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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Working together A and B can do a job in 40 days, B and C in 36 days and all three together in 24 days. In how many days can B alone do the job?

A) 60 B) 90
C) 72 D) 120
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 90

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Manish can complete a work in 21 days and Karan can complete the same work in 28 days. If both together work for 7 days, then what fraction of total work is left?

 

A) 3/5 B) 2/3
C) 7/12 D) 5/12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5/12

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A, B and C can do a job working alone in 50, 75 and 20 days respectively. They all work together for 4 days, then C quits. How many days will A and B take to finish the rest of the job?

A) 20 B) 30
C) 18 D) 24
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20

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A and B together do a job in 6.75 days and A could do the job in 9 days if he worked alone. How many days would B take to do the job if he worked alone?

A) 27 B) 18
C) 24 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 27

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X can complete 5/7 part of a work in 10 days and Y can complete 3/4 part of the same work in 9 days. In how many days will both complete 13/21 part  of the total work?

 

A)  6 B) 4
C) 3 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4

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Pradeep has done 1/4th of a job in 14 days, Saquib completes the rest of the job in 56 days. In how many days can they together complete the job?

A) 64 days B) 32 days
C) 16 days D) 8 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 32 days

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A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?

A) 75 days B) 37.5 days
C) 17.5 days D) 35 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 37.5 days

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A can finish a work in 7 days . B can finish the same work in 9 days . The days required to finish the work by both of them together.

A) 31/16 B) 47/16
C) 63/16 D) 79/16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 63/16

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