Quiz Discussion

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 of marks in Mathematics for 5 students was found to do 50. Later, it was discovered that in the case of one student the marks 48 were misread as 84. The correct average is :

• 1] 40.2
• 2] 40.8
• 3] 42.8
• 4] 48.2

In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. The run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 run is :

• 1] 6.4
• 2] 6.3
• 3] 6.25
• 4] 6.5

Find the average of 205, 302, 108, 403, and 202-

• 1] 450
• 2] 1125
• 3] 244
• 4] 1220

Four years ago, the average age of a family of four persons was 18 years. During this period, a baby was born. Today if the average age of the family is still 18 years, the age of the baby is

• 1] 1.2 years
• 2] 2 years
• 3] 2.5 years
• 4] 3 years

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

The average age of a family with 5 members is 28. If one of the 5 members of age 20 is excluded the average age of the family becomes -

• 1] 25
• 2] 20
• 3] 30
• 4] 24

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

A student finds the average of 10, 2 digits numbers. If the digits of one of the numbers interchanged, the average increases by 3.6. The difference between the digits of the 2 digits number is :

• 1] 4
• 2] 3
• 3] 2
• 4] 5

Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 on each of their meals. The ninth one spends Rs. 20 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was

• 1]

  Rs 260

• 2]

  Rs 290

• 3]

  Rs 292.5

• 4]

  Rs 400.5