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TIME : Time taken to complete an Wages are inversely proportional to the

assigned job. time taken to complete the work. That

means more time – less money.
INDIVIDUAL TIME: Time needed by
single person to complete a job. BASIC RULES:

WORK: Work is defined as the amount of 1. If a person can do a piece of work in n

job assigned or the amount of job actually days (hours) , then that person’s 1 day’s

done. (hour’s) work =

IMPORTANT RELATIONS: 2. If a person’s 1 day’s work = , then the

person will complete the work in n days.
1. WORK and PERSON Directly proportional
(more work, more men and conversely 3. If ratio of numbers of men required to

more men, more work) complete a work is m: n, then the ratio of

time taken by them will be n: m
2. TIME and PERSON Inversely proportional
(more men, less time and conversely more Basic sums:

time, less men)

1. A man can do a piece of work in 72 days.

3. WORK and TIME directly proportional Then the part of work done by the man in

(more work, more time and conversely 6 days is?

more time, more work)

(a) 1/15 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/11

CHAIN RULE :
(d) 1/14 (e) 1/13

M1D1W2 = M2D2W1
2. Josh can paint a building in 17 days. How

M1D1W2 = M2D2W1(when time is given) many buildings can be painted within 68

days?
M1D1T1E1W2 = M2D2T2E2W1 (when efficiency
is added) (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4

Points to remember while solving (d) 9 (e) None of these

Work and Wages problems

3. Sam can do 2/18th of an work in 1 day.

Wages are directly proportional to the work In how many days can Sam complete the

done. That means more work – more whole work.

money.
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 11

(d) 10 (e) 5

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4. Arun & Karthik can do a piece of work (d) 13/12 (e) 24/13
alone in 4 and 12 days. In how many days
9. Raj can do a work in 20 days and Ram
can Arun and Karthik complete the work, if
in 15 days. If they work on it together for
they work together?
6 days, then the fraction of the work that is
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 left is?

(d) 6 (e) 2 (a) 3/10 (b) 1/4 (c) 7/10

5. P can do a piece of work in 10 days and (d) 8/15 (e) none of these
Q can do a piece of work in 15 days, what
10. L can finish a work in 24 days and M
is the efficiency of P?
can do the same work in 30 days. M worked
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 6 for 10 days and left the job. In how many
days, L alone can finish the remaining
(d) 4 (e) 3
work?

6.Piyush alone can complete a work in 80

(a) 18 (b) 15 (c) 16
days and Rajesh alone can do in 20 days.
Starting with Piyush, they work on (d) 25 (e) None of these
alternate days. The total work will be
11. M can do a certain job in 15 days which
completed in
N alone can do in 30 days. M started the
(a) 36 (b) 35 (c) 32 work and was joined by N after 10 days.
The number of days taken in completing
(d) 80 (e) 16
the work was

7. Anu & Ravi together can do a piece of

(a) 13 1/3 (b) 15 2/5
work in 9 days. If Anu alone finished the
work in 18 days, then how many days that (c) 13 1/4 (d) 12 1/2
Ravi takes to finish the work?
(e) none of these
(a) 4 days (b) 9 days (c) 10days
12. Abi can do a piece of work in 12 days,
(d) 18 days (e) None of these while Kavi can do same piece of work in 30
days then find their efficiency(ratio) ?
8. R can do a piece of work in 12 days, S
can do the same work in 16 days, and T can (a) 2 : 3 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 2 : 5
do the same work in 8 days. In how many
(d) 1 : 5 (e) None of these
days the work can completed, if they work
together? 13. Madhu is thrice efficient as Nandhu.
Madhu and Nandhu together can finish the
(a) 48/13 (b) 144/13 (c) 12/11

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work in 20 days. Then work will be finished (d) 12 (e) none of these
by Nandhu alone in how many days?
19. In a Poultry farm, 20 hens eat 40 bags
(a) 70 (b) 50 (c) 80 of feed in 40 days. In how many days one
hen will eat one bag of feed?
(d) 30 (e) None of these
(a) 1 (b) 20 (c) 40
14. If 15 boys can stitch a dress in 60 days,
then the number of days taken by 10 boys (d) 80 (e) none of these
will be
20. 19 workers can repair the road in 12
(a) 60 (b) 90 (c) 40 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many
days 38 workers, working 6 hours a day,
(d) 75 (e) 40
complete a work?
15. A Person can arrange 20 boxes in 10
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 10
minutes, then how many boxes can be
arranged by the person in 35 minutes? (d) 4 (e) none of these

