Time and Work

If A can complete a work in 10 days, B can

complete same piece of work in 40 days.
If they start working together, in how many
days, can they complete the same work?
If A completes a work in 2 days, then how much If A completes a work in 2.5 days, then how much work
work does A complete in 1 day? does A complete in 1 day?
Half of his given work (1/2 or 50 % of his work )

If A completes a work in 3 days, then how much

work does A complete in 1 day?
1/3rd of his work ( 33.33 % of his work ) If A completes a work in 10/3 days, then how much work
does A complete in 1 day?

If A completes a work in 4 days, then how much

work does A complete in 1 day?
1/4th of his work ( 25 % of his work )

If A completes a work in 10 days, then how

much work does A complete in 1 day?
1/10th of his work ( 10 % of his work )
If A completes half of the work in 1 day, then in
how many days can he complete the whole
work?
2 days

If A completes 1/3rd of the work in 1 day, then

in how many days can he complete the whole
work?
3 days.
If A completes 1/4th of the work in 1 day, then
in how many days can he complete the whole
work?
4 days

If A completes 2/5th of the work in 1 day, then

in how many days can he complete the whole
work?
Back to Question 1

If A can complete a work in 10 days, B can

complete same piece of work in 40 days.
If they start working together, in how many
days, can they complete the same work?
Question Type:
If A can complete a piece of work in …… Days,
B can complete the same piece of work in……
Days, Then A & B together can complete the
same piece of work in …….?

1) A = 10 days, B = 90 days, A & B Together?

2 )A = 5 days, B = 45 days, A & B Together?
3) A = 20 days, B = 60 days, A & B Together?
4) A = 20 days, B = 80 days, A & B Together?

5) A = 25 days, B = 100 days, A & B Together?

6) A = 40 days, B = 160 days, A & B Together?

Question Type 3

If A & B can complete a task in 10 days, A alone

can complete the same piece of task in 12 days.
Then B alone can complete it in ……
If A & B can complete a task in 20 days, A alone
can complete the same piece of task in 60 days.
Then B alone can complete it in ……
If A & B can complete a task in ….. days, A alone
can complete the same piece of task in ……
days. Then B alone can complete it in ……

1) A & B = 40 days, A alone = 120 days, B

alone?

2) A & B = 10 days, A alone = 40 days, B alone?

3) A & B = 20 days, A alone = 80 days, B alone?

4) A & B = 25 days, A alone = 125 days, B

alone?
If A can complete half the work in 20 days,
B can complete the full work in 40 days,
If they started working together, in how many
days will the work be completed?
A completes 4 times the work in 100 days,
B completes 5 times the work in 250 days.
If they start working together, in how many
days , can they complete double the work?
A completes 75% of work in 21 days, B joins and
together they complete remaining work in 2
days, in how many days B can Complete Whole
work?
Joining and Leaving Type

1) Basic Question;
A can complete a piece of work in 20 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 60
days. If A start the work and works for 10 days
and leaves, and then B joins to complete the
remaining ;then in how many days
a) B will complete the remaining work
b) Total number of days required to complete
the work
A can complete a piece of work in 20 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 60
days. A starts the work, and he is joined by B on
11th day. Then in how many days, was the entire
work completed?
3) A can complete a piece of work in 100 days,
B can complete the same piece of work in 400
days. A starts the work, and he is joined by B on
26th day. Then in how many days, was the entire
work completed?
4) A can complete a piece of work in 60 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 80
days. B starts the work, and he is joined by A on
21st day. Then in how many days, was the entire
work completed?
5) A can complete a work in 40 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 60 days. B
starts the work and is joined by A on 51st day. In
how many days the total work gets completed?
6) A can complete a piece of work in 40 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 60 days
and C can complete the same work in 30 days. A
and B start the work and work together for 5
days and then A is joined by C. Then in how
many days the total work was completed?
7) A can complete a piece of work in 80 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 60 days
and C can complete the same work in 120 days.
A and B start the work and work together for 20
days, then both are joined by C on 21st day.
Then in how many days the total work was
completed?
A can complete a work in 20 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 60 days. A
starts the work and is joined by B after 4 days.
Then in how many days was the total work
completed?
A can complete a work in 20 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 60 days. A
and B start working together, but B leaves 4
days before the completion of the work. Then in
how many days was the total work completed?
A can complete a work in 20 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 60 days. A
starts the work , but B joins the work 2 days
later and also B leaves the work 2 days before
the completion of the work. Then in how many
days was the total work completed?
A can complete a work in 20 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 60 days. A
starts the work , but B joins the work 2 days
later and also B leaves the work 4 days before
the completion of the work. Then in how many
days was the total work completed?
A can complete a work in 20 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 60 days. A
starts the work , but B joins the work 2 days
later and also A leaves the work 4 days before
the completion of the work. Then in how many
days was the total work completed?
A can complete a work in 100 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 50 days and
C can complete the same piece of work in 60
days. A starts the work and is joined by B 5 days
later and by C on 7th day . Also A leaves 8 days
before the completion of the work.
1) In how many days was the work completed?
2) For how many days did they all work
together?
Alternate Day Work

