Time and Work, Partnership7

Example
1. A can do a certain job in 25 da ys which B alone
can do in 20 da ys. A started the work and was
joined by B aft er 10 days. Find the total number of
da ys taken to complete the work?
a) 10 days b) 12.66days c) 16.66days
d) 20
da ys
2. A can do a piece of work in 20 days, which B
alone can do in 30 days. If they work together and
get a payment of Rs.380, what is Bs share?
a) Rs.152 b) Rs.228
c)Rs.246
d)Rs.272

3. If 10 boys or 6 men can do a piece of work in 8

da ys, then find the number of da ys that 15 boys
and 11 men will take to finish the same work.
a) 2
b)2.5
c) 2.66
d) 2.4
4. 12 men can build a wall in 5 da ys. If 20 men are
employed, find the number of da ys in which the
wall will be built.
a) 2
b) 3
c) 6
d) 8
5. A cistern can be filled by pipes A and B
together in 3 hours. If pipe A can alone fill the
cistern in 5 hours, then find the time taken by pipe
B alone to fill the cistern.
a) 6 hr
b) 7.5 hr
c) 8.75 hr
d) 9 hr
6. A pipe can fill a cistern in 45 minutes and an emptying
pipe can empty it in 60 minutes.
What will happen if both
the pipes are opened together for 2 hours?
a) The cistern will be completely empty. b) Half the cistern
will be filled.
c) Two-thirds of the cistern will
be filled.
d) The cistern will be completely filled.
7. Two pipes can separately fill a cistern in 2 hours
and 5 hours respectivel y. There is one waste pipe
fitted in the bott om of the cistern. If all the three
pipes are opened simultaneousl y, then the cistern
will be full in 30 hours. In how much time can the
waste pipe empt y the full cistern?
a) 1 hr b) 1.5 hr c) 2 hr
d) 2.5 hr
8. X and Y started a business and invest ed
Rs.20000 and Rs.25000 respectivel y. Aft er 4
months, Y withdrew his entire amount, and Z
joined X by investing Rs.15000. At the end of the
year, there was a profit o f Rs.6900. What is Xs
share in the profit?
a)Rs.6900 b)Rs.3600 c) Rs.1500 d) Rs.1800
9.A, B, C hired a patch of farmland for a sum of
Rs.3100. A grazed 10 oxen for 20 days, B grazed 5
oxen for 10 days and C grazed 12 oxen for 5 days.
Determine the rent paid by A.
a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.1250 c) Rs.1700 d) Rs.2000

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10. X, Y and Z started a business with Rs.47,000.

X invests Rs.7000 more than Y and Y invests
Rs.5000 more than Z. Out of a profit of Rs.9400,
find Ys share.
a) Rs.3000 b) Rs.3750 c) Rs.4000 d) Rs.4350
Class Test
1. X is twice as good a workman as Y and together
they finish a piece of work in 14 days. Find the
number of da ys taken by X to finish the work .
a) 11 b) 21
c) 28 d) 30
2. The rates of working of A and B are in the ratio
5 : 6. The number of da ys taken by them to finish
the work are which of the foll owing ratios?
a)5 : 6
b)25 : 36
c) 6 : 5 d)36 : 25
3. A can do a piece of work in 7 days working 9
hours each an d B can do it in 6 days working 7
hours each. How l ong will they take t o do the work
together, working 8.4 hours a day?
a)3 days
b)4 days
c) 4.5days d)5 days
4. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B
and C in 12 days, and C and A in 15 days. In how
many da ys will they finish it together?
a)12 days b)15 days
c) 3 days d)8 days
5. A can do a piece of work in 10 days. If B is 25%
more effici en t than A, then find the number of
da ys required by B to do the same piece of work.
a)10 days b)8 da ys c)6 da ys
d) 4 days
6. Three pipes A, B and C together can fill a
cistern in 12 hours. After working together for 4
hours, C is closed and A and B together fill it in 14
more hours. How many hours will C alone take to
fill the cistern?
a)18 hrs b)20 hrs c) 24 hrs d)None of these
7.A cistern has a leak which would empt y it in 5
hours. A tap is turned on which admits 12 litres
per minute into the cistern and the cistern g ets
emptied in 10 hours. Find the capacity of the
cistern in litres.
a)7200 b)6400 c)7600 d)6800
8. A cistern has a leak in the bottom and can be
completel y filled in 12 hours. Had there been no
leak, it could have been filled in 10 hours. If the
cistern is full, then in how much time can the leak
empt y th e cistern?
a)60 hrs b)120 hrs
c) 80 hrs d)95 hrs
9.Three friends share a rented room. The rent
shared among the friends is in proportion to the

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February 2001, one of the friends stays onl y for a
week, while the other stays for 2 weeks and the
last one sta ys for the complete month. In what
proportion should they share the rent for that
month?
a)1 : 2 : 4 b)7 : 14 : 30 c)7 : 14 : 31 d)7: 14 : 29
10. TPL and Tiwa start a joint venture investing
Rs.20 lakh and Rs.15 lakh respecti vel y. TPL get s
30% of the profit as royalt y for the technology that
the venture uses. What is Tiwas share of the profit
of 10 lakh for the first year?
a)Rs.4 lakh b)Rs.3 lakh c)Rs.4.28 lakh d)Rs.7 lakh
Home Assignment
1. A girl can finish a job in 10 days. A boy is t wice
as efficient as a girl. If a woman is thrice as
efficient as a girl and a man is twice as effici ent as
a woman, how many da ys will it take to finish 3
such jobs when a boy, a woman and a man do the
job together?
a)1.2 days b)0.833 da ys c)2.7 days d)3.6 days
2. 7 men and 3 women can do twice as much work
as done by 3 men and 7 wom en in the same time.
What is the ratio of work done by a man and a
woman in unit time?
a)1: 11 b)11: 1 c)1: 1 d)Cannot be det ermined
3. A, B and C can polish a stone to a diamond in 2,
3 and 6 days respecti vel y. If A works on the first
da y on a diamond, B wor ks in the 2nd day on the
same diamond, and C on the third day on the same
diamond foll owed by A on a new diamond and the
cycle repeats. How many stones can be polished t o
diamonds overall in 11 days in such manner?
a)11 b)3
c)4
d)3.83 approx
th

