Quiz Discussion

There are two sections A and B of a class, consisting of 36 and 44 students' respectively. If the average weight of section A is 40kg and that of section B is 35kg, find the average weight of the whole class.

• 1] 30 kg
• 2] 35 kg
• 3] 42.5 kg
• 4] 37.25 kg

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

The average of nine number is 50. The average of first five numbers is 54 and that of the last three numbers is 52. Then the sixth number is :

• 1] 30
• 2] 34
• 3] 24
• 4] 44

The average of the first five multiples of 9 is:

• 1] 20
• 2] 27
• 3] 28
• 4] 30

Four years ago, the average age of A and B was 18 years. At present the average age of A, B, and C is 24 years. What would be the age of C after 8 years?

• 1] 25 years
• 2] 28 years
• 3] 32 years
• 4] 36 years

The average of six number is x and the average of three of these is y. the average of the remaining three is z, then 

• 1]

  x=y+z

• 2]

  2x=y+z

• 3]

  x=2y+2z

• 4]

  x=2yz

Nine persons went to a hotel for taking their meals. Eight of them spent Rs. 12 each on their meals and the ninth spent Rs. 8 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. What was the total money spent by them.

• 1] Rs. 115
• 2] Rs. 116
• 3] Rs. 117
• 4] Rs. 118

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

If 25a + 25b = 115, what is the average of a and b?

• 1] 2.5
• 2] 3.4
• 3] 4.5
• 4] 4.6
• 5] None of these

The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the class, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The original strength of the class was-

• 1] 10
• 2] 11
• 3] 12
• 4] 15