Quiz Discussion

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

An elevator can carry maximum of 16 passengers with an average weight of 80 kg. However, four boys more than the maximum carrying capacity of the elevator entered it making the average weight as 86 kg and overloading the elevator. What is the average weight of those four boys ?

• 1] 112 kg
• 2] 108 kg
• 3] 110 kg
• 4] 98 kg

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

The average of X1, X2 and X3 is 14. Twice the sum of X2 and X3 is 30. What is the value of X1?

• 1] 12
• 2] 16
• 3] 20
• 4] 27

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 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

A cricketer has a certain average for 9 innings, In the tenth inning he scores 100 runs there by increasing his average by 8 runs. His new average is 

• 1]

  28 runs

• 2]

  24 runs

• 3]

  32 runs

• 4]

  20 runs

There are two sections A and B of a class, consisting of 36 and 44 students' respectively. If the average weight of section A is 40kg and that of section B is 35kg, find the average weight of the whole class.

• 1] 30 kg
• 2] 35 kg
• 3] 42.5 kg
• 4] 37.25 kg

The average marks of four subjects is 120. If 33 was misread as 13 during the calculation, what will be the correct average?

• 1] 122
• 2] 120
• 3] 125
• 4] 121

The average age of husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After five tears they have a one-year old child. The average age of the family of three, when the child was born, was-

• 1] 23 years
• 2] 24 years
• 3] 18 years
• 4] 20 years