Time And Work

Concept :
Work from Days:
If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A's 1 day's
work =1/n
Days from Work:
If A's 1 day's work =1/n ,then A can finish the work
in n days

Q. If A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can

complete in 15 days in how many days the work
will be completed if they work together.
Let the total work be assumed as LCM(10,15)= 30
Now to complete 30 units A takes 10 days
To complete 30 units B takes 15 days
Units done in 1 day by A = 3
Units done in 1 day by B = 2
Units done in 1 day by A & B = 5
To complete 30 units they will take 30/5 = 6days

Ratio:
If A is thrice as good a workman as B, then:
Ratio of work done by A and B = 3 : 1.
Ratio of times taken by A and B to finish a
work = 1 : 3.

Examples : (LCM Concepts)

Q 1. Worker A takes 8 hours to do a job. Worker B takes
10 hours to do the same job. How long should it take both
A and B, working together, to do the same job?
A. 4 2/9 days
B. 4 4/9 days
C. 4 5/9 days
D. 4 7/9 days

Q2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 4

days. If A alone can complete the same work in 12
days, in how many days can B alone complete that
work?
A. 6 days
B. 4 days
C. 8 days
D. 9 days

Q3. A is twice as good a workman as B and

together they finish a piece of work in 18
days. In how many days will A alone finish
the work?
A. 27 days
B. 24 days
C. 28 days
D. 29 days

Q4. A and B working separately can do a

piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively.
If they work for a day alternately, A
beginning, in how many days, the work will
be completed?
A. 10 days
B. 10 days
C. 8 days
D. 8 days

Man- Days Concept

(N1*D1*H1)/W1 = (N2*D2*H2)/W2

Examples : (Man-Days
Concepts)
Q5.
7 spiders can make 7 webs

in 7 days. 1
spider will make 1 web in how many days?
A. 1 day
B. 7 days
C. 14 days
D. 49 days

Q6. 45 men can complete a work in 16

days. Six days after they started working,
30 more men joined them. How many
days will they now take to complete the
remaining work?
A. 6 days
B. 4 days
C. 8 days
D. 9 days

Problems
Q7. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20,
30 and 60 days respectively. In how many
days can A do the work if he is assisted by B
and C on every third day?
A.14
B.15
C.16
D.17

Q8. A alone can do a piece of work in 6

days and B alone in 8 days. A and B
undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the
help of C, they completed the work in 3
days. How much is to be paid to C?
A.374
B.400
C.375
D.None

Q9. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B

and C together can do it in 3 hours, while
A and C together can do it in 2 hours. How
long will B alone take to do it?
A.8
B.12
C.16
D.None

Q10. A can do a certain work in the same

time in which B and C together can do it. If
A and B together could do it in 10 days
and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could
do it in:
A.15
B.25
C.30
D.None

Q11. If A can complete a work in 12 days, B

in 15 days and C can do the same work in
20 days.
i) Working simultaneously they will finish
the work in how many days.
ii)A started the work and left after 2 day
the remaining work by B in how many
days?
iii)A started the work and B joins after 3
days the remaining work will be
completed in how many days

iv) If A can complete a work in 12 days, B

in 15 days and C can do the same work in
20 days.
v)They started the work together & C left
after 2 days, the remaining work will be
done in how many days.
vi)They started the work together and B
left 2 days before the completion of work
after how many days B left.
vii) Working alternatively (A, B, C, A, B,
C..) they will finish the work in how

Q12. If 36 Men can do the work in 18 days

then the same work will be done by 18
Men in how many days?
A.32
B.36
C.18
D.None

Q13. 10 woman can complete a work in 7

days and 10 children take 14 days to
complete the work. How many days will 5
woman and 10 children take to complete
the work.
A.14
B.7
C.21
D.None

Q14. 10 woman can complete a work

days, 10 children take 14 days and 10
take 21 days to complete the work.
many days will 5 woman, 10 children
15men take to complete the work?
A.6.67
B.4.67
C.5.67
D.None

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men
How
and

Q15. A can complete a work in 10 days. B

can complete it in 12 days. If they work on
alternate days they can complete the work
in how many days ifA starts the work
A.12.6
B.11.6
C.13.6
D.None

Division of wages (Concept)

The wages should be divided based on the
work efficiency (no of chocolates eaten) and
not the no of days

Q16. A can do a piece of work in 30 days

and B can do the same work in 50 days. If
they both work together to complete the
work and get a total of Rs 800. What should
be the share of A and B
A.200,600
B.300,500
C.500,300
D.None