Time and work:

1.Ram can do a work in 9 days and Shyam can do it in 12 days. In how many days,
both together, can do the work ?
2.A and B can do a work in 30 days and 40 days respectively. In how many days can A
and B working together do it ?
3.A and B can do a work in 12 days, which A alone can do in 30 days, In how many
days B alone can do it ?
4.A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days. B alone can do it in 30 days. Both started
the work together but B leaves after 5 days. In how many days is the whole work
completed ?
5.Mohan and Sohan can do a piece of work in 12 days. Mohan alone can do it in 18
days. Both started the work together, but Mohan left the work after 6 days. How
long will Sohan work alone to finish the remaining work ?
6.A and B can finish a piece of work in 12 and 18 days respectively. After some days
when both start to work together A leaves and B completes the remaining work in6
days. How many days has A worked together before he left ?
7.A, B and C working together can do a piece of work in 18 days. A could do it alone
in 72 days. After working together for 6 days. A is fallen ill. How long will B and C
together take to finish the remaining work ?
8.A, B, and C can finish a piece of work in 30, 40 and 60 days respectively 10 days
after they started to work together B leaves. 4 days after B left, A leaves and C
completes the remaining work. Find how many days C had worked altogether.
9.A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 30 days respectively. They work at it
together for some days then A leaves 5 days before completion the work. How many
days would they work together ?
10. A can do a piece of work in 20 days, B can do it in 30 days and C in 40 days.
Three of them started the work together. A left the work after 5 days and C left it in
10 days before its completion. Find in how many days the work might have been
finished.
11. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 15 days, 20 days and 30 days respectively.
Three of them started the work together but A left after 5 days and B left 2 days
before its completion. Find in how many days the work might have been finished.
12. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B can do it in 20 days and C in 30 days
Three of them started the work together. A left the work after 4 days and C left it
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some days before its completion. If the work is completed in 9 days, for how many
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days did C work ?
13. X, Y and Z can finish a piece of work in 20, 30 and 40 days respectively. If x left
the work after working for 5 days, in how many days can Y and Z together complete
the remaining work ?
14. If 12 labours can do a piece of work in 15 days working 8 hours a day, how
many days will 10 labours take to finish half of it working 9 hours a day ?

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15. 20 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. After working for few days, 4 men are
added and the work was finished 3 days earlier. After how many days were 4 men
added ?
16. A piece of work was to be completed in 40 days. Then 10 more men were
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employed and they finished of work in 20 days, then 10 more men added and
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work was completed in time, find the number of men employed the first.
17. 20 men can finish a piece of work in 30 days. When should 5 men leave the
work, so that if may be finished 35 days ?
18. 40 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. After working for a few days 8 men
are added and the whole work as completed 3 days earlier. After how many days
were those 8 men added ?
19. 6 labours can finish a work in 120 days working 7 hours daily. If the work is to
be finished in 105 days by working 6 hours daily, how labours will be required ?
20. A contractor undertakes to dig a canal 12 km. long in 350 days and employs 45
men. He finds that after 200 days of working only 4 kilometers of canal have been
completed. How many extra men must be employed to finish the work in time ?
21. A certain number of men can complete a piece of work in 90 days. If, however,
there are 15 men less, it will take 10 days more for the work to complete. How
many men were there originally ?
22. 12 men are engaged to do a piece of work in 15 days. After working for 6 days
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they found that only of the work is done. How many men should be added to
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finish the work in time ?
23. 200 labours need 50 days to construct a road of 4 km. long working 8 hours a
day. How many labours should be decreased to construct the same road in 80 days
working 10 hours a day ?
24. 55 men can finish a piece of work in 42 days. How many additional men must be
added to complete the work 9 work 9 days earlier ?
25. 16 men are engaged to do a piece of work in 20 days. After 8 days it is found
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that only of the work is done. How many additional men should be taken to
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complete the work in time.
26. A men undertakes to do a certain job in 32 days. He hires 12 men for the job At
the end of 8 days, only one fifth of the work was completed. How many extra men
must be employed in order to complete the work in time ?
27. A contractor had to finish a work in 30 days and he employed some men to do the
work. They finished half of the work in 20 days. When 60 more men were added the
work was finished on the specified time. How many men were employed in the
beginning ?
28. A piece of work was to be completed in 30 days. A number of men employed upon
it did only half the work in 18 days. 12 more men were added and the work was
completed in the specified time. How many men were employed at first ?

