TIME AND WORK

⇒ If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A's 1 day's work =1/n th part
of the total work

Ex : If ravi can complete a work in 4 days.Then we can say he can

complete ¼ th part of the work in one day.

⇒ Circle indicates total work

⇒ The shaded area indicates the work done by him in 1 day.
⇒ If A's 1 day's work = 1/n ,then A can finish the work in n days.

Ex : if a completes ⅙ th part of the work in 1 day,Then he can

completes the total work in 6 days.
Note : Note: We can find the total time taken to complete a work
based on their one day work.

⅙ th Work done in one day

⇒ If a completes a work in 10 days,

1) what part of the work he can complete in 7 days?

2) The remaining part of the work after working for 4 days is ?

If a completes a work in 20 days,and B completes same work in 30 days
Then together complete the work in

One day work of both = One day work of A + one day work of B

= 1/30 + 1/20
= 5/60
= 1/12
Both of them can completes the work in 12 days.

Note :Same as for more than two members

1. A and B can do a work in 10 days and 40 days respectively. How long
will it take together ?
1) 15 days 2) 20 days 3) 8 days 4) 12 days
2. A can do one-fourth of a work in 6 days. B can do one-third of the
same work in 8 days.In how many days can they finish it together ?
1) 18days 2) 15days 3) 12days 4) 10days
3. A and B both together can do a work in 20 days. A alone can do it
in 30 days. How long will B alone can do it ?
1) 40 days 2) 50 days 3) 45 days 4) 60 days
4. A, B and C can do a work in 15, 12 and 20 days respectively, In how
many days can they finish if they work together ?
1) 5 days 2) 6 days 4 days 4) 8 days
5. A, B, C together can do a work in 10 days. A and C can do it in 30
days and 24 days respectively. In how many days B alone can do it
? 1) 30 days 2) 40 days 3) 50 days 4) 60
days
A and B can do a work in “X” days.
B and C do it in “Y” days.
C and A can do it in ‘Z” days.
How much time they will take to complete the total work?
6. A and B can do a work in 30 days. B and C do it in 24 days. A and C
can do it in 20 days. How much time they will take to complete the
total work? ?
1) 16 days 2) 18days 3) 12 days 4) none
7. A and B can do a work in 30 days. B and C do it in 24 days. A and C
can do it in 20 days. How long B along can do it ?
1) 60 days 2) 80 days 3) 120 days 4) 90 days
JOINING AND LEAVING THE PERSONS :

Case 1 : Raju and Ravi can complete a work in “a” and “b” days
respectively.If Raju starts a work,after “X” days he leaves the work
and Ravi joined and complete remaining work in “Y” days,Then

X ⇒ The time taken by “Raju” to complete a part of the work

Y⇒ The time taken by “Ravi” to complete remaining part of the
work
X+Y ⇒ The total time taken by “Raju and Ravi ” to complete that
total work
Case 2 : Raju and Ravi can complete a work in “a” and “b” days
respectively,If Raju starts a work,after “X” days Ravi joined with Raju
to do that work and they together completed the remaining work in
“Y” days,Then

X ⇒ The time taken by “Raju” to complete a part of the work

Y⇒ The time taken by “Raju and Ravi” to complete remaining part of
the work
X+Y ⇒ The total time taken by “Raju and Ravi” to complete that total
work
Case 3 : Raju and Ravi can complete a work in “a” and “b” days
respectively,If Raju and Ravi starts a work,after “X” days Ravi leaves
the work and Raju completed the remaining work in “Y” days,Then

