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:

Pannalal has done 1/3rd of a job in 20 days, Saiprasad completes the rest of the job in 10 days. In how many days can they together do the job?

A) 12 days B) 6 days
C) 3 days D) 24 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12 days

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Ranjith can complete a task in 25 days while Anji can finish it in 20 days. They work together on the task for 5 days and then Ranjith leaves. In how many days will Anji finish the remaining work?

A) 15 days B) 10 days
C) 11 days D) 9 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 11 days

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Lcm of 25 and 20 is 100. So total work = 100 units
Ranjith can do 4 units per day while anju can do 5 units per day
They together complete 5 days of work i.e 9 x 5 = 45 units
The remaining 55 units of work is done by anju in 55/5 days (or) 11 days

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A, B and C together can complete a work in 25 days. If the ratio of efficiency of A, B and C is 15 : 10 : 6 respectively, then in how many days C alone can complete the same work?

A) 727/6 B) 725/6
C) 775/6 D) 745/6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 775/6

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Q:

A labourer can do a job in 50 hours. After 5 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the job is yet to be done?

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

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Q:

Parvesh is three times as efficient as Dinesh. Parvesh takes 20 days less than Dinesh to complete a book. If both of them work together, then in how many days the book will be completed?

A) 7.5 B) 8
C) 10 D) 6.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7.5

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Prabodh has done 1/2 of a job in 30 days, Sapan completes the rest of the job in 45 days. In how many days can they together do the job?

A) 18 days B) 48 days
C) 27 days D) 36 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 36 days

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P, Q and R alone can complete a work in 12, 15 and 20 days respectively. In how many days will they together complete the same work?

 

A) 4 B)  5  
C)  6   D) 3.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3.5

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The time taken by 4 men to complete a job is double the time taken by 5 children to complete the same job. Each man is twice as fast as a woman. How long will 12 men, 10 children and 8 women take to complete a job, given that a child would finish the job in 20 days.

A) 4 Days B) 3 Days
C) 2 Days D) 1 Day
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1 Day

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