Statistics

1003025102

Level: 
A
A car travels the first quarter of its journey at an average speed of 50kph, the second quarter at an average speed of 90kph, the third quarter at an average speed of 130kph and the remaining one quarter at an average speed of 80kph. What is the average speed of the car during the journey? Round the result to two decimal places.
77.97km/h
85.00km/h
87.50km/h
82.71km/h

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Level: 
A
Ten workers produce the same type of components. Two workers produce one component in 4 minutes, other three workers in 5 minutes, another one worker in 6 minutes, next three workers in 7 minutes and the last one of them in 8 minutes. What is the average time needed to produce one component? Round the result to the nearest hundredth.
5.49min
5.50min
5.65min
5.80min

1003025104

Level: 
A
The annual production of a business is recorded in the following table. Find the compound annual growth rate over the time period 2014 - 2017. (I.e., the average annual coefficient of the production growth, i.e., the ratio that provides a constant growth rate over the time period.) Round the result to four decimal places.Year2014201520162017Production (pcs)20000204002142024633
1.0719
1.0705
1.0733
1.0727

1003029501

Level: 
A
In a toy-factory four workers make the same toys manually. In one 8 hour shift the first worker produced 12 toys, the second 10 toys, the third 16 toys and the fourth 12 toys. What was the average time to produce a toy on that work shift?
38min 24s
38min 40s
39min 30s
38min 58s

1003029502

Level: 
A
Two employees work in a factory workroom. The first one completed an assigned task in 20 minutes, the second one completed the same task in 10 minutes. We are interested in the average time of the task completion. What type of the average do we need to use?
Arithmetic mean
Harmonic mean
Geometric mean
Weighted arithmetic mean

1003029503

Level: 
A
Paul drove the first halfway of a test track at a constant speed of 20kph and the second halfway at a constant speed of 30kph. We wish to know Paul's average speed. What type of the average do we need to use?
Harmonic mean
Arithmetic mean
Geometric mean
Weighted arithmetic mean

1003029505

Level: 
A
Your stock portfolio had the following returns in the five consecutive years: 10%, 20%, 0%, 10%, 20% (the minus sign denotes the financial loss). We are interested in five years compound annual growth rate of the portfolio. What type of average do we need to use?
Geometric mean
Arithmetic mean
Harmonic mean
Weighted arithmetic mean

1003029506

Level: 
A
Let us assume that the value of an unique artwork will increase 1.5 times in the first year, 1.2 times in the second year and 1.9 times in the third year. We are interested in the compound annual growth rate in these three years. What type of average do we need to use?
Geometric mean
Arithmetic mean
Harmonic mean
Weighted arithmetic mean

1003029507

Level: 
A
You recorded the outdoor temperature in the place of your residence at the noontime during the past ten consecutive days. Now, you would like to find out the average noontime outdoor temperature in this place in the ten-day interval. What type of average do you have to use?
Arithmetic mean
Geometric mean
Harmonic mean
Weighted geometric mean