(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 35 21. Ranjan gets Rs. 60 for every day that
he works. If he earns Rs. 1260 in a month
(d) 14 (e) 70
of 30 days. Then how many days he did not

16. An artisan can make 20 crafts in 15 attend the work?

days, then how many days the artisan need
(a) 18 (b) 21 (c) 9
to make 200 crafts?
(d) 8 (e) None of these
(a) 150 (b) 120 (c) 100
22.Shah alone can finish a work in 14 days
(d) 250 (e) 125
while Shan alone can finish it in 16 days. If

17. 12 persons can do a piece of work in 8 they both work together to finish it, then

days, then how many persons are required out of total wages of 3000, what will be the

to complete the same work in 24 days? Shan’s share?

(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (a) 1200 (b) 800 (c) 600

(d) 24 (e) None of these (d) 1400 (e) None of these

18. 3 pipes, working 6 hours a day, can fill 23. Madan can do a piece of work in 2 days

a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day while Sanjeev is half efficient as Madan.

must 4 pipes work to fill the tank in 1 day? The wage for the full work is Rs.1500. If
they both work together to complete the
(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 10

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work then find the earnings of Sanjeev and 28. Two taps X and Y can fill a tank in 10
Madan. and 15 hours respectively. If they are
opened together in what time the tank will
(a) 700,800 (b) 1250,250 (c) 500,1000
be filled actually?

(d) 300,1200 (e) None of these

(a) 8hrs (b) 9hrs (c) 10hrs
24. 126 women can do a job in 14 days.
(d) 12hrs (e) 6hrs
How many women are required to do the
same job in 28 days? 29. Tap R and T can fill the tank in 20mins
and 30mins. If both pipes are opened for
(a) 42 (b) 35 (c) 52
10 mins how much water is filled in the

(d) 63 (e) none of these tank?

25. Three men or eight women can do a (a) 30lits (b) 50lits (c) 30lits

piece of work in 17 days. How many days

(d) 25lits (e) None of these
will two men and six women together take
to finish the same work? 30. A pipe can fill a tank in 10 h. Due to a
leakage in the bottom, it fills the tank in
(a) 9 days (b) 11 days (c) 14 days
20h. If the tank is full, how much time will

(d) 12 days (e) none of these the leak takes to empty it?

26.10 women can complete a work in 7 (a) 15h (b) 16h (c) 30h

days and 10 boys take 14 days to complete

(d) 20h (e) None of these
the work. How many days will 5 women and
10 boys take to complete the work?

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7

(d) Data inadequate Answer Key:

(e) None of these
27. An outlet pipe can empty a cistern in
one hour, then what part of the cistern will
it empty in 1 min?
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (e) 6. (c) 7. (d)
8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (c)
14. (b) 15. (e) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19.
(b) 20. (a) 21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (d)
25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (e) 29. (b) 30.

(a) 1/20 (b) 1/15 (c) 1/60 (d)

(d) 1/18 (e) None of these TIME AND WORK-HOME WORK

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1. 8 men can do a work in 16 days. Then, (a) 12 days (b) 16 days

in how many days 16 men can complete
(c) 6 days (d) Cannot be determined
the whole work.

(e) None of these

(a) 8 days (b) 32 days
6. Ranjith is 2 times as efficient as Prajith.
(c) 4.5 days (d) 4 days
If Prajith can complete the work in 50 days,
(e) none of these then Ranjith can complete the work in how
many days?
2. A pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours. Because
of leak in the bottom, it is filled in 12 hours. (a) 10 days (b) 25 days
If the tank is full, how much time will the
(c) 5 days (d) 20 days
leak take to empty it?

(e) 30 days
(a) 12 hours (b) 10 hours

7. X and Y can finish a work in 70 days. X

(c) 15 hours (d) 24 hours
started working alone and left in 10 days.
(e) none of these Y alone will complete the remaining work in

3. Ajay can complete 3/8 of work in 6 days. (a) 40 days (b) 4 days
Then, what part of the work will he finish in
(c) 15 days (d) 10 days
12 days ?

