Quiz Discussion

The average temperature for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 40°C. The average for Thursday, Friday and Saturday was 41° C. If temperature on Saturday was 42° C, what was the temperature on Wednesday?

• 1] 39° C
• 2] 44° C
• 3] 38° C
• 4] 41° C

In an exam, the average marks obtained by Jhon in English, Math, Hindi and Drawing were 50. His average mark in Maths, Science, Social Studies and Craft were 70. If the average mark in all seven subjects is 58, his score in Maths was -

• 1] 50
• 2] 52
• 3] 60
• 4] 74

A passenger travels from Delhi to Merut at a speed of 30 kmph and return with a speed of 60 kmph. What is the average speed?

• 1] 40
• 2] 45
• 3] 50
• 4] 48

If the arithmetic mean of 0, 5, 4, 3 is a, that of -1, 0, 1, 5, 4, 3 is b and that of 5, 4, 3 is c, then the relation between a, b, and c is

• 1] a = b = c
• 2] a : b : c = 3 : 2 : 4
• 3] 4a = 5b = c
• 4] a + b + c = 12

The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 years while that of the girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class?

• 1]

  1:2

• 2]

  2:3

• 3]

  3:4

• 4]

  3:5

A librarian purchased 50 storybooks for his library. But he saw that he could get 14 books more by spending Rs. 76 more but per book average becomes Rs. 1 less. The average price (in Rs.) of each book he bought, was :

• 1] 15
• 2] 25
• 3] 20
• 4] 10

The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the class, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The original strength of the class was-

• 1] 10
• 2] 11
• 3] 12
• 4] 15

The speed of the train going from Nagpur to Allahabad is 100 km/h while when coming back from Allahabad to Nagpur, its speed is 150 km/h. find the average speed during whole journey.

• 1] 125 km/hr
• 2] 75 km/hr
• 3] 135 km/hr
• 4] 120 km/hr

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 of nine number is 50. The average of first five numbers is 54 and that of the last three numbers is 52. Then the sixth number is :

• 1] 30
• 2] 34
• 3] 24
• 4] 44