Time and Work

1. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days, 2 days

(1) 4 (2) 30 days
B and C can do it in 20 days and C and A can do it in 15 7
days. A, B and C together can complete it in
(1) 12 days (2) 6 days 4 7
(3) 8 days (4) days
(3) 8 days (4) 10 days 7 60
2. A and B can do a job in 12 days, B and C in 15 days and 10. If A and B together can complete a work in 12 days, B and
C and A in 20 days. How long would A take to do that C together in 15 days and C and A together in 20 days,
work? then B alone can complete the work in
(1) 20 days (2) 30 days (1) 30 days (2) 25 days
(3) 30 days (4) 40 days (3) 24 days (4) 20 days
3. A piece of work can be done by Ram and Shyam in 12 days, 11. A and B together can complete a work in 3 days. They start
by Shyam and Hari in 15 days and By Hari and Ram in together. But after 2 days, B left the work. If the work is
20 days. Ram alone will complete the work in completed after 2 more days, B alone could do the work
(1) 30 days (2) 32 days in
(3) 36 days (4) 42 days (1) 10 days (2) 4 days
4. A and B can separately do a piece of work in 6 days and (3) 6 days (4) 6 days
12 days respectively. How long will they together take to 12. A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days which
do the work ? B and C together can do in 16 days. After A has been
(1) 9 days (2) 18 days working at it for 5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes it in
(3) 6 days (4) 4 days 13 days In how many days B could finish the work ?
5. If x men can do a piece of work in x days, then the number (1) 48 days (2) 24 days
of days in which y men can do the same work is (3) 16 days (4) 12 days
13. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work
y2 in 5 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how
(1) xy days (2) days
x many days, A alone can finish the remaining work ?
x2
(3) days (4) x2y days (1) 6 (2) 5
1
y
2
6. A and B can do a piece of work in 36 days, B and C can
do it in 60 days A and C can do it in 45 days. C alone can (3) 5 (4) 8
do it in 14. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days
(1) 90 days (2) 180 days respectively. A leaves 5 days before the completion of the
work and B leaves 2 days after A. The whole work lasts
(3) 120 days (4) 150 days
for
7. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 12, 24 and
(1) 6 days (2) 12 days
36 days respectively. In how many days will they together
complete the same work ? (3) 13 days (4) 7 days
15. A and B can separately complete a piece of work in 20 days
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(1) 5 (2) 4 and 30 days respectively. They worked together for some
11 time, then B left the work. If A completed the rest of the
6 work in 10 days, then B worked for
(3) 6 (4) 6 (1) 6 days (2) 8 days
11
8. 30 men can repair a road in 18 days. They are joined by (3) 12 days (4) 16 days
6 more workers. Now the road can be repaired in 16. A and B alone can complete work in 9 days and 18 days
(1) 14 days (2) 15 days respectively. They worked together; however 3 days before
(3) 16 days (4) 17 days the completion of the work A left. In how many days was
the work completed?
9. If A and B together can finish a piece of work in 20 days,
B and C in 10 days and C and A in 12 days, then A, B, (1) 13 (2) 8
C jointly can finish the same work in (3) 6 (4) 5
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17. 3 men and 4 boys can complete a piece of work in 12 days. (1) 75 (2) 100
4 men and 3 boys can do the same work in 10 days. Then (3) 125 (4) 50
2 men and 3 boys can finish the work in number of days 22. A can do a work in 20 days and B in 40 days. If they work
is on it together for 5 days, then the fraction of the work that
1 5 is left is :
(1) 17 (2) 5
2 11 5 8
(1) (2)
(3) 8 (4) 22 8 15
18. 3 men or 5 women can do a work in 12 days. How long
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will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the work? (3) (4)
(1) 4 days (2) 5 days 15 10
(3) 6 days (4) 7 days 23. A does 20%, less work than B. If A can complete a piece of
19. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 1
work in 7 hours, then B can do it in
3 men and 2 boys can do the same work in 8 days. In how 2
many days can 2 men and 1 boy do the work? (1) 10 hours (2) 4 hours
(1) 8 days (2) 7 days (3) 6 hours (4) 8 hours
1 24. A can do a piece of work in 6 days. B is 25% more efficient
(3) 12 days (4) 2 days than A. How long would B alone take to finish this work?
2
20. If 8 men or 12 boys can do a piece of work in 16 days, 4 1
(1) 4 days (2) 3 days
the number of days required to complete the work by 20 5 3
men and 6 boys is
1 2
1 1 (3) 5 days (4) 2 days
(1) 5 (2) 6 4 3
3 3 25. A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient
1 than A. How many days will B and A together take to do
1
(3) 8 (4) 7 the same job?
3 3
21. A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days. He 80 70
(1) (2)
employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of the work 13 13
is done in 50 days. The number of additional men that
should be appointed so that the whole work will be 75 60
(3) (4)
finished in time is : 13 13