A can complete a work in 20 days, B can

complete the same piece of work in 60 days. A
starts the work and they work on alternate days
i.e A alone works on the first day and B alone
works on 2nd day, then again A alone works on
the 3rd day. So in this case, how many days are
required to complete the work?
Alternate day work

A can complete a work in 40 days, B can

complete the same piece of work in 240 days. A
starts the work and they work on alternate days
i.e A alone works on the first day and B alone
works on 2nd day, then again A alone works on
the 3rd day. So in this case, how many days are
required to complete the work?
Alternate Day Work

A can complete a work in 80 days, B can

complete the same piece of work in 240 days. A
starts the work and they work on alternate days
i.e A alone works on the first day and B alone
works on 2nd day, then again A alone works on
the 3rd day. So in this case, how many days are
required to complete the work?
Alternate Day Work

A can complete a work in 50 days, B can

complete the same piece of work in 250 days. A
starts the work and they work on alternate days
i.e A alone works on the first day and B alone
works on 2nd day, then again A alone works on
the 3rd day. So in this case, how many days are
required to complete the work?
A can complete a work in 50 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 250 days. B
starts the work and they work on alternate days
i.e B alone works on the first day and A alone
works on 2nd day, then again alone works on
the 3rd day. So in this case, how many days are
required to complete the work?
A can complete a work in 50 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 250 days
and C can complete the same piece of work in
100 days.
A starts the work and they work on alternate
days i.e A alone works on the first day and B
alone works on 2nd day, then again C alone
works on the 3rd day. So in this case, how many
days are required to complete the work?
A can complete a piece of work in 40 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 80
days, and C can complete the same piece of
work in 120 days. A starts the work and is
joined by B and C on alternate days.
i.e A & B work on the first day
A & C work on 2nd day.
A & B work on 3rd day,
A & C on 4th and so on;
In this case, number of days required to
complete the work?
A can complete a piece of work in 40 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 80
days, and C can complete the same piece of
work in 120 days. A & B starts the work, B & C
work on the 2nd day, A & C work on the 3r day.
i.e A & B work on the first day
B &C work on 2nd day.
A & C work on 3rd day,
A & B on 4th and so on;
In this case, number of days required to
complete the work?
Percentage Basic for Efficiency Type of
Questions:

A is 150 % of B.

A is …… times of B

A is ….. % more than B

B is …… times of A

B is ….. % less than A

Percentage Basic for Efficiency Type of
Questions:

A is 120 % of B.

