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SLC Model Question
SLC _ Compulsory Math _ Time and work
[Short Questions]


# Important Questions for SLC

Ram can do a work in 9 days and Bhawesh can do it in 12 days. In how many days, both together, can do the
work ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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 some days before its completion. If the work is completed in
9days, for how many days did C work ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
A piece of work was to be completed in 40 days. Then 10 more men were employed and they finished of work in
20 days, then 10 more men added and work was completed in time, find the number of men employed the first.
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
12 men are engaged to do a piece of work in 15 days. After working for 6 days they found that only of the work is
done. How many men should be added to finish the work in time ?
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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 ?
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 ?
16 men are engaged to do a piece of work in 20 days. After 8 days it is found that only of the work is done. How
many additional men should be taken to complete the work in time.
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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.
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 ?
A piece of work had to be completed in 60 days. A number of men employed upon it and they did only of the
work in 40 days. 20 more men were added and the work was completed in the specified days. How many men
were employed at first ?
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 ?
A work was to be finished in 16 days and for this 30 persons started together But only work in finished after 10 days.
Find the number of additional men should betaken to do the work in given time.
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
If 10 pumps draw 430 liters of water is 10 minutes, how many liters will be drawn by 6 pumps in 20 minutes ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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.
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 ?

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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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
Bhawesh and Abhiyan can do a work in 25 and 20 days respectively. Bhawesh started the work and was joined by
Abhiyan after 10 days. How long was the work last for ?
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.
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.
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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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While A does of a work. B does and while B does, C does .In how many hours will C finish a work which can be
finished by A in 20 hours ?
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 ?
A, B and C can do work in 10, 20 and 30 days, A left. C left it some days before completion. If total time taken for
the whole work is days. For how many days did C work ?
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.
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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
A can do work in 20 days, A and B together in days. A works alone for 8 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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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 be completed ?
A cistern would be filled by a tap A in 3 hours, or emptied by a tap B in 3 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 ?
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?