Quiz Discussion

30 pens and 75 pencils altogether were purchased for Rs. 510. If the average price of a pencil was Rs. 2, what was the average price of a pen ?

• 1] Rs. 9
• 2] Rs. 10
• 3] Rs. 11
• 4] Rs. 12

A batsman makes a score of 270 runs in the 87th inning and thus increase his average by a certain number of runs that is a whole number. Find the possible values of the new average.

• 1] 98
• 2] 184
• 3] 12
• 4] All of these
• 5] None of these

The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero ?

• 1]

  0

• 2]

  -1

• 3]

  1

• 4]

  None Of These

The average of 11 results is 60. If the average of first six results is 58 and that of last six is 63, find the 6th result-

• 1] 66
• 2] 55
• 3] 64
• 4] 68

Average weight of 25 students of a class is 50 kg. If the weight of the class teacher is included , the average is increased by 1 kg. The weight of the teacher is ?

• 1] 76 kg
• 2] 77 kg
• 3] 74 kg
• 4] 75 kg

The average of five different positive numbers is 25. x is the decrease in the average when the smallest number among them is replaced by 0. What can be said about x?

• 1] x is less than 5
• 2] x is greater than 5
• 3] x is equal to 5
• 4] Cannot be determined

Find the average of first 97 natural numbers.

• 1] 47
• 2] 37
• 3] 48
• 4] 49
• 5] 49.5

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

The average weight of A, B and C is 40 kgs. Weight of C is 24 kgs more than A’s weight and 3 kgs less than B’s weight. What will be the average weight of A, B, C and D, if D weights 15 kgs less than C?

• 1] 42 kgs
• 2] 40 kgs
• 3] 36 kgs
• 4] 38 kgs

The average temperature for the first four days of a week is 40.2° C and that of the last four days is 41.3° C. If the average temperature for the whole 40.6°C, then the temperature on the fourth day is-

• 1] 40.8° C
• 2] 41.3° C
• 3] 41.8° C
• 4] 38.5° C