A is …… times of B

A is ….. % more than B

B is …… times of A
B is …. % of A
B is ….. % less than A
Efficiency Type of Questions

A is twice as efficient as B. Together they

complete the work in 6 days. So number of
days required by A alone to complete the work
is…….?
Efficiency Type of Questions

A is thrice as efficient as B. Together they

complete the work in 9 days. So number of
days required by A alone to complete the work
is…….?
Efficiency Type of Questions

A is 1.5 times as efficient as B. Together they

complete the work in 18 days. So number of
days required by A alone to complete the work
is…….?
Efficiency Type of Questions

A is 60 % more than B. Together they complete

the work in 10 days. So number of days
required by B alone to complete the work
is…….?
Efficiency Type of Questions

The ratio of efficiecny of A:B to complete the

same task is 1:2. If A takes 10 days to complete
the work, then number of days taken by B to
complete the same work is …..
The ratio of efficiency of A:B to complete the
same task is 3:2 .If the difference between the
number of days of A alone and B alone is 20
days. So B alone can complete the piece of work
in …..?
Efficiency Type of Questions

The ratio of efficiency of A:B to complete the

same task is 2:3 . Working together they can
complete the work in 30 days. So B alone can
complete the piece of work in …..?
The ratio of efficiency of A:B to complete the
same task is 4:5 .If the difference between the
number of days of A alone and B alone is 20
days and ratio of efficiency of A:C is 2:7, then in
how many days, B & C can complete the same
piece of work; working together?
A is 20 % more efficient than B. B takes 24 days
to complete the work. Find the number of days
taken by A to complete twice the work?
Wages and Salary

A can complete a work in 10 days, B can

complete the same piece of in 20 days. If they
work together and complete the work, and the
employer pays Rs.300 for the completion of the
work. Then the share of A would be ?
Wages and Salary

A can complete a work in 10 days, B can

complete the same piece of in 20 days and C
can complete the same work in 30 days.. If they
work together and complete the work, and the
employer pays Rs.3000 for the completion of
the work. Then the share of B would be ?
A can complete a piece of work 30 days, B can
complete the same piece of work in 20 days. If
they start working together and complete the
work, and they are paid 500 Rs for this work,
then what is the share of A?
The ratio of efficiency of A and B is 2:5, and they
start together to complete a work. If they are
paid 1400 Rs, then the share of B is ?
A takes 30 days to complete a certain work.
B takes 60 days to complete the same work.
C takes 120 days to complete the same work.
If they work together on this project and they
are paid 21000 Rs, then what is the share of B?
A takes 30 days to complete a certain work.
B takes 60 days to complete the same work.
C takes 120 days to complete the same work.
If they work together on this project and they
are paid 21000 Rs, then what is the share of B?
If A takes 20 days, B takes 30 days and C takes
50 days to complete the same work. Find the
ratio of efficiency of A, B and C?
A can complete a task in 60 days, B can
complete the same task in 80 days while C can
complete the same task in 240 days. If they
work together and are paid 2400 for this task,
1) What is the share of B?
2) What is the ratio of share A & B to share of
B&C
A can complete a task in 60 days, B can
complete the same task in 80 days while C can
complete the same task in 240 days. If they
work together and are paid 64000 for this task,
Then what is ratio of sum of A & B to B & C?
A can complete a piece of work in 20 days, B
can complete the same piece of work in 80
days. They start together but A leaves after
working for 12 days. Then in what ratio the
amount should distributed?
New Type

Multiple People of the same type

Previous Examples=-

If A can complete a work in 20 days and B can

complete a work in 60 days. Then in how many
days can they together complete the work?

Question 2:
A can complete a work in 20 days. Then 2
people of type A can complete the work in ….?
10 days.
New Type
If 10 Men can complete a piece of work in 30
days, and 20 women can complete the same
piece of work in 40 days, then in how many
days will they complete the same work, if 20
Men and 40 women are assigned the job?
New Type

Multiple People of the same type

Previous Examples=-

If A can complete a work in 20 days and B can

complete a work in 60 days. Then in how many
days can they together complete the work?

Question 2:
A can complete a work in 20 days. Then 2
people of type A can complete the work in ….?
10 days
New Type

Multiple People of the same type

Question 3:
A can complete a work in 60 days. Then 4
people of type A can complete the work in ….?
10 days.

