Name of School:________________________________ 7.

A diving pool can be filled by a pipe in 10 hours if the

drain is opened. If the pipe was allowed to run with the
District:_______________________________________
drain in 2 hours, and the drain is afterwards closed, it
I. Multiple choice: Select the best answer. Encircle the would require the pipe 4 hours more to fill the tank.
letter of your answer. How long would it take the pipe to make the tank full if
the drain is closed art the start?
1. Raffy estimates that he could paint Mrs. Puertas
house in 6 days. Ryan , his assistant , calculated that he a. 3 hrs b. 4 hrs c. 5 hrs d. 6 hrs
could do it in 9 days. How long would it take both of
8. Three laborers can finish paving a certain broken
them to finish the job if they worked together?
track of road in 10 hours of time. The first two can do it
a. 3 2/3 days b. 3 3/5 days in 12 hours while the last two can do it 20 hours. How
many hours would it take them to do it alone?
c. 15/23 days d. 5 3/5 days
a. 1st - 24 hours , 2nd - 8 hours , 3rd – 16 hours
2. A pipe alone fill a tank in 5 hours, while a drain could
do the contrary in 12 hours. How long would it take the b. 1st - 20 hours , 2nd - 40 hours , 3rd – 60 hours
pipe to fill the tank if the drain simultaneously opened
c. 1st - 24 hours , 2nd - 30 hours , 3rd – 6 hours
during the filling job if the tank were entirely emptied
at the start? d. 1st - 20 hours , 2nd - 30 hours , 3rd – 60 hours

a. 4 7/8 hrs b. 7 ½ hrs c. 7 2/3 hrs d. 8 4/7 hrs 9. Two pipes can fill a racing pool, emptied at the start,
in 2 6/7 hours with the drain kept opened. If the
3. A nail forming machine can produce 10,000 pieces of
drain were closed at the start the pool would be full in 2
nails one half cm in length ,in 5 hours. Another machine
2/9 hours by the two pipes. If the pipe which can
can produce the same in 8 hours. The two machines
deliver slower, alone did the filling while at the same
were scheduled to operate simultaneously for the first
time the drain is opened at the start, it would take the
two hours, after which the remaining would be finished
lone pipe 10 hours to do the job. How many hours
by the slower machine. How long did they work
would it take the drain to empty the pool when full?
together before completing the overall job?
a. 10 hrs b. 15 hrs c. 20 hrs d. 25 hrs
a. 2 3/5 hrs b. 2 2/5 hrs c. 4 4/5 hrs d. 4 4/7 hrs
10. A commercial building was built 1 7/8 months by
4. A tank can be filled by a pipe in 7 hours. While a
20 skilled workers and 30 unskilled workers. If 30
drain pipe can empty the tank in 11 hours. If for the first
skilled men were contracted , the group alone would
4 hours, the drain was opened left while the pipe was
have erected the facility in 2 months time. How long
filling it, how much longer would it have taken the input
should it take the unskilled worker alone to complete
pipe to fill the tank full if the tank was emptied at the
the job?
start?
a. 50 months b. 100 months
a. 11 5/6 hrs b. 5 6/11 hrs
c. 150 months d. 25 months
c. 6 5/11 hrs d. 6 6/7 hrs
11. How soon after three o’clock will the hands of a
5. Anton can paint the house in 6 hours while Roger
clock be together?
can do the same job in 9 hours. Roger started to paint
in 2 hours when Anton joined Roger to finish the job. a. 11 5/6 mins b. 16 4/11 mins
How long would it take them together to finish the job?
c. 6 5/11 mins d. 38 2/11 mins
a. 2 5/6 hrs b. 4 2/5 hrs
12. How soon after one o’clock will the hands of a
c. 2 4/5 hrs d. 4 5/6 hrs clock extend in opposite directions?

6. Working together, two servicemen can clean the a. 11 5/6 mins b. 16 4/11 mins
pool in 6 hours. If both of them worked together for
c. 6 5/11 mins d. 38 2/11 mins
the first 3 hours and the first stopped for one reason, it
will require the second 4 hours more to rub clean the
pool. How long does it take each of them separately to
do the job?

a. 1st worker- 24 hours & 2nd worker - 8 hours

b. 1st worker- 48 hours & 2nd worker - 16 hours

c. 1st worker- 42 hours & 2nd worker - 10 hours

d. 1st worker- 30 hours & 2nd worker - 10 hours

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Score :_________________Rating:_____________ 8. Three laborers can finish paving a certain broken