(e) Can't be determined

(a) 2/6 (b) 2/3 (c) 4/3
8. Praveen is 20 % more efficient than
(d) 3/4 (e) 1/3
Navin. If Praveen can complete the work in
4. Two pipes P and Q can fell a cistern in 24 25 days, working together, they will
min. and 36 min. respectively. Third pipe R complete the work in how many days
can empty it in 36 min. If all the three pipes (approximate)?
P, Q and R are opened, find the taken to fill
(a) 23days (b) 13 days
the cistern.

(c) 12 days (d) 23 days

(a) 1 hour (b) 24 mins (c) 36 mins
(e) 44 days
(d) 30 mins (e) 20 mins
9. 36 women can complete a piece of work
5. P and Q can do a piece of work in 6 2/3
in 18 days. In how many days the same
days. Q and R can do a piece of work in 6
work will be completed by 27 women?
days. P and R can do a work in 4 days. R
alone finish the whole work in (a) 24 days (b) 16 days

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(c) 30 day (d) 46 days man to finish the work, in how many days
will 12 women finish the same work?
(e) None of these
(a) 16 (b) 14
10. 6 men or 8 women can complete a work
in 24 days. In how many days can 3 men (c) 11 (d) 12
and 4 women will complete the work.
(e) None of these
(a) 16 days (b) 20 days
14. First pipe L can fill a tank two times as
(c) 24 days (d) 21 days fast as second pipe M. If L and M together
can fill the tank in 36 mins, the slower pipe
(e) 32 days
alone will be able to fill the tank in
11. Aakash can finish a work in 15 days and
(a) 81 mins (b) 108 mins
Prasath can finish a work in 30 days.
Aakash started working alone and after few (c) 144 mins (d) 192 mins
days Prasath joined him and both
(e) 121 mins
completed the work in 4 days. After how
many days Prasath joined the work 15. A pipe can fill a tank in 14 hours, but
due to a leak in the tank, it is filled in 21
(a) 19 days (b) 18 days
hours. If the tank is full, how much time
(c) 9 days (d) 8 days the leak takes to empty the tank
completely?
(e) 12 days
(a) 14 hour (b) 35 hours
12. P, Q and R can complete a piece of work
in 15, 12, 10 days, respectively. P and Q (c) 21 hours (d) 20 hours
started the work together and left after 4
(e) 42 hours
days. If the remaining work can be done by
R, then in how many days the total work 16. To do a certain work B takes 2 times as
gets completed? long as A and C together. If A, B and C
together can complete the work in 10 days,
(a) 4 days (b) 6 days
how long would B take by him self?
(c) 12 days (d) 8 days
\(a) 24 days (b) 40 days
(e) 7 days
(c) 30 days (d) 94 days
13. 6 men and 12 women complete a
(e) 64 days
certain piece of work in 7 days. If each
woman takes twice the time taken by a

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17. In a camp, 85 soldiers had food Answer Key:

provisions for 190 days. After 10 days, 25
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (e) 6. (b) 7. (e)
soldiers left the camp for how many days
8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b)
will the remaining food last now?
14. (b) 15. (e) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19.
(a) 180 (b) 285 (c) 240 (d) 20. (a)

(d) 255 (e) 185

18. A certain number of girls can finish a

piece of work in 180 days. If, there were 10
girls less, it would take 10 days more for
the work to be finished. How many girls
were there originally?

(a) 175 (b) 182 (c) 190

(d) 210 (e) 120

19. A girl and a boy received Rs. 900 as

wages for 30 days for the work they did
together. The girl’s efficiency in the work
was two times that of the boy. What are
the daily wages of the boy?

(a) Rs. 7 (b) Rs. 5 (c) Rs. 20

(d) Rs. 10 (e) Rs. 2

20. P and Q can do a piece of work in 30

days, while Q and R can do the same work
in 24 days and P and R in 20 days. They all
work together for 10 days when Q and R
leave. How many days more will take to
finish the work?

(a) 18 days (b) 24 days

(c) 30 days (d) 36 days

(e) 40 days

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