Question 4:
If 4 people of type B can complete a work in 80
days. Then 2 people of type B can complete the
work in …….?
160 days
New Type

Multiple People of the same type

Question 5:
If 3 people of type C can complete a work in 90
days. Then 1 people of type C can complete the
work in …….?
270 days

Question 6:
If 5 people of type C can complete a work in 70
days. Then 7 people of type C can complete the
work in …….?
How to solve the previous questions:
The work remains constant

If number of people who are working decrease,

Then time required to complete the work????
INCREASE

If number of people who are working increase,

Then the time required to complete the work??
Decrease
In inversely proportional,
The product ( MD ) of both the sides ( cases ) is
equal

Number of People and Time taken.

New Type

Multiple People of the same type

Question 7:
If 20 men can complete a piece of work in 50
days, then 25 men can complete the same work
in …… ?
Multiple People of the same type

Question 8:
If 10 men can complete a piece of work in 50
days, then how many men are required to
complete the work in 5 days?
Amount of Work has changed

Question 9:
If 20 Men can paint a building in 30 days. Then
how many days are required by 25 men to
paint two buildings.
Amount of work has changed

Question 10 :
If 30 Men can paint 7 buildings in 210 days.
Then how many days are required by 60 men to
paint 10 buildings
Amount of work has changed

Question 11 :
If 30 Men can paint 11 buildings in 220 days.
Then how many days are required by 60 men to
paint 25 buildings
Amount of work has changed

Question 13 :
A contractor was supposed to complete a an
expressway in 120 days. He hired 500 men to
complete the task in 120 days. After 90 days, he
realised that only 1/4th of work is completed.
How many men are required to complete the
work in deadline.
Substitute to the previous question
Language changed, solution and answer same
If 500 Men can complete 1/4th of work in 90 A contractor was supposed to complete a an expressway
days. How men are required to complete the in 120 days. He hired 500 men to complete the task in
remaining work in 30 days? 120 days. After 90 days, he realised that only 1/4th of
work is completed.How many should he have employed
from the beginning in order to complete the work in
deadline.
Question 14:

A contractor was supposed to complete a an

expressway in 200 days. He hired 600 men to
complete the task in 200 days days. After 100
days, he realised that only 1/5th of work is
completed.

1) How many men are required to complete

the work in deadline.
2) How many MORE men should be hired
required to complete the work in deadline.
A builder was constructing a building of
40*50*300 cubic feets. He hired 20 men to
complete the task in 100 days. How many men
should he hire to complete another project of
50*90*200 cubic feets in 200 days.
1) 5 men can complete a piece of work in 10
days working 10 hours a day. How many men
are required to complete the same task in 20
days working 5 hours a day.
2) 25 Men can complete a task in 20 days
working 8 hours a day. In how many days can
40 men complete the same task working 2
hours a day.
Type Next

Multiple people of different types are involved.

For Example
1) 10 Men can complete a work in 20 days.
Also, 10 Children can complete the same work
in 40 days.
Type Next

Multiple people of different types are involved.

For Example
1) 10 Men can complete a work in 20 days.
Also, 20 Children can complete the same work
in 20 days.
1) 10 Men can complete a work in 20 days.
Also, 20 Children can complete the same work
in 20 days. Then, 2 Men and 6 Children can
complete the work in …..?
New Type
If 10 Men can complete a piece of work in 30
days, and 20 women can complete the same
piece of work in 40 days, then in how many
days will they complete the same work, if 20
Men and 40 women are assigned the job?
English ka Twist ( Language Twist )

If 10 Men OR 20 Women OR 30 Children can

complete a task in 60 days. Then 10 Men & 20
Women & 30 Children can complete the work in
……..?
English Twist

20 Men or 40 Women or 50 children can

complete a task in 200 days.

If 40 men, 20 women and 25 children, work

together to complete the task, then number of
days required to complete the work is ……
10 Men or 20 Women or 30 Children can
complete a piece of work in 300 days.
20 Men and 40 Women are ready to complete
the work together; How many children should
join them in order to complete the in 50 days.
Last Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can fill an empty tank in 10 hours.