HINTS & SOLUTIONS

.ANSWER KEY.
1. (4) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (4) 5. (3) 6. (2)

7. (3) 8. (2) 9. (3) 10. (4) 11. (3) 12. (1)

13. (1) 14. (4) 15. (1) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (1)

19. (3) 20. (1) 21. (2) 22. (1) 23. (3) 24. (1)

25. (4)

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1. (4) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1 1 1
12 2(A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = + +
12 20 15
1 5+ 3+ 4 1
(B + C)’s 1 days work = = =
20 60 5

1 1
(C + A)’s 1 day’s work = \ (A + B + C)’s 1 day’ x work =
15 10
On adding all three, Hence, the work will be finished in 10 days.

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2. (3) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work = \ (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work =
12 30
1 1 1 6-5 1
(B + C)’1 day’s work = \ C’s 1 day’s work = - = =
15 30 36 180 36
Hence, C alone will finish the work in 180 days.
1
(C + A)’ 1 day’s work = 7. (3) (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work
20
1 1 1
1 = + +
\ (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = 12 24 36
10
6 + 3 + 2 11
1 1 3-2 1 = =
\ A’ 1 day’s work = - = = 72 72
10 15 30 30
\ (A + B + C) together will complete the work in
\ A alone will do the work in 30 days.
72 6
1 = =6 days.
3. (1) (Ram’s + Shyam’s) 1 day’s work = 11 11
12
8. (2) M1D1 = M2D2 Þ 30 × 18 = 36 × D2
1
(Shyam’s + Hari’s) 1 day’s work = 30 ´ 18
15 Þ D2 = = 15 days
36
1
(Hari’s + Ram’s) 1 day’s work = 1
20 9. (3) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work =
20
Adding all three,
2 (Ram’s + Shyam’s + Hari’s) 1 day’s work 1
(B + C)’s 1 day’s work =
10
1 1 1 5+ 4+3 1
= + + = =
12 15 20 60 5 1
(C + A)’s 1 day’s work =
12
1
\ (Ram’s + Shyam’s + Hari’s) 1 day’s work = On adding all three,
10
1 1 1
1 1 3- 2 1 2 (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = + +
\ Ram’s 1 day’s work = + = = 20 10 12
10 15 30 30
\ Ram alone will do the work in 30 days. 3 + 6 + 5 14 7
= = =
60 60 30
1 1 2 +1 1
4. (4) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work = + = =
7
6 12 12 4
\ (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work =
\ A and B together will complete the work in 4 60
days.
60 4
5. (3) M1D1 = M2D2 Þ x = y.D2 \ Hence, the work will be completed in =8
7 7
x2 days.
Þ D2 = days
y
1
1 10. (4) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work =
12
6. (2) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work =
36
1
(B + C)’s 1 day’s work =
1 15
(B + C)’s 1 day’s work =
60 1
(C + A)’s 1 day’s work =
1 20
(C + A)’s 1 day’s work = On adding,
45
Adding all three, 1 1 1
2 (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = + +
2 (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work 12 15 20
1 1 1 5+3+4 1 5+ 4+3 1
= + + = = = =
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\ (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work
6 x - 30 + 5 x - 15 + 4 x
\ B’s 1 day’s work Þ =1
60
1 1 1 2 -1 1 Þ 15 x - 45 = 60
