Quiz Discussion

The average wages of a worker during a fortnight comprising 15 consecutive working days was Rs. 90 per day. During the first 7 days, his average wages was Rs. 87/day and the average wages during the last 7 days was Rs. 92/day. What was his wage on the 8th day?

• 1] 93
• 2] 90
• 3] 92
• 4] 97

A student finds the average of 10 positive integers. Each integer contains two digits. By mistake, the boy interchanges the digits of one number say ba for ab. Due to this, the average becomes 1.8 less than the previous one. What was the difference of the two digits a and b?

• 1] 8
• 2] 6
• 3] 2
• 4] 4

10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 24 years. Two children having been born (with age difference of 2 years), the present average age of the family is again 24 years. Then the present age of the youngest child is:

• 1]

  1 years

• 2]

  2 years

• 3]

  3 years

• 4]

  4 years

There were 35 students in a hostel. Due to the admission of 7 new students the expenses of the mess were increased by Rs.42 per day while the average expenditure per head diminished by Re 1. What was the original expenditure of the mess?

• 1] Rs. 450
• 2] Rs. 320
• 3] Rs. 550
• 4] Rs. 420

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

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

The average income of A, B and C is Rs. 12,000 per month and average income of B, C and D is Rs. 15,000 per month. If the average salary of D be twice that of A, then the average salary of B and C is in Rs. :

• 1] 8,000
• 2] 18,000
• 3] 13,500
• 4] 9,000

Four years ago, the average age of A and B was 18 years. At present the average age of A, B, and C is 24 years. What would be the age of C after 8 years?

• 1] 25 years
• 2] 28 years
• 3] 32 years
• 4] 36 years

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

The average of a group of men is increased by 5 years when a person aged of 18 years is replaced by a new person of aged 38 years. How many men are there in the group?

• 1] 3
• 2] 4
• 3] 5
• 4] 6
• 5] 7