Time and Work : Class Exercise Discussion
Q1. Ram and Ghanshyam together can finish a job in 8 days.
Ram can do the same job on his own in 12 days. How long
will Ghanshyam take to do the job by himself?
Q2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12
days, B and C can do it in 20 days and C and A can do it in
15 days. A, B and C together can complete it in?
Q3. A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able
to finish a job in 30 days less than B. How many days will
they take to finish the job working together ?
Q4. A man, a woman and a boy can together complete a
piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone can do it in 6 days
and a boy alone in 18 days, how long will a woman take to
complete the work?
Q5. A takes twice as much time as B and C takes thrice as
much time as B to finish a work. Working together, they can
finish the work in 12 days. Find the number of days needed
for A to do the work alone.
Q6. A and B can complete a work in 8 days, working together.
B alone can do it in 12 days. B started alone and after
working for 4 days, B left the work. How many days will A
take to complete the remaining work?
Q7. A and B undertook to do a piece of work for Rs. 4500. A
alone could do it in 8 days and B alone in 12 days. With the
assistance of C, they finished the work in 4 days. C’s share of
money is?
Q8. A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A worked
for 6 days, B worked for 4 days and C worked for 9 days. If
their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 4, how much
amount will be received by A?
Q9. 10 men can make 16 toys in 6 days working 3 hours a
day. In how many days can 12 persons make 40 toys working
8 hours a day?
Q10. 6 men or 10 women can do a piece of work in 24 days.
How long will 12 men and 10 women take to finish the work?
Q11. In a barrack of soldiers there was stock of food for 190
days for 4000 soldiers. After 30 days, 800 soldiers left the
barrack. For how many days shall the left over food last for
the remaining soldiers?
Q12. 25 men can reap a field in 20 days. After how many
days from the begining should 15 men leave the work if the
remaining field is to be reaped in 40 days after they leave the
work?
Q13. Three taps A, B & C together can fill an empty cistern in
10 min. Tap A alone can fill it in 30 min and the tap B alone
can fill it in 40 min. How long will the tap C alone take to fill it?
Q14. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 min., respectively
and a waste pipe can empty 6 gallon per min. All the three
pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 min. Find the
capacity of the tank (in gallons)?
Q15. Water is filled in a container in such a manner that its
volume doubles after every five minutes. If it takes 30
minutes for the container to be full, in how much time will it be
onefourth full?
Q16. A tap having diameter ‘d’ can empty a tank in 40
minutes. How long another tap having diameter ‘2d’ take to
empty the same tank?
