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:

P can make a table in 16 days while Q can make it in 20 days. Q started the work and did that work for 5 days. In how many days P can complete the remaining work?

 

A)  10 B)  12
C)  15 D) 18
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  12

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Q:

Ajit is two times as good a workman as Badrinath and therefore is able to finish a job in 30 days less than Badrinath. Working together, they can do it in

A) 10 days B) 30 days
C) 15 days D) 20 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 20 days

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Q:

M can complete 3/4 part of a work in 12 days and N can complete 2/7 part of the same work in 8 days. In how many days will both complete 11/14 part of the total work?

A) 8 B) 9
C) 7 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 8

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Q:

X and Y undertook to do a piece of work for Rs 5400. X alone could do this work in 18 days and Y alone could do this work in 24 days. With the assistance of Z they finished the work in 8 days. What is the share (in Rs) of Z?

 

A) 1200 B) 1500
C) 1600 D) 1800
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1200

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Q:

A can do a piece of work in 18 days. He worked at it for 12 days and B finished the remaining work in 8 days. B alone can do the whole work in

A) 16 days B) 24 days
C) 28 days D) 29 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24 days

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Q:

A mason can build a wall in 70 hours. After 7 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the wall is yet to be built?

A) 0.9 B) 0.8
C) 0.5 D) 0.75
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0.9

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Surya works 3 times as fast as Ramya and is able to complete a work in 40 days less than the number of days taken by Ramya. Find the time in which they can complete the work together.

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

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A and B together can complete a task in 12 days. However, if A works alone, completes half the job and leaves and then B works alone and competes the rest of the work, it takes 25 days in all to complete the work. If B is more efficient than A, how many days would it have taken B to do the work by herself?

A) 18 B) 22
C) 20 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 20

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