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

The average age of P, Q and R is 15 years more than R's age. If the total age of P and Q together is 39 years, then R's age is ?

• 1] 12 years
• 2] 24 years
• 3] 16 years
• 4] 14 years

Amount five people with monthly income (in Rs.) 15000, 26000, 16000, 19000, 50000, how many will have income less than the mean income of five people?

• 1] 1
• 2] 2
• 3] 3
• 4] 4

The average of runs scored by a cricketer in his 99 innings is 99. How many runs will he have to score to his 100th innings so that his average of runs in 100 innings will become 100 ?

• 1] 100
• 2] 99
• 3] 199
• 4] 101

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 age of four boys A, B, C and D is 5 years and the average age A, B, D, E is 6 years. C is 8 years old. The age of E is (in years) :

• 1] 12
• 2] 13
• 3] 14
• 4] 15

A school has only four classes that contain 10, 20, 30 and 40 students respectively. The pass percentage of these classes are 20%, 30%, 60% and 100% respectively. Find the pass % of the entire school.

• 1] 56%
• 2] 76%
• 3] 34%
• 4] 66%
• 5] None of these

The average (arithmetic mean) of 330, 360 and 390 is :

• 1]

  \({3^{27}} + {3^{57}} + {3^{87}}\)

• 2]

  \({3^{29}} + {3^{59}} + {3^{89}}\)

• 3]

  \({3^{60}}\)

• 4]

  \({3^{177}}\)

The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs.8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs.12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs.6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is

• 1]

  20

• 2]

  21

• 3]

  22

• 4]

  23

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