Quiz Discussion

Average of two numbers is 8 and average of other three numbers is 3; the average of the five numbers is :

• 1] 2
• 2] 3
• 3] 5
• 4] 6

Distance between two stations A and B is 778km. A train covers the journey from A to B at 84 km per hour and returns back to A with a uniform speed of 56 km per hour. Find the average speed of train during the whole journey.

• 1]

  60 km/hr

• 2]

  30.5 km/hr

• 3]

  57 km/hr

• 4]

  67.2 km/hr

Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 on each of their meals. The ninth one spends Rs. 20 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was

• 1]

  Rs 260

• 2]

  Rs 290

• 3]

  Rs 292.5

• 4]

  Rs 400.5

When the average age of a couple and their son was 42 years, the son married and got a child after one year. When the child was 5 years old, the average age of the family became 36 years. What was the age of daughter-in- law at the time of their marriage ?

• 1] 23 years
• 2] 24 years
• 3] 25 years
• 4] 26 years

The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 years while that of the girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class?

• 1]

  1:2

• 2]

  2:3

• 3]

  3:4

• 4]

  3:5

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 of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runes must be made in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?

• 1] 72
• 2] 74
• 3] 70
• 4] 76

A batsman makes a score of 270 runs in the 87th inning and thus increase his average by a certain number of runs that is a whole number. Find the possible values of the new average.

• 1] 98
• 2] 184
• 3] 12
• 4] All of these
• 5] None of these

There are five boxes in cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the weight of the second box is 20% higher than the weight of the third box, whose weight is 25% higher than the first box's weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30% lighter than the fifth box. Find the difference in the average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest boxes.

• 1] 51.5 kg
• 2] 75 kg
• 3] 37.5 kg
• 4] 112.5 kg
• 5] None of these

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