track of road in 12 hours of time. The first two can do it
I. Multiple choice: Select the best answer. Encircle the
in 17 hours while the last two can do it 25 hours. How
letter of your answer. If no answer available, write full
many hours would it take them to do it alone?
correct answer in e.
a. 1st - 24 hours , 2nd - 8 hours , 3rd – 16 hours
1. Raffy estimates that he could paint Mrs. Puertas b. 1st - 20 hours , 2nd - 40 hours , 3rd – 60 hours
house in 5 days. Ryan , his assistant , calculated that he c. 1st - 24 hours , 2nd - 30 hours , 3rd – 6 hours
could do it in 8 days. How long would it take both of d. 1st - 20 hours , 2nd - 30 hours , 3rd – 60 hours
them to finish the job if they worked together? e.__________________________________________
a. 3 2/3 days b. 3 3/5 days c. 15/23 days 9. Two pipes can fill a racing pool, emptied at the start,
d. 5 3/5 days e._________________ in 4 2/7 hours with the drain kept opened. If the
2. A pipe alone fill a tank in 8 hours, while a drain could drain were closed at the start the pool would be full in
do the contrary in 16 hours. How long would it take the 3 1/3 hours by the two pipes. If the pipe which can
pipe to fill the tank if the drain simultaneously opened deliver slower, alone did the filling while at the same
during the filling job if the tank were entirely emptied time the drain is opened at the start, it would take the
at the start? a. 4 7/8 hrs b. 7 ½ hrs c. 7 2/3 hrs lone pipe 9 hours to do the job. How many hours would
d. 8 4/7 hrs e.________________________ it take the drain to empty the pool when full? a. 10
3. A nail forming machine can produce 10,000 pieces of b. 15 c. 20 d. 25 e.____________
nails one half cm in length ,in 7 hours. Another machine
10. A commercial building was built 4 3/4 months by
can produce the same in 12 hours. The two machines
10 skilled workers and 25 unskilled workers. If 40
were scheduled to operate simultaneously for the first
skilled men were contracted , the group alone would
three hours, after which the remaining would be
have erected the facility in 2 months time. How long
finished by the slower machine. How long did they
should it take the unskilled worker alone to complete
work together before completing the overall job?
the job? a. 50 months b. 100 months
a. 2 3/5 hrs b. 2 2/5 hrs c. 4 4/5 hrs c. 150 months d. 25 months e._______________
d. 4 4/7 hrs e.________________ 11. How soon after six o’clock will the hands of a clock
4. A tank can be filled by a pipe in 6 hours. While a be together? a. 11 5/6 mins b. 16 4/11 mins
drain pipe can empty the tank in 14 hours. If for the c. 6 5/11 mins d. 38 2/11 mins e.__________
first 5 hours, the drain was opened left while the pipe 12. How soon after ten o’clock will the hands of a
was filling it, how much longer would it have taken the clock extend in opposite directions? a. 11 5/6 mins
input pipe to fill the tank full if the tank was emptied at b. 16 4/11 mins c. 6 5/11 mins d. 38 2/11 mins
the start? a. 11 5/6 hrs b. 5 6/11 hrs c. 6 5/11 hrs e.________________
d. 6 6/7 hrs e._____________________ 13. How soon between 2 and 3 o’clock will the hands
5. Anton can paint the house in 12 hours while Roger of a clock form a right angle? a. 11 5/6 mins
can do the same job in 18 hours. Roger started to paint b. 16 4/11 mins c. 6 5/11 mins d. 38 2/11 mins
in 6 hours when Anton joined Roger to finish the job. e.________________
How long would it take them together to finish the job? 14. How many degrees of a smaller arc form on 6: 45?
a. 2 5/6 hrs b. 4 2/5 hrs c. 2 4/5 hrs a. 10o b. 20o c . 36o d. 100o e.________
d. 4 5/6 hrs e.__________________ 15. How many degrees of a smaller arc form on 10: 25?
6. Working together, two servicemen can clean the a. 10o b. 20o c . 36o d. 100o e.________
pool in 8 hours. If both of them worked together for 16. How many degrees of a smaller arc form on 1: 50?
the first 5 hours and the first stopped for one reason, it a. 10o b. 20o c . 36o d. 100o e.________
will require the second 7 hours more to rub clean the 17. How many degrees of a smaller arc form on 12: 17?
pool. How long does it take each of them separately to a. 10o b. 20o c . 36o d. 100o e.________
do the job? 18. How many degrees of a smaller arc form on 3: 40?
a. 1st worker- 24 hours & 2nd worker - 8 hours a. 10o b. 20o c . 36o d. 100o e.________
b. 1st worker- 48 hours & 2nd worker - 16 hours 19. How many degrees of a smaller arc form on 8:46?
c. 1st worker- 42 hours & 2nd worker - 10 hours a. 10o b. 20o c . 36o d. 100o e.________
d. 1st worker- 30 hours & 2nd worker - 10 hours 20. How many degrees of a smaller arc form on 11: 55?
7. A diving pool can be filled by a pipe in 17 hours if the a. 10o b. 20o c . 36o d. 100o e.________
drain is opened. If the pipe was allowed to run with the
drain in 12 hours, and the drain is afterwards closed, it
would require the pipe 6 hours more to fill the tank.
How long would it take the pipe to make the tank full if
the drain is closed at the start? a. 3 hrs b. 4 hrs
c. 5 hrs d. 6 hrs e._______________