Quiz Discussion

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

In a set of three numbers, the average of first two numbers is 2, the average of the last two numbers is 3, and the average of the first and the last numbers is 4. What is the average of three numbers?

• 1] 2
• 2] 2.5
• 3] 3
• 4] 3.5

19 people went to a hotel for combine dinner party 13 of them spent Rs. 79 each on their dinner and rest spent 4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19. What was the total money spent by them.

• 1] 1628.4
• 2] 1534
• 3] 1492
• 4] 1496
• 5] None of these

The average of 25 results is 18. The average of first 12 of those is 14 and the average of last 12 is 17. What is the 13th result?

• 1] 74
• 2] 75
• 3] 69
• 4] 78

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

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

The average of the first five multiples of 3 is-

• 1] 3
• 2] 9
• 3] 12
• 4] 15

The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is-

• 1] 1 : 2
• 2] 2 : 3
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 3 : 5

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 librarian purchased 50 storybooks for his library. But he saw that he could get 14 books more by spending Rs. 76 more but per book average becomes Rs. 1 less. The average price (in Rs.) of each book he bought, was :

• 1] 15
• 2] 25
• 3] 20
• 4] 10