Quiz Discussion

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

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

• 1] 450
• 2] 1125
• 3] 244
• 4] 1220

The average age of 24 boys and their teacher is 15 years. When the teacher's age is excluded, the average age decreases by 1 year. The age of the teacher is :

• 1] 38 years
• 2] 39 years
• 3] 40 years
• 4] 41 years

Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 25. The average age of P, Q and R today is 25. Age of R after 5 years will be :

• 1] 15 years
• 2] 20 years
• 3] 40 years
• 4] 35 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

Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years. Three years later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same year. After another three years, one more member died, again at 60, and a child was born during the same year. The current average of this eight-member joint family is nearest to-

• 1] 21 years
• 2] 22 years
• 3] 23 years
• 4] 24 years
• 5] 25 years

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

The average of the first 100 positive integers is-

• 1] 49.5
• 2] 50.5
• 3] 51
• 4] 100

The average age of 30 students of a class is 14 years 4 months. After admission of 5 new students in the class the average becomes 13 years 9 months. The youngest one of the five new students is 9 years 11 months old. The average age of the remaining 4 new students is :

• 1] 10 years 4 months
• 2] 12 years 4 months
• 3] 11 years 2 months
• 4] 13 years 6 months

Average of a, b, and c is 11; average of c, d and e is 17; average of e and f is 22 and average of e and c is 17. Find out the average of a, b, c, d, e and f.

• 1]

  \(15\frac{2}{3}\)

• 2]

  \(18\frac{1}{2}\)

• 3]

  \(16\frac{1}{2}\)

• 4]

  None of these