Quiz Discussion

In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?

• 1] 67 kg.
• 2] 68 kg.
• 3] 69 kg.
• 4] Data inadequate

A set A consists of integers 27, 28, 30 and 33. If integer k is included in the set, the average of set A will increase by 30%. What is the value of integer k ?

• 1] 68
• 2] 79
• 3] 73.75
• 4] 75.25

The average of marks in Mathematics for 5 students was found to do 50. Later, it was discovered that in the case of one student the marks 48 were misread as 84. The correct average is :

• 1] 40.2
• 2] 40.8
• 3] 42.8
• 4] 48.2

There are 30 students in a class. The average age of first 10 students is 12.5 years. The average age of the remaining 20 students is 13.1 years. The average age (in years) of the students of the whole class is :

• 1] 12.5 years
• 2] 12.7 years
• 3] 12.8 years
• 4] 12.9 years

The average marks obtained by a class of 60 students is 65. The average marks of half of the students is found to be 85. The average marks of the remaining students is :

• 1] 35
• 2] 45
• 3] 55
• 4] 65

In a school with 600 students, the average age of the boys is 12 years and that of the girls is 11 years. If the average of the school is 11 years 9 months, then the average the number of girls in the school is :

• 1] 150
• 2] 250
• 3] 350
• 4] 450

The average of five numbers is 7. If three new numbers would be added, then the new average comes out to be 8.5. What is the average of those three new numbers ?

• 1] 9
• 2] 10.5
• 3] 11
• 4] 11.5

The average age of 40 students of class is 18 years. When 20 new students are admitted to the same class, the average age of the students of the class is increased by 6 months. The average age of newly admitted students is ?

• 1] 19 years
• 2] 19 years 6 months
• 3] 20 years
• 4] 20 years 6 months

Total expenses of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly varying linearly with the number of boarders. The average expense per boarder is Rs. 700 when there are 25 boarders and Rs. 600 when there are 50 boarders. What is the average expense per boarder when there are 100 boarders?

• 1] Rs. 540
• 2] Rs. 550
• 3] Rs. 570
• 4] Rs. 580

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