Quiz Discussion

The average age of a family of 10 members is 20 years. If the age of the youngest member of the family is 10 years, then the average age of the members of the family just before the birth of the youngest member was approximately.

• 1]

  27.14 years

• 2]

  12.5 years

• 3]

  14.28 years

• 4]

  \(11\frac{1}{9}\) years

A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average score for the team would have been 84. The number of points the team scored was :

• 1] 672
• 2] 665
• 3] 645
• 4] 588

The mean of 25 observations was found to be 78.4. But later on it was found that 96 were misread as 69. The correct means is-

• 1] 76.54
• 2] 78.4
• 3] 79.48
• 4] 81.32

The average score of a cricketer for ten matches is 38.9 runs. If the average for the first six matches is 42, then find the average for the last four matches.

• 1] 33.25
• 2] 33.5
• 3] 34.25
• 4] 35

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

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

What is the average of the first six (positive) odd number each of which is divisible by 7?

• 1] 42
• 2] 43
• 3] 47
• 4] 49

3 years age, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been born, the average age of the family is same today. The present age of the baby is :

• 1]

  1 years

• 2]

  \(1\frac{1}{2} \)years

• 3]

  2 years

• 4]

  3 years

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

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