Quiz Discussion

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 cricketer whose bowling average is 12.4 runs per wicket takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby decreased his average by 0.4. The number of wickets taken by him the last match was-

• 1] 64
• 2] 72
• 3] 80
• 4] 85

The average weight of 21 boys was recorded as 64 kg. If the weight of the teacher was added, the average increased by 1 kg. What was the teacher’s weight?

• 1] 86 kg
• 2] 64 kg
• 3] 72 kg
• 4] 84 kg

The average of a group of men is increased by 5 years when a person aged of 18 years is replaced by a new person of aged 38 years. How many men are there in the group?

• 1] 3
• 2] 4
• 3] 5
• 4] 6
• 5] 7

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

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 arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55% is-

• 1] 45
• 2] 50
• 3] 51.4 approx
• 4] 54.6 approx

The average of the largest and smallest 3 digits numbers formed by 0, 2 and 4 would be :

• 1] 312
• 2] 222
• 3] 213
• 4] 303

The average pocket money of 3 friend A, B, C is Rs. 80 in a particular month. If B spends double and C spends triple of what A spends during that month and if the average of their unspent pocket money is Rs. 60, then A spends (in Rs.)-

• 1] Rs. 10
• 2] Rs. 20
• 3] Rs. 30
• 4] Rs. 40

A student finds the average of 10 positive integers. Each integer contains two digits. By mistake, the boy interchanges the digits of one number say ba for ab. Due to this, the average becomes 1.8 less than the previous one. What was the difference of the two digits a and b?

• 1] 8
• 2] 6
• 3] 2
• 4] 4