WORK
1. A Steel man can saw a piece of bar into
5 pieces in16 minutes. In how many
minutes can the Steelman saw the same
bar into 10 pieces?
2. A can do a piece of work above in 30
days, B in 20 days and C in 60 days. If
they work together, how many days
would it take them to finish the work?
3. If Paolo can do his chores in 3⁄4 of an
hour, and if Miriam and Paolo together
can do them in 1⁄2 of an hour, how long
will it take Miriam to do it alone?
4. Working together, A and B can finish a
painting job in 20/3 days, B working alone
can finish the job in 3 days less than A.
How long will it take A to finish the job
alone?
5. A gardener can mow a lawn in 3 hours.
After 2 hours, it rained ad he discontinued
the work. In the afternoon, a girl
completed the rest of the work in 1 hour
and 15 minutes. How long would it take
the girl to mow the lawn alone?
6. Two pipes running simultaneously can fill
a tank in 2 hours and 40 minutes. After
the larger pipe had run or 3 hours, the
smaller pipe was also turned in and the
tank was full 40 minutes later. How long
would it take the smaller pipe to fill the
tank alone?
7. John, Paul and George can finish
ajobin12,16 and 19 hours respectively.
John and Paul worked together for 4
hours. Paul got tired so George worked
in place of him until the job is finished.
How long did John work?
8. 8. A and B working together can the job
in 10 days. If A works 4 days and B works
3 days, one third of the job shall be
finished. How many days will it take A to
finish the job alone
9. Josie can type 100 words in the same time it
takes Jane to type 75 words. If Jane’s typing rate
is 8 words per minute less than that of Josie’, find
Jane’s typing rate.
10. A swimming pool is filled through its inlet pipe
and then emptied through its outlet pipe in a total
of 8 hours. If water enters through its inlet and
simultaneously allowed to leave through its outlet,
the pool is filled in 7 1⁄2 hours. How long will it
take to fill the pool with outlet closed?
11.Eight men can excavate 50 m of canal in 7
hours. These men can backfill 30 m of the
excavated canal in 4 hours. How long would it
take 10 men to dig and backfill 100m of canal?
12. Twenty-eight men can finish the job in 60
th
days. At the start of the 16 day, 5 men were laid
off and after the 45th day, 10 more men were
hired. How many days they delayed in finishing
the job?
13.Group A consisting of 6 members can paint an
antenna tower in 80 hours while Group B of 8
members can paint in 120 hours. If another group
C is to be formed consisting of 3 members from
both groups, In how many hours can they finish
the job?
14.A three-man maintenance crew could clean
the campus in 4 hours; where four- man
maintenance crew could do it in 3 hours. If one
member of the four-man crew was an hour late,
how long did it take the entire cleaning of the
campus?
15.Candle A and Candle B of equal length are
lighted at the same time and burning until Candle
A is twice a long as Candle B. Candle A is
designed to fully burn in 8 hours while Candle B
for 4 hours. How long will they be lighted?
15. If 1 pump can fill a pool in 16hours and if 2 pumps
can fill the pool in 6hours, how fast can the second
pump fill the pool?
16. Working together, 2 people can design a web site
in 5 hours. If each worked alone, one of them would
design the site in 2 hours less time than the other,
how long would it take each person to design a web
site working alone?
17. 1 hose can fill a goldfish pond in 45 minutes, and
2 hoses can fill the same pond in 20 minutes. Find how
long it takes the second hose alone to fill the pond.
18. A and B are working on a certain piece of work. It
takes A twice as long as it takes Btodoa certain piece
of work. If A and B works together, they can finish the
work in 6 days. How long will it take for B to do it?
19. Cokoy can do a job in 1 hour, Paul can do the job
in 2 hours and Proxy can do the job in 3 hours. How
long does it take them to do the job working
together?
20. A job can be done in 14 days by a crew of 9men
working 10 hours a day. How long will a crew of 12
men working 7hours a day take to finish the same
job?
21. Mellissa Scarlatti can clean the house in 4 hours,
whereas her husband Jack can do the same job in
5hours. They agreed to clean together so that they
can finish in time to watch a movie on TV that starts
in 2 hours. How long will it take to clean the house
together?
22. 3 Postal workers can sort a stack of mail in 20
minutes, 30 minutes and 60 minutes respectively.
Find how long it takes them to sort the mail if all 3
work together.
23. Charles can empty the cookie jar in 1.5 hrs. It takes
her mother 2 hrs. to bake cookies to fill it. If the cookie
jar is full when Charles comes from school and his
mother continues baking and restocking the cookie
jar, then how long will it take him to empty the cookie
jar?
24. A father and his son can dig a well if the father
works 6 hours and his son works 12hours or they can
do it if the father works 9 hours and the son works
8hours. How long will it take for the father to dig the
well alone?
25. It takes 10 minutes to fill Alisha’s bathtub and 12
minutes drain the water out. How long would it take
to fill it with the drain accidentally left opened?
26. Roger can clean the animal cages at the animal
shelter where she volunteers in 3 hours. Danny can
do the same job in 2 hours. How long will it takes
them to clean the cages if the work together?
27. An experienced roofer can roof a house in 26
hours. A beginner roofer needs 39 hours to complete
the same job. Find how long it takes for the two to
finish the job together.
28. 3 postal workers can sort a stack of mail in 20mins,
30mins and 60mins respectively. Find how long it
takes them to sort the man if all 3 work together.
29.A local dairy has 3 machines to fill a half gallon milk
carton. The machines can fill the daily quota in 5hrs,
6hrs and 7.5hrs respectively. Find how long it takes to
fill the daily quota if all 3 machines are running.
30. FF Cruz Surveying office is in the process of
reviewing the salaries of their surveyors. During this
review, the company found that an experienced
surveyor can survey a roadbed in 4 hours. An
apprentice surveyor needs 5 hours to survey the same
stretch of road. If the 2 work together, find how long
it takes them to complete the job.
31. In 2 minutes, a conveyor belt can move 300
pounds of recyclable aluminum from the delivery
truck to a storage area. A smaller belt can move the
same quantity of cans the same distance in 6 minutes.
If both belts are used, find how long it takes to move
the cans to the storage area.
32. An experienced bricklayer can construct a small
wall in 3 hours. An apprentice can complete the job in
6 hours. Find how long it takes if they work together.
33. 3 boys can paint a fence in 4 hours, 5 hours and 6
hours, respectively. Find how long it will take all 3
boys to paint the fence working together.
34. The inlet pipe of a water tank can fill the tank in 2
hours and 30mins. The outlet pipe can empty the tank
in 2 hours. Find how long it takes to empty a full tank
if both pipes are open.
35. Together, an experienced word processor and an
apprentice word processor can create a word
document in 6hours alone, the experienced word
processor can create the document in 2hours faster
than the apprentice word processor can. Find the
time in which each person can create the word
document alone.

