Cluster · Time and Work Problems

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Time and Work Problems
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A book needs to be typed. A types it in 15 days. B types it in 12 days. C types in 20 days. D types in 10 days. If A and D work together as team VENUS, B and C work as team MERCURY, and A and C work as team MARS, which of these three teams will complete typing the book first? 

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defence intermediate

Find the number of days C will take to finish the job on his own.

Statement I: A alone takes 7 days to finish the job.

Statement II:  A and B together take 56/15 days to complete the job.

Statement III:  B and C together take 40/13 days to complete the job.

pipeline-1301869
defence intermediate

Robert takes twice as much time as Tom and thrice as much time as George to complete a work. If working together, they can complete it in 23 hours, then find the time that Tom will take to complete the work.

pipeline-1290044
defence intermediate

The question given below consists of a statement and /or a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the given question.

Rohan and Sohan can complete a job in 12 days. Who is the least efficient among Rohan, Sohan and Mohan?

Ι. Rohan and Mohan can complete the job in 15 days.

ΙΙ. Mohan and Sohan can complete the job in 20 days

pipeline-1296688
defence intermediate

A and B together can complete a certain work in 54 days. They work together for 12 days. The remaining work was completed by A, B, and C together in 28 days. If the work done by B in 6 days is equal to the work done by C in 9 days, then A alone can complete two-thirds of the work in _____ days.

pipeline-1296657
defence intermediate

A can complete a certain work in 36 days. B is 33\(1\over3\)% less efficient than A, and C is 50% less efficient than B. All three started the work together, but A left 9 days after the start of the work and B left 3 days before the completion of the work. In how many days was the whole work completed? 

pipeline-1296596
defence intermediate

To do a certain work, the ratio of the efficiency of A and B is 5:11. Working together, they can do the same work in 27\(\frac{1}{2}\)  days. A and B work together for 20 days, C alone complete the remaining work in 16 days. C alone can do 75% of the original work in?

pipeline-1272480
defence intermediate

A question is given, followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option.

Question: In how many days can P, Q, and R together finish the work?

Statement I: P and Q together can finish the work in 20 days.

Statement II: Q and R together can finish the work in 30 days.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

pipeline-1251978
defence intermediate

Ajay and Suraj can water a garden in 45 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. They started working together but after some time Ajay left to watch a cricket match. Suraj hurriedly finished the work in next 23 minutes and joined Ajay. After how many minutes had Ajay left?

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defence intermediate

A question is given, followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option.

Question: In how many days can Rohit alone finish the work?

Statement I: Rohit and Priya together can finish the work in 16 days.

Statement II: Priya alone can finish the work in 24 days.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

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defence intermediate

A can finish a work in 33 days and B can finish the same work in one-third the time taken by A. Working together, what part of the same work can they finish in 5 days?

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defence intermediate

X, Y and Z can complete a piece of work in 20, 12 and 28 days, respectively. If all work together, the approximate number of days to complete the work will be:
 

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ib intermediate

Nirmal completed the school project in 45 days. How many days will Amit take to complete the same work if he is 25% more efficient than Nirmal?

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ib intermediate

A can finish a piece of work by working alone in 4 days. B, while working alone, can finish the same work in 12 days. If both of them work together, then in how many days will the work be completed?

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ib intermediate

Aman and Rajan are working at a construction site. In an engineering experiment, Aman is constructing a wall, while Rajan is demolishing that wall. Aman can completely build the wall in 15 days, while Rajan will take 20 days to completely demolish the wall. In how many days will the complete wall be built for the first time if they work on alternate days, with Aman working on the 1st day?

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ib intermediate

A and B, working together, take 15 days to complete a piece of work. If A alone can do this work in 18 days, then how long would B take to complete the same work? 

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ib intermediate

C and D together can complete work in 40 days. C is 40 percent more efficient than D. C alone can complete the same work in how many days?

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ib percentage intermediate

A can complete a piece of work in 12 days while B can the same work in 18 days. If they both work together, then how many days will be required to finish the work?

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ib intermediate

In a manufacturing plant, Jack, Smith and Annie can do the job of manufacturing plates in 15, 20 and 30 days, respectively. In how many days can they finish the work together?

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ib intermediate

George can do 35% of the total work in 6 days. Jim and George together completed a piece of work in 12 days. In how many days could Jim, working alone, complete the entire task?

