Quiz Discussion

30 pens and 75 pencils altogether were purchased for Rs. 510. If the average price of a pencil was Rs. 2, what was the average price of a pen ?

• 1] Rs. 9
• 2] Rs. 10
• 3] Rs. 11
• 4] Rs. 12

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 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

Five years ago, the average age of A, B, C and D was 45 yr. with E joining them now, the average of all the five is 49 yr. How old is E?

• 1] 25 years
• 2] 40 years
• 3] 45 years
• 4] 64 years

The average of five numbers is 306.4. The average of the first two numbers is 431 and the average of the last two numbers is 214.5. What is the third number?

• 1] 52
• 2] 108
• 3] 321
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

The average age of 30 students is 9 years. If the age of their teacher is included, the average age becomes 10 years. The age of the teacher (in years) is :

• 1] 27
• 2] 31
• 3] 35
• 4] 40

The average age of a family with 5 members is 28. If one of the 5 members of age 20 is excluded the average age of the family becomes -

• 1] 25
• 2] 20
• 3] 30
• 4] 24

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

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 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