= = - = =
10 10 20 20 20
Þ 15 x = 105
\ B alone can do the work in 20 days.
Þ x = 7 days
2 15. (1) Let A and B worked together for x days
11. (3) (A + B)’s 2 day’s work =
3 According to the question,
Part of work done by A for (x + 10) days + part of
2 1
Remaining work = 1 - = work done by B for x days = 1
3 3
x + 10 x
1 Þ + =1
Time taken by A in doing work = 2 days 20 30
3
\ Time taken by A in completing the work = 6 days 3 x + 30 + 2 x
Þ =1
60
1 1 2 -1 1
\ B’s 1 day’s work – = = Þ 5 x + 30 = 60
3 6 6 6
\ B alone will complete the work in 6 days. Þ 5 x = 30
12. (1) Let the work done by each one of A, B and C per day 30
be x, y, and z respectively. \ x= = 6 days
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1 16. (2) Let the work be completed in x days
\ x+ y =
12 According to the question,
A worked for (x – 3) days, while B worked for x days.
1
Þ x= -y ..... (i)
12 x-3 x
\ + =1
9 18
1 1
y+z = Þ x- - y ..... (ii)
16 16 2x - 6 + x
Þ =1
18
Again, 5 x + 7 y + 13z = 1
Þ 3 x - 6 = 18
æ 1 ö æ 1 ö Þ 3x = 18 + 6 = 24
Þ 5 ç - y÷ + 7 y + 13 ç - y÷ = 1
è 12 ø è 16 ø
24
\ x= = 8 days
5 13 3
Þ - 5 y + 7 y + - 13 y = 1
12 16 17. (1) 12 (3 men + 4 boys) = 10 (4 men + 3 boys)
5 13 20 + 39 - 48 11 Þ 36 men + 48 boys = 40 men + 30 boys
Þ 11 y = - -1 = = Þ 4 men + 18 boys
12 16 48 48
Þ 2 men + 9 boys
1 \ 4 men + 3 boys
Þ y=
48 = 21 boys wo do the work in 10 days and, 2 men
\ B alone will complete the work in 48 days. + 3 boys = 12 boys
\ MD1 = MD2
10 2
13. (1) Work done by B in 10 days = = Þ 21 × 10 = 12 × D2
15 3
21 ´ 10 35 1
2 1 Þ D2 = = = 17 days
Remaining work = 1 - = 12 2 2
3 3
18. (1) 3 men + 5 women
1 6 men + 5 women = 15 women
\ Time taken by A = ´ 18 = 6 days
3 \ By MD1 = MD2
14. (4) Required time = x days (let) 5 ´ 12 = 15 ´ D 2
x -5 x -3 x 5 ´ 12
\ + + =1 D2 = = 4 days
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19. (3) According to the question, Þ M2 × 100 = 200 × 50 × 3
20 men + 30 boys = 24 men + 16 boys Þ M2 = 300
\ 20 men + 14 boys \ Additional men = 100
\ 2 men = 7 boys 22. (1) (A + B)’s 5 day’s work
\ 2 men + 1 boy = 8 boys
æ 1 1ö
2 men + 3 boys = 10 boys = 5ç + ÷
è 20 40 ø
\ MD1 = MD2
Þ 10 ´ 10 = 8 ´ D 2 æ 2 + 1ö 15 3
= 5ç = =
è 40 ÷ø 40 8
10 ´ 10 25
Þ D2 = =
8 2 3 5
\ Remaining work = 1 - =
8 8
1
Þ 12 days 23. (3) Efficiency of A and B = 4 : 5
2
Ratio of respective time = 5 : 4
20. (1) Q 8 men º 12 boys
\ 4 men º 6 boys 4 15
\ Time taken by B = ´ = 6 hours
\ 20 men º 30 boys 5 2
\ 20 men + 6 boys = 36 boys 24. (1) Ratio of A’s and B’s efficiency = 4 : 5
\ MD1 = MD2 Ratio of time taken = 5 : 4
Þ 12 ´ 16 = 36 ´ D 2 6´4 24 4
\ Time taken by B = = = 4 days
5 5 5
12 ´ 16 16 1
Þ D2 = = = 5 days 25. (4) Time taken by B in completing the work
36 3 3
100 15
1 = 12 ´ = days
21. (2) 200 men do work in 50 days. a 160 2
4
\ (A + B)’s 1 day’s work
MD M D 1 2 5 + 8 13
\ MD1 = MD2 1 1 = 2 2 = + = =
W1 W2 12 15 60 60
200 ´ 50 M 2 ´ 100 60
Þ = Hence the work will be completed in days.
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