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29. A contractor had to finish a work in 60 days and he employed 60 laboures to do

the work. They finished half of the work in 40 days. How many more labourers
should be added to finish the work in specified time ?
30. 20 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. After working for 6 days, an additional
number of men are taken to finish the work in 21 days from the beginning. Find the
number of additional men.
31. A piece of work has to be completed in 30 days. A number of men
employed
in it and did only half of the work in 20 days. 20 more men were added and work
was completed in the specific time. How many
men were employed first ?
32. A piece of work had to be completed in 60 days. A number of men employed upon
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it and they did only of the work in 40 days. 20 more men were added and the
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work was completed in the specified days. How many men were employed at first ?
33. A contractor undertook to do a work in 40 days and employed a certain number of
men upon it who did only half of the work in 24 days. So, 16 more men added to do
the work in time. How many men were employed initially ?
34. A work was to be finished in 16 days and for this 30 persons started together But
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only work in finished after 10 days. Find the number of additional men should
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betaken to do the work in given time.
35. 20 men can do a work in 30 days; after how long time should 5 men leave so that
the work may be completed in 35 days ?
36. 4 men can do a work in 5 days. But due to Nepal-Band, no work is done on the
third day. How many extra men should be added to complete the work in the fixed
schedule ?
37. A piece of work was to be completed in 30 days, A number of man employed on it,
did only half of the work in 20 days, Again 20 more men were added and the work
was completed in specified time. How many were employed at first ?
38. If 10 pumps draw 430 liters of water is 10 minutes, how many liters will be
drawn by 6 pumps in 20 minutes ?
39. A tap can fill a cistern in 10 minutes while other can empty in 15 minutes. The
cistern being empty and if both the taps are opened together, in how many minutes
will the cistern be full ?
40. Two taps A and B fill a tank in 8 hours and 10 hours respectively when they are
opened separately. If both the taps are opened at the same time, how long will it
take to fill the tank ?
41. Three taps can fill a cistern in 36 minutes, 30 minutes and 20 minutes respectively.
The cistern being empty all the three taps are kept open and after 6 minutes the
first tap is closed. In how many more minutes will the cistern be full ?
42. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 min and 32 min. respectively. If both pipes
are opened simultaneously, after how much time B should be closed so that the tank
is full in 18 minutes ?

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43. A and B can fill a casern in 20 min. and 25 min. respectively. Both the pipes are
kept open for 5 min. and then the second pipe is turned off. In how many minutes
more is the tank completely filled ?
44. A and B can fill a tank in 2 hrs. and 4 hrs respectively. Both were opened at once
but after sometime the first was shut up and the tank was filled in 2 hrs more. When
did the first pipe A shut up ?
45. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 min. and 45 min. respectively. A waste pipe
C cans empty the tank in 30 min. First A and B are opened. After 7 min, C is also
opened. In how much time, the tank is full ?
46. A cistern has a leak which would empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which
admits 6 liters a minute into the cistern and it is now emptied in 12 hours. How
many liters does the cistern hold ?
47. A and B can fill a cistern in 60 min, and 75 min. respectively. If all the pipes
(including a waste -pipe C) are opened together, the cistern is full in 50 minutes.
Find the time required for C to empty the full cistern.
48. Surav takes one day to do a work; Gaurav takes two days to do the same work.
IF Gaurav takes 24 days to do 2/5 of the work, in how many days will both together
finish the whole work ?
49. Ram can do twice as much work as Shyam. If they together can complete a work
in 24 days. In how many days will each take to complete the work ?
50. A takes twice as much time as B and thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of
work. If they work together they can finish the work in 4 days. Find the time each
will take to finish the work ?
51. A alone can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do
it. If A and B could together do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, in what time
can B alone do it ?
52. A is thrice as good a workman as B and is therefore able to finish a piece of work
in 60 days less than B. Find the time in which they can do it working together.
53. A can do as much work in 2 days as B can do in 3 days and B can do as much
work in 4 days as C in 5 days. It takes 20 takes 20 days to complete the work if all
of them work together. How long would B take to do all the work by himself ?
54. A takes twice as much time as B and thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of
work. If they work together they can finish the whole work in 5 days. Find the time
each will take to finish the work separately.
55. Promod and Ramchandra can do a pieces can do a piece of work in 30 and 20
days respectively After they work together for some days, Ramchandra left. If
promod completes the remaining worked in 15 days how long had Ramchandra
worked together.
56. A can do a work in 30 days and B in 40 days. They start working together but
after 8 days B leaves. In how many days A can finish the remaining work ?
57. Mohan and Sohan together can finish a piece of work in 30 days. After they
worked for 20 days. Sohan left. If Mohan can finish the remaining work in 35 days,
How long Sohan alone can finish the whole work ?

