Quiz Discussion

There are five boxes in cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the weight of the second box is 20% higher than the weight of the third box, whose weight is 25% higher than the first box's weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30% lighter than the fifth box. Find the difference in the average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest boxes.

• 1] 51.5 kg
• 2] 75 kg
• 3] 37.5 kg
• 4] 112.5 kg
• 5] None of these

After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the new member?

• 1] 2 years
• 2] 4 years
• 3] 8 years
• 4] 15 years

The average wages of a worker during a fortnight comprising 15 consecutive working days was Rs. 90 per day. During the first 7 days, his average wages was Rs. 87/day and the average wages during the last 7 days was Rs. 92/day. What was his wage on the 8th day?

• 1] 93
• 2] 90
• 3] 92
• 4] 97

The mean of 100 items was 46. Later on it was discovered that an item 16 was misread as 61 and another item 43 was misread as 34. It was also found that the number of item was 90 and not 100. Then what is the correct mean ?

• 1] 50
• 2] 50.7
• 3] 52
• 4] 52.7

Average of a, b, and c is 11; average of c, d and e is 17; average of e and f is 22 and average of e and c is 17. Find out the average of a, b, c, d, e and f.

• 1]

  \(15\frac{2}{3}\)

• 2]

  \(18\frac{1}{2}\)

• 3]

  \(16\frac{1}{2}\)

• 4]

  None of these

The average of five numbers is 7. If three new numbers would be added, then the new average comes out to be 8.5. What is the average of those three new numbers ?

• 1] 9
• 2] 10.5
• 3] 11
• 4] 11.5

The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is-

• 1] Rs. 3500
• 2] Rs. 4000
• 3] Rs. 4050
• 4] Rs. 5000

A man has 'n' magical eggs whose average weight is 'k' gm. Each of the 'n' eggs produces 'n' eggs next day such that the average weight of 'n' eggs produced is same as that of the parental egg for each 'n' groups individually i.e. each egg produces 'n' eggs of next generation and average weight of all the 'n' eggs of next generation is same as the weight of the mother egg. This process is continued without any change in pattern. What is the total weight of all the eggs of rth generation, where the initial number of eggs with man are considered as the eggs of first generation.

• 1] rnk
• 2] rnk
• 3] nkr
• 4] nrk
• 5] None of these

Nine persons went to a hotel for taking their meals. Eight of them spent Rs. 12 each on their meals and the ninth spent Rs. 8 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. What was the total money spent by them.

• 1] Rs. 115
• 2] Rs. 116
• 3] Rs. 117
• 4] Rs. 118

If the arithmetic mean of 7, 5, 13, x and 9 is 10, then the value of x is :

• 1] 10
• 2] 12
• 3] 14
• 4] 16