Time and Work

Topic/Course
Sub-Topic (Example: name of college)
Working with Different
Efficiencies
Drill 1
 Question
Working together, Rajeev and Vikram can complete a piece of work
in 48 days. Rajeev can complete the work alone in 64 days. Both of
them worked together for 30 days and then Rajeev left. How long
will Vikram take to complete the remaining work?
 Question
A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 12 days and C in 15 days.
They all start the work together, but A leaves the work after 2 days
and
B leaves 3 days before the work is completed. How many days did
the
work last?
Hint: C works alone for the last three days.
Pipes and Cisterns
Drill 2
 Question
Two taps A and B can fill a cistern in 42 and 56 minutes
respectively.
If both the taps are opened together, then find the time taken to
fill the
cistern.

Assumed capacity of the tank = _______________ litres

Rate at which tap A fills the cistern = _______________ litres/min
Rate at which tap B fills the cistern = _______________ litres/min
Rate at which tap A & B together fill the cistern = ___________
litres/min
Time taken to fill the cistern = _______________ min
 Question
Two taps A and B can fill a cistern in 10 and 15 minutes
respectively.
Both the taps are opened together but at the end of 3 minutes, tap
B is
turned off. In how much time will the cistern be filled?

Assumed capacity of the tank = _______________ litres

Rate at which tap A fills the cistern = _______________ litres/min
Rate at which tap B fills the cistern = _______________ litres/min
Rate at which tap A & B together fill the cistern = ____________
litres/min
Volume of water in the cistern at the end of 3 min =
_______________ litres
Unfilled portion of the cistern = _______________ litres
Time taken to fill the remaining portion of the cistern by tap A
 Question
A cistern is fitted with three taps, namely P, Q and R. P and Q can
fill
a cistern in 10 and 15 minutes respectively whereas R (emptying
tap
fitted at the bottom of the cistern) can empty it in 12 minutes. If all
the
three pipes are kept open, in how much time will the cistern be
filled?

Assumed capacity of the tank = _______________ litres

Rate at which tap P fills the cistern = _______________ litres/min
Rate at which tap Q fills the cistern = _______________ litres/min
Rate at which tap R empties the cistern = ______________ litres/min
Rate at which tap P, Q & R fill the cistern = ____________ litres/min
Time taken to fill the cistern = _______________ min
 Question
A cistern generally takes 20 minutes to be filled by a pipe, but due
to a
leak, it takes 10 extra minutes to get filled. Find the time in which
the
leak alone can empty the cistern filled with water.

Assumed capacity of the tank = _______________ litres

Rate at which the tap fills the cistern = _______________ litres/min
Rate at which the tank is getting filled (tap + leak) = ___________
litres/min
Rate at which the leak empties the cistern = ___________ litres/min
Time taken to empty the cistern = _______________ min
Work Equivalence
(Man Days)
Drill 3
 Question
12 men can dig a well in 15 days, working 8 hours a day. How
many
days will 18 men require to dig a similar well working for 5 hours a
day?
Solve Using Chain Rule:

Formula: Men Days Hours

Modified Formula:

Substitute values:
 Question
30 workers can make 24 tables in 21 days, working 8 hours a day.
If
35 workers want to make 18 such tables in 12 days, how many
hours
should they work every day? Solve Using Chain Rule:

Workers Days Hours Tables

Formula:

Modified Formula:

Substitute values:
 Question
If 9 friends can eat 9 ice creams in 9 minutes, how long will 15
friends
take to eat 15 such ice creams?

Solve Using Chain Rule:

Formula: Friends Ice cream Minutes

Modified Formula:

Substitute values:
 Question
A mess has provisions for 360 men for 70 days. If the number of
men
increases by 90, for how many days will the provisions last?

Solve Using Chain Rule:

Formula: Men Days

Modified Formula:

Substitute values:
 Question
12 boys and 16 girls can do a piece of work in 10 days while 13
boys
and 24 girls can do the same work in 8 days. Find the time taken
by 15
boys and 20 girls to do the same work.
 Question
Equating:

Total: _____ boy days + _____ girl days

Efficiency of boys to girls = __________________
Assume total units of work to be done = _______________
Work done by 15 boys and 20 girls in one day = _____________ units
Time taken by 15 boys and 20 girls to complete the work =
___________ days
Division of Wages
Drill 4
 Question
A can complete a piece of work in 30 days. B can complete the
same
work in 40 days. If they complete the work together and earn Rs.
350
for the job, find A’s share.

Assumed total work = _____________

Work done by A in one day = _____________
Work done by B in one day = _____________
Total work done by A = _____________
Total work done by B = _____________
Ratio of work done by A and B = ____________ : _____________
350 divided in the above ratio = ____________ : _____________
 Question
A can do a piece of work in 25 days and B can do it in 20 days.
They
work together for 5 days and then A quits. B completes the
remaining
work. If they are paid Rs. 750 for the job, find B’s share.

