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

Q:

20 boys do one fourth of work in 25 days. How many more boys will be required to complete the remaining work in 50 days?

 

A) 8 B) 10
C) 15 D) 20
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10

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A can complete a task alone in 8 days, while B takes 12 days to do it by herself. Together with C it takes them 4 days to complete the work. If C and D together can complete the task in 15 days, then how many days will D need to complete the task by herself?

A) 36 B) 32
C) 40 D) 30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 40

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A and B can complete a task in 12 days. However, A had to leave a few days before the task was completed and hence it took 16 days in all to complete the task. If A alone could complete the work in 21 days, how many days before the work getting over did A leave?

A) 7 B) 5
C) 9 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7

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A  field  can  be  reaped  by  12  men  or  18  women  in  14  days.  In  how  many  days  can  8  men  and  16 women reap it?

A) 26 days B) 24 days
C) 9 days D) 8 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 9 days

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12 men or 18 women can complete in 14 days
8 men and 16 women can complete in how many days
12men = 18 women (Comparing efficiencies)
1men = 18/12 = 1.5 women
8 men and 16 women = 12women + 16 women = 28 women
18 women completes in 14 days
1 woman completes in 14*18 days
28 women completes in (14*18)/28 days = 9 days
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S and T can finish a work in 50 days. They worked together for 20 days and then left. How much of the work is left?

A) 3/5 B) 1/3
C) 1/2 D) 2/5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3/5

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Parimal has done 1/4th of a job in 10 days, Salim completes the rest of the job in 20 days. In how many days can they together do the job?

A) 8 days B) 24 days
C) 12 days D) 16 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 16 days

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Anil is twice as good as workman as Bimal and together they finish a piece of work in 9 days. In how many days will Anil alone finish the work?

A) 12.5 B) 11.5
C) 10.5 D) 13.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 13.5

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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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