Quiz Discussion

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

The average of 10 items was found to be 80 but while calculating, one of the items was counted as 60 instead of 50. Then the correct average would have been :

• 1] 69
• 2] 79.25
• 3] 79
• 4] 79.5

The average age of 3 children in a family is 20% of the average age of the father and the eldest child. The total age of the mother and the youngest child is 39 years. If the father's age is 26 years, what is the age of the second child ?

• 1] 15 years
• 2] 18 years
• 3] 20 years
• 4] Cannot be determined

A has 50 coins of 10 paise denominations. While B has 10 coins of 50 paise denominations. C has 20 coins of 25 paise denominations while D has 25 coins of 20 paise denominations. The average number of paise per person is :

• 1] 450 paise
• 2] 500 paise
• 3] 550 paise
• 4] 650 paise

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

After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the new member?

• 1] 2 years
• 2] 4 years
• 3] 8 years
• 4] 15 years

A school has only four classes that contain 10, 20, 30 and 40 students respectively. The pass percentage of these classes are 20%, 30%, 60% and 100% respectively. Find the pass % of the entire school.

• 1] 56%
• 2] 76%
• 3] 34%
• 4] 66%
• 5] None of these

Find the average of the first 40 natural numbers.

• 1]

  21

• 2]

  20.5

• 3]

  21.5

• 4]

  None Of These

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

Students of three different classes appeared in common examination. Pass average of 10 students of first class was 70%, pass average of 15 students of second class was 60% and pass average of 25 students of third class was 80% then what will be the pass average of all students of three classes?

• 1] 74%
• 2] 75%
• 3] 69%
• 4] 72%