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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A can paint a house in 45 days and B can do it in 15 days. Along with C, they did the job in 5 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how many days?

A) 12 B) 9
C) 15 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 9

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Manjeet can do a work in 18 hours. If he is joined by Jaya who is 100% more efficient, in what time will they together finish the work?

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

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P and Q can do a project in 150 and 100 days respectively. In how many days can they complete 60% of the project if they work together?

A) 12 days B) 72 days
C) 42 days D) 36 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 36 days

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Azhar is 4 times as good a workman as Balaraj and therefore is able to finish a job in 45 days less than Balaraj. Working together, they can do it in:

A) 6 days B) 18 days
C) 24 days D) 12 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 12 days

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Abhinav is 2 times as good a workman as Balwant and therefore is able to finish a job in 36 days less than Balwant. Working together, they can do it in

A) 12 days B) 6 days
C) 18 days D) 24 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 24 days

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Painter 'A' can paint a house in 10 days and 'B' can do it in 20 days. With help of 'C', they did the job in 5 days only. Then, 'C' alone can do the job in:

A) 20 days B) 10 days
C) 40 days D) 50 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20 days

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Manoj can do a piece of work in 42 hours. If he is joined by Jayashree who is 100% more efficient, in what time they will finish the work together?

A) 7 hours B) 3.5 hours
C) 14 hours D) 2.5 hours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 14 hours

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