4. Working at 3/5 of m y usual rate, I can paint a

wall 10 m2 m in 4 hours. How many hours will I
take to paint a wall 5 m 8 m, when I work at
5/3 r d of m y usual rate?
a) 200/9 hours b)72/25 hours c)40/3hours d)4 hrs
5. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 2 hours
and 4 hours respectivel y, while pipe C ca n empt y
the cistern in 12 hours. All the three pipes are
opened together and after 1 hour , pipe C is closed.
Find in what time the tank will be full aft er pipe C
is shut?
a)3 hrs b)2.25hrs
c)2 hrs d)3.5 hrs
6. A cistern normally takes 16 hours to be filled by
a tap. But because of a leak, it takes additional 4
hours. In how many hours will the leak empty the
full cistern?

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a)60 hrs b)75 hrs c)80 hrs d)90 hrs

7. A pipe can fill 3/5 th of a cistern in 30 minutes.
In 12 minutes, what part of the cistern will be
filled?
a) 4/5 b) 6/25 c) 2/3 d) 3/20
8. Two friends Alpha and Gamma invested equal
amounts to start a business. However, after three
months, Alpha withdrew half of his amount. What
was Alphas percentage share in the profit after a
year?
a)62.5% b) 38.5% c)50% d)60%
9.Alex and Stuart invest $40000 and $60000 to
start a software company. Alex gets a salary of
$10000 per month for working as a manager in the
same company. Out of the tot al profit of $240000
for the year how much will Stuart get?
a)$48000 b)$192000 c)$96000 d)None of these
10.A, B and C entered into a partnership investing
Rs.15200 each for 8, 10 and 12 months
respectivel y. Find the share of C in a profit of
Rs.33045 after a year.
a)Rs.12318 b)Rs.13218 c)Rs.12183 d)Rs.18213
Solutions of Home Assignment:
1.
Work done b y a girl in one day = 1/10
Since a boy is twice as efficient as a girl, work
done b y a boy in a day = 2 (1/10) = 2/10
Similarly the work done in a day b y a woman and
a man will be 3/10 and 6/10 respectively.
Work done in one da y when a b oy, a woman
and a man are working togethe r

2
3
6
11
= 10 + 10 + 10 = 10

The work gets over in 1 /(11/10) = 10/11 of the day

So 3 such jobs will take 3 (10/11) 2.7 days.
Hence, (c).
2.Let, 7men +3women take time T to finish the job.
So, 3 men + 7 women take time 2T or 6 men + 14
women take time T.
Hence, 7 men + 3 women 6 men + 14 women i.e .,
1 man 11 women

work done by a man

11
work done by a woman = 1 . Hence, (b).
Hence,
3. The part of stone polished to diamond in 1 day b y A
=1/2; Work left = 1- =
The part of stone polished to diamond by B in 1
da y=1/3; Work left = - 1/3 = 1/6
and the part stone polished to diamond by C in a day =
1/6
So, 1 stone can be polished to diamond in 3 da ys ; and 3
stones can be polished to diamonds in 9 days.
On the 10th day, the part of stone polished = 1/2
On the 11th day, the part of stone polished = 1/3
Hence, total number of stones polished to diamonds in
11 days = 3 + + 1/3 = 3 + 5/6.
Hence, (d).
4.Let S m 2 /hr be the usual working rate.

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S
Working at 5 m 2 /hr, 10 2 = 20 m 2 can be painted

in 4 hours.

20 5
3
25
5 S 4 = 20 S = 4 3 = 3 m 2 /hr.
5 5 25 125

S
3 = 3 3 = 9 m 2 /hr
The new working rate is
The area to be painted = 40 m 2
The required time =(40 9)/125=72/25hr. Ans.(b).
5.

A, B and Cs 1 hour work

1 1 1 6 3 1 8 2

2 4 12
12 = 12 3
=
Let A and B together be opened for a hours,
after C is shut.

a a 1
4
3a
1

2 4 3 4 = 3 a = 9
. Hence, (b). (CHANGE OPTION B)
6.

The cistern takes 16 + 4 = 20 hours to get filled

because of the leak.
Work done b y leak in 1 hour = 1/16 1/20 = 1/80
The leak can empty the full cistern in 80
hours. Hence, (c).
7.

In 30 minutes, 3/5 t h of the cistern is filled.

12
3
6

5
30

In 12 minutes,
th = 25 th part of
cistern is filled. Hence, (b).

Alpha's share in profit 2 3 1 9 15 5

Gama's share in profit

2 12
24 8
8.
100 38.5%.
Alphas
percentage
share=(5/13)
Hence, (b).
9.
Total salary which Alex receives in a year = 12
10000 = $120000
Profit left after salary=240000120000 =$120000
Ratio of investments of Alex and Stuart = 40000 :
60000 = 2 : 3
Hence, Stuarts share in profit = 3/(2+3) 120000 =
$72000. Hence, (d).
10.
In the gi ven question, as the amount invested
b y each is the same, the ratio of sharing of profits will
be equal to the ratio of their period of investments = 8 :
10 : 12 = 4 : 5 : 6

33045
= Rs.13218. Hence, (b).
Share of C = 15

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