X ⇒ The time taken by “Raju and Ravi” to complete a part of the work
Y⇒ The time taken by “Raju” to complete remaining part of the work
X+Y ⇒ The total time taken by “Raju and Ravi” to complete that total
work
8. A can do a work in 10 days. He works for 4 days and left. Then B
completes the remaining work in 9 days . In how many days A and B
together completed that work ?
1) 5 days 2) 8 days 3) 4 days 4) 6 days
9. A, B and C together can do a work in 10 days. After 4 days A left
from the work. B and C finish the remaining in 10 days. In how many
days will A alone can do it ?
1) 20 days 2) 25 days 3) 18 days 4) 15 days
10. A and B can do a work in 20 days and 24 days respectively.
Together they work for 6days and then B left the work and A
completes the remaining work. How long will the total work be
completed ?
1) 9 days 2) 12 days 3) 15 days 4) 18 days
11. A, B and C can do a work in 24 days, 32 days and 64 days
respectively. They start work together and A leaves after 6 days and B
laeves 6 days befor the work completed. In how many days the work
will be completed ?
1) 20 days 2) 12 days 3) 16 days 4) 25 days
12. A and B can do a work in 120 days and 150 days respectively. They
work together for 20 days then B left from the work and A continues.
After 12 days C joins with A and both complete it in 48 days. In how
many days C alone can do it ?
1) 180 days 2) 240 days 3) 120 days 4) 140 days
13. P, Q and R can do a piece of work in 18 days, 36 days and 54 days
respectively. If Q and R leave 1 day and 5 days before the completion
of work respectively, in how many days has the work been completed
? 1) 10 2) 11 3) 10 7/11 4) 10 9/11
The Efficienecy is inversely proportional to time
14. A is twice as good worker as B and together they finish a work in 20
days. In how many days A alone can do it ?
1) 36 days 2) 20 days 3) 30 days 4) 25 days
15. A can do work in 20 days. B is 40% more efficient than A. In how
many days B alone can do it ?
1) 10 days 2) 16 days 3) 100/7 days 4) 12 days
16. A and B can do a work in 9 days and 12 days respectively A began
the work and they work alternatively. In how many days work will be
completed ?
1)10 1/2 days 2)10 1/4 days 3)10 2/3 days 4)10 1/3 days
17. A, B, C can do a work in 20 days, 15 days and 12 days respectively.
In how many days can the work finish if A assisted by B on one day
and C on the next, alternately ?
1) 7 2) 8 3) 6 4) 9
18. 3 men or 5 women can do a work in 57 days. In how many days 9
men and 4 women can do that work ?
1) 12 days 2) 10 days 3) 20 days 4) 15 days
19. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a work in 5 days. 13 men and 24
boys can do it in 4 days. In how many days 7 men and 10 boys can
do it ?
1) 8 2/5 days 2) 8 2/3 days 3) 8 1/3 days 4) 6 2/3
days
20. 6 men can cut 12 trees in 8 days working 4 hrs per day. In how
many days can 12 men cut 48 trees working 8 hrs a day ?
1) 10 2) 6 3) 8 4) 12
21. 26 men and 7 women and 8 children complete 1/3rd part of the
work in 10 days. In how many days 13 men and 14 women and 5
children can complete the remaining part of the work ?
1) 32 2) 36 3) 35 4) 30
22. A and B can do a work in 12 days, and 15 days respectively. If they
receive Rs.540 together for a work. Find the share of A ?
1) Rs.300 2) Rs.200 3) Rs.340 4) Rs.240
23. A, B and C can do a work in 10 days, 12 days and 15 days
respectively. If they contract a work for Rs.360. Find B’s share is how
much more than C’s ?
1) Rs.32 2) Rs.18 3) Rs.24 4) Rs.48
24. A and B can do a work in 16 days and 24 days respectively. But
they finish the work in 6 days with the help of C. Find the share of
C in the amount of Rs.200 ?
1) Rs.75 2) Rs.70 3) Rs.80 4) Rs.85
25. 3 men and 4 boys can earn Rs. 756 in 7 days and 11 men and 13
boys can earn Rs. 3008 in 8 days. In what time will 7 men and 9 boys
can earn Rs. 2480 ?
1) 8 days 2) 10 days 3) 15 days 4)20 days