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58. Ram and Shyam can do a piece of work in 20 days and 25 days respectively.
They work to together of 5 days and Shyam left the work. In how many days will
Ram finish the remaining work ?
59. A and B can do a piece of work in 24 days. A takes 40 days to complete the
same work. After they work for 8 days, A leaves, If B completes the remaining work,
in how many days was the whole work completed ?
60. A can do a piece of work in 14 days. B can do the same work in 21 days. After
they work for 7 days, A leaves. If B completes the remaining work; in how many
days was the whole work completed ?
61. Ram and Shyam together can finish a piece of work in 8 days. Ram alone can
finish the work in 12 days. If he leaves after working for 4 days alone. In how many
days will Shyam finish the remaining work alone ?
62. A can do a piece of work in 18 days and B in 24 days. They both worked
together and after some days A left. If B finished the remaining work in 3 days, how
long did A work together ?
63. A can do a piece of work in 36 days and B in 54 days. They both worked
together and after some days B left. If A finished the remaining work in 11 days,
how long did B work together ?
64. C and D can finish a piece of work in 20 days. After they work for 12 days D left.
If C alone can finish teh remaining work in 40 days, how long would D alone take to
do whole work ?
65. A and B can finish a piece of work in 40 days. After they worked for 25 days. B
left. If A can finish the remaining work in 45 days. How long B alone can finish the
whole work ?
66. A and B can do a work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days C and A in 20 days. In
how many days will they finish it together ?
67. A can do a work in 20 days and B in 12 days. B worked for 9 days and left. In
what time will A complete the remaining work ?
68. A and B can do a work in 24 and 16 days respectively. With the help of C, they
can finish it in 8days, Find in what time will A and C together do it ?
69. Aviral and Abhiyan can do a work in 25 and 20 days respectively. Aviral started
the work and was joined by Abhiyan after 10 days. How long was the work last for ?
70. 12 men can dig a field in 8 days. Three days after they started to work together,
3 extra men joined them, Find the time taken by all of them to complete the
remaining work.
71. A and B can together do a piece of work in 30 days. They worked for it for 20
days and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 more days.
Find the time required for A to do the whole work alone.
72. A and B can do a work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They started the work
together, but A leaves after some days and B finished the remaining work in 23
days. After how long time did A leave ?
73. A and B can do a work in 20 and 30 days respectively. They start to work
together but A leaves 5 days before the completion. In how many days to do the
whole work ?
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74. A and B can do a work in 72 days. If A works alone for the last 20 days, it is
completed in 80 days. How many days will be required for B to do the whole work
alone ?
75. To do a work A would take twice as long as B and C together. B takes 3 times as
along as C and A together. All of them together can do it in 12 days. Find in what
time A, B and C alone can do it ?
76. A can do as much work in 2 days as B in 3 days and B can do as much work in 4
days as C in 5 days. If all of them can do a work in 20 days, how long would each
take to do the work separately ?
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77. While A does of a work. B does
and while B does , C does .In how many
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hours will C finish a work which can be finished by A in 20 hours ?
78. A, B and C can do a work in 20, 30 and 40 days respectively. All of them worked
together but A left after 5 days and C left in 10 days before its completion. In how
many days required doing the whole work ?
79. A, B and C can do work in 10, 20 and 30 days, A left. C left it some days before
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completion. If total time taken for the whole work is 9 days. For how many days
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did C work ?
80. A, B and C can do a work 50, 70 and 90 days respectively. Only A started the
work and B joined after 10 days, C joined after 5 days from this and all of them
continued till it was over. In how many total days taken for the whole work.
81. A, B and C can do a work in 60, 80 and 100 days respectively. A and B started
the work. After 10 days A left but C joined. After 20 days from the join of C, B left
but A rejoined. In how many total days to do the whole work ?
82. A, B and C together can do a work in 6 days, which B alone can do in 16 days
and B and C together in 10 days In how many days can A and B together do it ?
83. A and B can do a work in 10 days, B and C in 15 days, A and C in 25 days. They
all work at it together for 4 days, A then leaves and B and C go on together for 5
days more and then B leaves, how many more days will C complete the work ?
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84. A can do work in 20 days, A and B together in 11 days. A works alone for 8
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days, A and C together for 6 days, and B finishes it in 3 days. Find in what time B
and C together could do it ?
85. A can do a work in 8 days, which B can destroy in 3 days, A has worked 6 days,
during the last 2 of which B has been destroyed. How many days must A now work
alone in order to complete his task ?
86. A and B can do a work in 8 days and 7 days respectively. They work alternately
for a day. If A starts the work, find in how many total days completed to do work ?
87. 25 men are employed to do a work which they could finish it in 20 days but
there is a drop off by 5 men at the end of every 10 days. In what time will the work
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hours, or emptied by a tap B in 3
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hours. The cistern being half full A is turned on at 8:00 Am and B at 8:45 Am Find
when the cistern will again be half full ?
89. A is twice and B is just as good a workman as C. The three work together for
two days, and then A works alone for half a day and B for a day. How long would it
have taken A and C together to complete as much as the three will have thus
performed ?
Answer
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A cistern would be filled by a tap A in 3

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