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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A can do a work in 16 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 8 days, then what fraction of work is left?

A) 1/3 B) 1/6
C) 2/9 D) 1/10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1/10

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Working 5 hours a day, Shivam can read a book in 24 days. How many hours a day should he work so as to finish the same work in 8 days?

A) 12 B) 18
C) 15 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 15

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A can make a cupboard in 10 days and B can do it in 50 days. Along with C, they did the job in 6.25 days only. Then in how many days C alone can do the job?

A) 20 B) 25
C) 16 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 25

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If 15 persons can do a job in 30 days, then 30 persons with twice the efficiency can do the same job in how many days?

A) 7 B) 3.5
C) 5 D) 7.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 7.5

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Both A and B together can complete a work in 20 days and B alone can complete the same work in 36 days. In how many days will A alone complete the work?

A) 30 B) 50
C) 45 D) 42
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 45

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B is thrice as efficient as A and C is 0.75 times as efficient as A. What is the ratio of number of days taken by A, B and C when they work individually?

A) 4:1:3 B) 3:1:4
C) 2:3:1 D) 5:1:2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3:1:4

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A can do a work in 24 days and B in 40 days. If they work on it together for 10 days, then what fraction of work is left?

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

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An hour-long test has 60 problems. If a student completes 30 problems in 25 minutes, then the required seconds he has taken on average for computing each of the remaining problems is

A) 70 seconds B) 50 seconds
C) 40 seconds D) 30 seconds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 70 seconds

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