• 1] Rs. 3350
• 2] Rs. 3610
• 3] Rs. 3750
• 4] Rs. 3560
• 5] None of these

The average expenditure of a man for the first five months is Rs. 1200 and for the next seven months is Rs. 1300. If he saves Rs. 2900 in that year, his monthly average income is-

• 1] Rs. 1500
• 2] Rs. 1600
• 3] Rs. 1700
• 4] Rs. 1400

The frequency distribution data is given below. If the average age is 17 years, the value of m is

• 1] 1
• 2] 2
• 3] 3
• 4] 4

The average annual income (in Rs.) of certain agricultural workers is S and that of other workers is T. The number of agricultural workers is 11 times that of other workers. Then the average monthly income (in Rs.) of all the workers is 

• 1]

  (S+T)/2

• 2]

  (S+11T)/2

• 3]

  (1/11S)+T

• 4]

  (11S+T)/12

The average weight of 3 men, A, B and C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the average now becomes 80 kg. If another man E whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D, replaces A then the average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. What is the weight of A ?

• 1] 70 kg
• 2] 72 kg
• 3] 75 kg
• 4] 80 kg