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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X, Y and Z can do a piece of work in 30,40 and 50 days respectively. All three of them began the work together but Y left 4 days before completion of the work. In how many days was the work completed?

A) 660/47 B) 640/47
C) 680/47 D) 665/47
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 660/47

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9 women can complete a work in 50 days. If more 6 women were added to them, how many days before the work can be completed?

A) 30 B) 20
C) 15 D) 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20

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If 10 people can do a job in 20 days,then 20 people with twice the efficiency can do the same job in

A) 5 days B) 10 days
C) 20 days D) 40 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5 days

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Prahlad has done 1/3rd of a job in 30 days, Sarfaraz completes the rest of the job in 90 days. In how many days can they together do the job?

A) 27 days B) 18 days
C) 54 days D) 36 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 54 days

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Type 1 workers are 2.5 times as efficient as type 2 workers. Twelve Type 1 workers can complete a task in 10 days. How many days would it have taken 4 Type 1 and 15 Type 2 workers to do the same work?

 

A) 13 B) 10
C) 12 D) 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 11

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If 5 person together can make 5 mats in 5 hrs, then 10 person in 10 hours will make

A) 20 mats B) 10 mats
C) 15 mats D) 5 mats
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20 mats

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A and B can together complete a task in 18 hours. After 6 hours A leaves. B takes 36 hours to finish rest of the task. How many hours would A have taken to do the task if he worked alone?

A) 54 B) 45
C) 21 D) 27
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 27

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24 men can repair a road in 50 days. If they are joined by 16 more men, then in how much time (in days) the road can be repaired?

A) 28 B)  25
C) 32 D) 30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 30

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