Assumed total work = _____________

Work done by A in one day = _____________
Work done by B in one day = _____________
Total work done by A = _____________
Total work done by B = _____________
Ratio of work done by A and B = ____________ : ______________
750 divided in the above ratio = ____________ : ______________
 Question
A and B can do a work in 20 and 30 days respectively. If both of
them
working along with C can finish the work in 8 days, then find C’s
share
in the total wage of Rs. 1200.
Assumed total work = _____________
Work done by A in one day = _____________
Work done by B in one day = _____________
Total work done by A = _____________
Total work done by B = _____________
Total work done by A & B = _____________
Work done by C = _____________
Ratio of work done by A & B: C = _____________ : _____________
Rs. 1200 divided in the above ratio = ___________ : _______________
 Question
In the question discussed earlier, “12 boys and 16 girls can do a
piece of
work in 10 days while 13 boys and 24 girls can do the same work
in 8
days. Find the time taken by 15 boys and 20 girlsto do the same
work.”,
if the group is paid Rs. 40,000 for the task, what will be the wage
paid
to each boy and girl per day?

Efficiency of boys to girls = ____________ : ____________ (units

per day)
Assume total units of work to be done = _____________
Wage paid per boy per day = _____________
Wage paid per girl per day = _____________
Concept Review Questions
 Question
A certain number of men can finish a job in 90 days. If there were
16
more men, the work could have been completed 18 days earlier.
How
many men were there initially? *

A) 108
B) 64
C) 80
D) 48
 Question
12 men can build a wall 100 metres long, 3 metres high and 0.5
meter
thick in 25 days. In how many days will 20 men build a wall 60
metres
long, 4 metres high and 0.25 metres thick? *

A) 3 days
B) 12 days
C) 6 days
D) 8 days
 Question
A man works twice as fast as a woman. A woman works twice as
fast as
a child. If 16 men can complete a job in 12 days, then how many
days
would be required for 32 women and 64 children together to
complete
the
A) same
2 daysjob? *
B) 12 days
C) 3 days
D) 6 days
 Question
To complete a task in 45 days, a contractor employs 45 people.
Upon
reviewing the work after 30 days, he notices that only half of the
task is complete. In order to complete the work in 45 days, how
many extra
people must he employ now?
A) 90
B) 15
C) 60
D) 45
 Question
To complete a task, two men work on the first day, three men on
the
second day and so on, till it gets completed. If the same work can
be
completed by 9 men working for 15 days, in how many days will
the
work
A) 15be days
completed in the earlier case?
B) 16 days
C) 14 days
D) 17 days
 Question
4 men and 4 women can build a room in 5 days. 7 men and 2
women
will take 4 days to complete the same piece of work. How many
days
will 6 men and 1 woman take to complete twice the job?

A) 10 days
B) 20 days
C) 5 days
D) None of these
 Question
If 3 men or 4 women can reap a field in 43 days, how long will 7
men
and 5 women take to reap it?

A) 12 days
B) 1days
C) 6 days
D) 8 days
 Question
A is thrice as good a work man as B. If together they can complete
a
task in 12 days, in how many days can A alone complete it?

A) 48 days
B) 16 days
C) 24 days
D) None of these
 Question
Rajeev takes one hour to arrange 96 books. Sanjeev takes one and
a
half hour to arrange the same number of books. Working together,
how
many hours will they take to arrange 4000 books? *

A) 202/3 hours
B) 311/4 hours
C) 411/3 hours
D) 25 hours
 Question
Anil, Benny and Cyril work for a ship building company. Anil can
build a ship in 10 days while Benny can build the same ship in 8
days. Working together, all three of them can build a similar ship in
4 days. In how many days can Cyril alone build it? *

A) 20 days
B) 80 days
C) 40 days
D) None of these
 Question
A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days. B and C can do it in
37.5
days. C and A can do it in 50 days. In how many days will they
finish,
if A, B and C work together?

A) 25days
B) 15days
C) 10days
D) None of these
 Question
A, working alone can make a cabinet in 12 days. B will take 6 days
more
than A to do the same work. A and B along with the help of C
completes
it in 5 days. If they are paid Rs. 9000 for the job, find C’s share. *

A) Rs. 2750
B) Rs. 2500
C) Rs. 2250
D) None of these
 Question
Two taps X and Y can fill a cistern in 32 and 40 minutes
respectively.
Both the taps are opened into the empty cisterns and after some
time
tap X is closed. Tap Y alone fills the remaining portion of the
cistern.
If
A)it took 25 minutes to fill the tank, for how much time was tap X
13 min
kept
B) 25* min
open?
C) 12 min
D) None of these
 Question
Taps X and Y can fill a tank in 30 and 40 minutes respectively. Tap
Z
can empty the filled tank in 60 minutes. If all the three taps are
kept
open for one minute each, how much time will the taps take to fill
the
tank?
A) 48 min
B) 72 min
C) 24 min
D) None of these
 Question
A booster pump can be used for filling as well as emptying a tank
of
capacity 2400 m3. The emptying capacity of the pump is 10 m3
per minute higher than its filling capacity and the pump needs 8
minutes lesser to

A) 20m3 per minute

B) 60m3 per minute
C) 40m3 per minute
D) 50m3 per minute
 Question
A tap requires 18 hours to fill a tank. On a particular day, it was
noticed
that 18 hours after the tap was turned open, the tank was not
filled due
to leak at the bottom of the tank. The leak was plugged and it took
the
tap
A) 33more
hrs hours to fill the tank. Working alone, how long will the
leak
B) to
take 108 hrs the tank?
empty
C) 72 hrs
D) None of these