36. Together, Katy and Steve can groom all the dogs
at the Barkin’ Doggie Day Care in 4 hours. Alone, Katy
can groom the dogs 1 hour faster than Steve can
groom the dogs alone. Find the time in which each of
them can groom the dogs alone.

37. A Chinese Restaurant in China town, has a large

goldfish pond around the restaurant. Suppose that an
inlet pipe and a hose together can fill the pond in
8hours. The inlet pipe can complete the job in 1 hour
less than the hose alone. Find the time that the hose
can complete the job alone and the time that the inlet
pipe can complete the job alone. Round each to the
nearest tenth of an hour.

38. Together, Snoopy and Jacky eat a 50- pound bag

of dog food in 30 days. Snoopy by himself eats a 50-
pound bag in 2 weeks less time than Jacky does by
himself. How many days to the nearest whole day
would a 50 -pound bag of dog food last Jacky?

39. A water tank on a farm in Moalboal, can be filled

with a large inlet pipe and a small inlet pipe in 3 hours.
The large inlet pipe alone can fill the tank in 2 hours
less time than the small inlet pipe alone. Find the time
to the nearest tenth of an hour each pipe can fill the
tank alone.

40. A tank is filled with an intake pipe that will fill it in

4 hours and outlet pipe that will empty it in 12 hours.
If both pipes are left open, how long will it take to fill
the empty tank?