Quiz Discussion

The average weight of 3 men, A, B and C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the average now becomes 80 kg. If another man E whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D, replaces A then the average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. What is the weight of A ?

• 1] 70 kg
• 2] 72 kg
• 3] 75 kg
• 4] 80 kg

The average age of the mother and her six children is 12 years which is reduced by 5 years if the age of the mother is excluded. How old is the mother ?

• 1] 40 years
• 2] 42 years
• 3] 48 years
• 4] 50 years

Find the average of 1.11, 0.01, 0.101, 0.001, 0.11 = ?

• 1] 0.2664
• 2] 0.2554
• 3] 0.1264
• 4] 0.1165

Ajit has a certain average for 9 innings. In the tenth innings, he scores 100 runs thereby increasing his average by 8 runs. His new average is:

• 1] 20
• 2] 21
• 3] 28
• 4] 32

The average score of a class of boys and girls in an examination is A. The ratio of boys and girls in the class is 3 : 1. If the average score of the boys is A + 1, the average score of the girls is-

• 1] A - 1
• 2] A - 3
• 3] A + 1
• 4] A + 3

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

The mean of 100 items was 46. Later on it was discovered that an item 16 was misread as 61 and another item 43 was misread as 34. It was also found that the number of item was 90 and not 100. Then what is the correct mean ?

• 1] 50
• 2] 50.7
• 3] 52
• 4] 52.7

David obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. What are his average marks?

• 1] 65
• 2] 69
• 3] 75
• 4] None of these

A passenger travels from Delhi to Merut at a speed of 30 kmph and return with a speed of 60 kmph. What is the average speed?

• 1] 40
• 2] 45
• 3] 50
• 4] 48

Find the average of the first 40 natural numbers.

• 1]

  21

• 2]

  20.5

• 3]

  21.5

• 4]

  None Of These