Another pipe B can fill an empty tank in 30
hours.
If both the pipes are opened together, after
how many hours will the empty tank be full?
Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can fill an empty tank in 10 hours.

Another pipe B can fill an empty tank in 30
hours.
If both the pipes are opened together at 07:00
a.m , at what time will the tank be full?
Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can fill an empty tank in 10 hours.

Another pipe B can fill an empty tank in 30
hours.
If both the pipes are opened together, after
how many hours will the empty tank be half
full?
Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can fill an empty tank in 10 hours.

Another pipe B can fill an empty tank in 30
hours.
If both the pipes are opened together at 07:00
a.m , at what time will the tank be half full?
Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can empty a full tank in 20 hours.

Another pipe B can empty a tank in 60 hours.
If both the pipes are opened together, how
many hours would it take to empty a full tank?
Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can empty a full tank in 20 hours.

Another pipe B can empty a tank in 60 hours.
If both the pipes are opened together, how
many hours would it take to empty a half full
tank?
Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can empty a full tank in 20 hours.

Another pipe B can fill a tank in 60 hours.
If both the pipes are opened together, how
many hours will it take to fill an empty tank?
Type Pipes & Cistern

One pipe A can empty a full tank in 20 hours.

Another pipe B can fill a tank in 60 hours.
If both the pipes are opened together, how
many hours will it take to empty tank a full
tank
Type Pipes & Cistern

Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 40 minutes.

Pipe B can fill an empty tank in 120 minutes.
While Pipe C can empty the tank in 20 minutes.
Pipe A & B are opened at 07:00 a.m to fill an
empty tank. Pipe C is opened at 07:20 a.m.
At what time while the tank be half full?
Questions from the Sheet

1. If a group of 15 stylists work for 6 hours a day,

they can create a wedding collection in 30
days. If they have only 20 days, and they
decide to put in 9 hours per day, then how
many stylists are needed?
1) 12 2) 15 3) 9 4) 10 5) 18
Questions from the Sheet

2. 180 men can construct a 571 m long wall in 15 days

working 8 hours a day. How many more/less men are
required to construct a wall twice the length of the
original wall in 12 days working 9 hours a day?
1) 360 2) 430 3) 400 4) 290 5) 320
Questions from the Sheet

3. A swarm of 70 bees can build a hive in 60 hours. If 20

hours after they start, 10 more bees join in, them how
many hours will the bees take to build the rest of the
hive?
1) 42 2) 45 3) 35 4) 18 5) 27
Questions from the Sheet

4. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is

25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days
taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:
1) 16 2) 25 3) 15 4) 12 5) 20
Questions from the Sheet

6. If A completes 2/3rd of some work in one day, in

how many days can he finish it?
1) 2 2) 1.5 3) 1.33 4) 1.67 5) 1
Questions from the Sheet

7. If 24 men can do a piece of work in 40 days, how

many days will 30 men need?
1) 30 2) 32 3) 25 4) 48 5) 18
Questions from the Sheet

8. If A alone completes a project in 6 days and B alone

completes the same project in 4 days, then in how
many days will they complete the project if they both
work together?
1) 3 2) 2.4 3) 2.8 4) 2 5) 3.6
Questions from the Sheet

9. A and B together complete some work in 5 days,

while A alone takes 15 days to complete it. How much
time would B take to complete the work if he is
working all alone?
1) 10 2) 12.5 3) 7.5 4) 5 5) None of these
Questions from the Sheet

10. Dhruv can complete a piece of work in 8 days while

Sameer can complete the same work in 12 days. They
work together for 3 days. Then Dhruv quits the work. In
how many days will Sameer now be able to finish the
remaining work?
1) 5 2) 5.5 3) 6.5 4) 8 5) None of these
Questions from the Sheet

11. Ravi and Kumar are working on an assignment. Ravi

takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while
Kumar takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time
will they take, working together on two different
computers to type an assignment of 120 pages?
1) 12 2) 11 3) 6 4) 9 5) 15
Questions from the Sheet

12. A and B can complete a work in 10 days, B and C in

12 days and A and C in 15 days. If all three work
together, in how many days will the work be
completed?

