Time and Work Questions

FACTS  AND  FORMULAE  FOR  TIME  AND  WORK  QUESTIONS

 

 

1. If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A's 1 day's work =1n

2. If A’s 1 day's work =1n, then A can finish the work in n days.

 

3. A is thrice as good a workman as B, then:

Ratio of work done by A and B = 3 : 1.

Ratio of times taken by A and B to finish a work = 1 : 3.

 

NOTE : 

Efficiency1No of time units

 

 Efficiency × Time = Constant Work

 

Hence, Required time = WorkEfficiency

 

Whole work is always considered as 1, in terms of fraction and 100% , in terms of percentage.

In general, number of day's or hours = 100Efficiency

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S, T and U can complete a work in 40, 48 and 60 days respectively. They received Rs 10800 to complete the work. They begin the work together but Tleft 2 days before the completion of the work and U left 5 days before the completion of the work. S has completed the remaining work alone. What is the share of S(in Rs) from total money?

A) 4320 B) 4500
C) 4860 D) 4960
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 4860

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P and Q can do a project in 150 and 100 days respectively. In how many days can they complete 60% of the project if they work together?

A) 12 days B) 72 days
C) 42 days D) 36 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 36 days

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Painter 'A' can paint a house in 10 days and 'B' can do it in 20 days. With help of 'C', they did the job in 5 days only. Then, 'C' alone can do the job in:

A) 20 days B) 10 days
C) 40 days D) 50 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20 days

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50 men can complete a work in 28 days. They started the work together, but at the end of each 10th day, 10 men left the job. The work was completed in how many days?

A) 36 B) 38
C) 40 D) 45
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 40

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8 men can complete a work in 16 days. 16 women can complete the same work in 24 days. In how many days can 4 men and 8 women complete the same work?

A) B)
C) D)
 
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A and B can complete a task in 1.5 days. However, A had to leave a few days before the task wascompleted and hence it took 2 days in all to complete the task. If A alone could complete the work in2.625 days, how many days before the work getting over did A leave?

A) 1.125 B) 0.625
C) 0.375 D) 0.875
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0.875

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If A, B and C together do a job in 4 days, A and C together do the job in 4.5 days and B and C together do the job in 12 days then in how many days can C alone do the job?

A) 36 B) 6
C) 18 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 18

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A can do a work in 15 days and B in 9 days. If they work on it together for 5 days, then what fraction of work is left?

A) 1/6 B) 3/7
C) 1/3 D) 1/9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1/9

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