Quiz Discussion

In a set of three numbers, the average of first two numbers is 2, the average of the last two numbers is 3, and the average of the first and the last numbers is 4. What is the average of three numbers?

• 1] 2
• 2] 2.5
• 3] 3
• 4] 3.5

Sachin Tendulkar has a certain average for 11 innings. In the 12th innings he scores 120 runs and thereby increases his average by 5 runs. His new average is :

• 1] 60
• 2] 62
• 3] 65
• 4] 66

The average of 50 numbers is 30. If two numbers, 35 and 40 are discarded, then the average of the remaining numbers is nearly:

• 1] 28.32
• 2] 29.68
• 3] 28.78
• 4] 29.27

The average of five different positive numbers is 25. x is the decrease in the average when the smallest number among them is replaced by 0. What can be said about x?

• 1] x is less than 5
• 2] x is greater than 5
• 3] x is equal to 5
• 4] Cannot be determined

The average of 11 players of a cricket team is decreased by 2 months when two of them aged 17 years and 20 years are replaced by two new players. The average age of the new players is-

• 1] 17 years 1 month
• 2] 17 years 7 months
• 3] 17 years 11 months
• 4] 18 years 3 months

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 of a group of men is increased by 5 years when a person aged of 18 years is replaced by a new person of aged 38 years. How many men are there in the group?

• 1] 3
• 2] 4
• 3] 5
• 4] 6
• 5] 7

A student finds the average of 10, 2 digits numbers. If the digits of one of the numbers interchanged, the average increases by 3.6. The difference between the digits of the 2 digits number is :

• 1] 4
• 2] 3
• 3] 2
• 4] 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

Mean of 10 numbers is 30. Later on it was observed that numbers 15, 23 are wrongly taken as 51, 32. The correct mean is :

• 1] 25.5
• 2] 32
• 3] 30
• 4] 34.5