1) 15 2) 9 3) 8 4) 12 5) 10
Questions from the Sheet\

13. There is a piece of work to be completed. Akash can

complete one-fourth of the work. Ramesh can
complete half the work and Varun can complete one-
third of the work in seven days. Akash and Varun
started the work. After three days, Varun left and
Ramesh joined Akash. After one more day, Akash also
left. How many more days does Ramesh take to
complete the work?
1) 12 2) 10 3) 11 4) 8 5) 9
Questions from the Sheet

14. A tank has to be filled with pipes A and B. Pipe A

can fill the tank in 6 hours and pipe B can fill it in 10
hours. In how much time will these pipes fill up the
tank if both are opened simultaneously?
1) 4.33
2) 3.75
3) 12
4) 8
5) 9.25
Questions from the Sheet

15. An empty tank is connected to pipes A, B and C.

Pipes A and B are inlet pipes and they fill the tank in 4
hours and 3 hours respectively while pipe C is an outlet
pipe and it empties the tank in 2 hours. In what time
will the tank fill up if all the pipes are opened
simultaneously?
1) 12
2) 6
3) 5
4) 8
5) 24
1. If 7/8th of some work can be done in 1 day, how
much work is pending after half a day?
1) 9/16 2) 7/4 3) 7/8 4) 9/7 5) 10/9
2. If a woman completes 2/3rd of a task in 1 day, what
is the time taken (in days) by a man to complete the
task if he is half as efficient as the woman?
1) 0.75 2) 1.5 3) 3.33 4) 3 5) 2.67
4. A is twice as good a workman as B.
Together they finish a piece of work in 18
days. In how many days can A alone finish
the work?
1) 24 2) 25 3) 27 4) 30 5) 36
5. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will
they, working together, take to complete a job which B
alone could have done in 23 days?
1) 13 2) 15 3) 10 4) 17 5) None of these
6. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days.
Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen
days. What is the ratio of the capacity of a man and a
woman?
1) 3 : 4 2) 4 : 5 3) 5 : 4 4) 4 : 3 5) None of these
7. A and B together complete a task in 14 days. B and C
complete the same task in 8 days while A and C together
complete it in 7 days. Who is the most efficient of them all?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) B as well as C 5) A as well as C
8. A and B together complete a task in 14 days. B and C
together complete the same task in 8 days while A and
C together complete it in 7 days. How many days does
the least efficient person take to complete the task?
1) 112 2) 112/3 3) 112/5 4) 112/7 5) 112/13
9. Ajay does a work in 15 days and Abhay does a work in 20 days which
Ajay can do in 18 days.

Choose the correct statement:

1) Abhay is more efficient than Ajay.
2) Ajay is more efficient than Abhay.
3) Abhay and Ajay are both equally efficient.
4) The efficiency of Ajay and Abhay is in the ratio 3 : 4.
5) None of the above
10. 8 students working for 5 hours a day can solve a
certain number of problems in 9 days. How many
students are needed to solve five times the original
number of problems, if they work at 4 hours a day for
15 days?

1) 12 2) 30 3) 45 4) 10 5) 24

11.24 people can construct a house in 15 days. But the

owner would like to finish the work in 12 days. How
many more workers should he employ?
2) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9 5) 10

12. 12 men work 8 hours per day to complete a work in

10 days. To complete the same work in 8 days, working
15 hours a day, what will be the number of men
required?
1) More than 8 2) Less than 5 3) More than 10 4) Less
than 8 5) More than 5
14. If A and B together complete a job in 10 hours and
A takes 25 hours to do the job alone, in how many
hours can B alone complete the job?
1) 30 2) 15 3) 16.66 4) 6.16 5) 18.33
21. A can do a work in 20 days and B can do the same
work in 40 days. If both A and B work with 80%
efficiency, find the number of days required for both of
them to finish the work, working together.
1) 20.33 2) 30 3) 18 4) 16.67 5) 15.33