ARITHMETIC ASSIGNMENT 4

TIME & WORK

ASSIGNMENT 3
ELITESGRID
Q1. If 6 men working 5 days for 8 hours each
can finish a task. How many men would be
needed for 4 days for 6 hours each to finish
half the task
Q2. 12 examiners (men) work 16 hours a day to check 24000 answer
sheets in 18 days. Now, 24 examiners would work how many hours
per day to check 36000 answer sheets in 36 days?
Q3. 12 examiners work 16 hours a day to check 24000 answer
sheets in 18 days. Now, 24 examiners would check how many
answer sheets working 6 hours a day in 36 days?
Q4. A certain number of men can complete a piece of work in
180 days. If there are 30 men less, it will take 20 days more for
the work to be completed. How many men were there
originally?
Q5. A garrison is provided with ration for 90 soldiers to last for
70 days. For how much more time would the whole ration last if
10 additional soldiers join them after 20 days?
Q6. A 100 m long 3 m high and 30 cm wide wall is built by 30
men, 20 women and 50 children working 9 hours a day in 20
days. How long a wall 1.5 m high 30 cm wide can be built by 15
men, 25 women and 35 children working 2 hour a day in 15 days
(given men, women and children are equally efficient)?
Q7. 15 workers working 4 hours a day for 25 days can build a
platform of width 120 meters, length 10 meter and height 14
meters. How many days will 12 workers working 5 hours a day will
take if they have to build a platform of width 600 meters, length
14 metres and height 12 metre
Q8. A contractor agreed to finish a piece of work in 150 days. He
employed 75 men and made them work for 8 hours per day.
However, after 90 days, he realized that only (2/7 th) of the work
was completed. How many more men would he need to employ
to complete the work on time if he intended to make everybody
work for 10 hours per day henceforth?
(a) 75 (b) 100 (c) 150 (d) 225
Q9. A certain construction job could Finished in 150 days if 50
men are working full time. 60 men started working on the job and
after 20 days, 20 more men are added. But after 80 days 50 men
quit the job. How long could it take for them to finish the job
Q10. If 15 men or 24 women or 36 boys can complete a piece of
work in 12 days by working 8 hours a day, then how many men
must be required to work with 12 women and 6 boys to complete
another piece of work 9/4 times the previous piece of work in 30
days by working 6 hours a day?
Q11. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively.
Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened
together, then the tank will be filled in:
Q12. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes
respectively. Both the pipes are opened together but after 4 minutes,
pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank?
A.10 min. 20 sec.B.11 min. 45 sec.C.12 min. 30 sec.D.14 min. 40 sec.
Q13. 3 pipes can fill a reservoir in 10,15 and 20 hours respectively . If three
taps are opened one after another in the given order . with a certain fixed
time gap between them . The reservoir fills in 5 hours . find the time gap
Q14. A tank has four inlet pipes such that each inlet pipe while working
independently can fill the tank in 4 hours. The tank also has two outlet pipes
such that each outlet pipe while working independently can empty the tank in
3 hours. If all the six pipes are opened simultaneously, then in how much time
will the tank get filled completely?
(a) 2.0 hours
(b) 3.0 hours
(c) 2.5 hours
(d) 7.0 hours
Q15. It takes 30 hours for an inlet pipe to fill an empty tank completely. When
5 identical inlet pipes and 4 identical outlet pipes operate together, the same
empty tank get filled completely in 10 hours.
How much time (in hours) will an outlet pipe take to empty the same tank
when it’s filled upto half its volume?
a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 3
Q16 (CAT 2017)A tank has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. If the outlet pipe is
closed then the inlet pipe fills the empty tank in 8 hours. If the outlet pipe is
open then the inlet pipe fills the empty tank in 10 hours. If only the outlet
pipe is open then in how many hours the full tank
becomes half-full?
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D.45
Q17- (CAT 2018) -A tank is fitted with pipes, some filling it and the rest
draining it. All filling pipes fill at the same rate, and all draining pipes drain at
the same rate. The empty tank gets completely filled in 6 hours when 6 filling
and 5 draining pipes are on, but this time becomes 60 hours when 5 filling
and 6 draining pipes are on. In how many hours will the empty tank get
completely filled when one draining and two filling pipes are on? [TITA]
Q18. (CAT 2018)- A water tank has inlets of two types A and B. All inlets of
type A when open, bring in water at the same rate. All inlets of type B, when
open, bring in water at the same rate. The empty tank is completely filled in
30 minutes if 10 inlets of type A and 45 inlets of type B are open, and in 1
hour if 8 inlets of type A and 18 inlets of type B are open.
In how many minutes will the empty tank get completely filled if 7 inlets of
type A and 27 inlets of type B are open?