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ib intermediate

P and Q together can complete a work in 30 days. Q and R together can complete the same work in 37.5 days. R and P together can complete the same work in 150 days. In how many days can all three complete the same work while working together?

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ib intermediate

Three people A, B and C worked together and finished the work in 9 days. If A alone can finish the same work in 18 days, B alone in 30 days, then the number of days C alone will take is:

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ib intermediate

A and B can do a work in 10 days and 40 days, respectively. How long will it take together to complete the work?

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ib intermediate

Sapna finishes a job in 12 hours working alone. If Sapna and Riya finish the same job in 8 hours working together at their respective constant rates, then, in how many hours can Riya do the job working alone?

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ib intermediate

M is thrice as efficient as a workman as N and therefore is able to finish a job in 242 days less than N. Then N can finish the entire work in how many days?

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ib intermediate

If A and B together can do a piece of work in 20 days and A alone can do the same work in 30 days, then in how many days can B alone complete the same work?

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ib intermediate

A can complete one-fourth of a work in 2 days and B can complete three-fifth of the same work in 6 days. In how many days will they complete the work if they work together?

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ib intermediate

P takes twice as long as Q or three times as long as R to complete a task. If they work together, they can complete the task in two days. How long will it take Q to complete the task on his own?

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ib intermediate

A can do a piece of work in 72 days and B in 90 days. They worked together for 30 days and then B left. Find the days taken by A to finish the remaining work.

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ib intermediate

In a typing shop, Lalit can complete typing of a book in 9 days, while Amit can finish the same work in 8 days. How many days will they take together to complete the work?

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ib intermediate

A, B, and C together can complete a work in x, 30, and 45 days, respectively. B and C worked together for 6 days. The remaining work was completed by A alone in 12 days. The value of x is:

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ib intermediate

A, B and C can do a work together. The ratio of the work that A and B do together with respect to what C does is 13 : 3, and the ratio of the work that B and C do together to the work that A does is 1 : 1. Which worker among the three is the most efficient?

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ib intermediate

A can complete a work in 66 days and B can do the same work in two-thirds of the time taken by A. Working together, how much of the same work can they complete in 12 days?

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ib intermediate

A and B can do a piece of work in 16 days and 12 days, respectively. Both work for 4 days and then A goes away. Find how long will B take to complete the remaining work.

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ib intermediate

The question given below consists of a statement and /or a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the given question.

Rohan and Sohan can complete a job in 12 days. Who is the least efficient among Rohan, Sohan and Mohan?

Ι. Rohan and Mohan can complete the job in 15 days.

ΙΙ. Mohan and Sohan can complete the job in 20 days

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ib intermediate

Ajay and Suraj can water a garden in 45 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. They started working together but after some time Ajay left to watch a cricket match. Suraj hurriedly finished the work in next 23 minutes and joined Ajay. After how many minutes had Ajay left?

pipeline-1268286
ib intermediate

A can finish a work in 33 days and B can finish the same work in one-third the time taken by A. Working together, what part of the same work can they finish in 5 days?

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ib intermediate

Anuj, Bibhuti and Chandu can lay 432 m of wires together in 8 days. In a day, Chandu can lay as many more meters of wire than Bibhuti as Bibhuti can lay more than Anuj. Chandu’s 5 days of work is equivalent to Anuj’s 7 days of work. How many meters of wire can Anuj alone lay in a day?

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ib intermediate

Pawan can do a piece of work in 32 days. He worked for 8 days and left the work. Thereafter, Sandeep finished the remaining work in 27 days. In how many days can Pawan and Sandeep together do the whole work?

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ib intermediate

With P starting the work, working on alternate days, P and Q can finish a work in 17 days. If Q works on the first day and Q and P work alternately, the work is finished in 53/3 days. How many days will each take individually to execute the work? 

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ib intermediate

A can do \(\frac{1}{3}\) of a piece of work in 32 days, B can do 37\(\frac{1}{2}\)% of the same work in 24 days, while C can do 60% of the same work in 48 days. B and C together started and worked for x days. After x days, B left the work, A joined C and both completed the remaining work in (x + 8) days. If the ratio of the work done by (B + C) | together to the work done by (A + C) together is 9:11, then what fraction of the same work can be completed by C alone in 3.5x days?

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ib intermediate

Ankur is 20% less efficient than Gopal, whereas Vikrant is 37.5% less efficient than Ankur. If Ankur and Vikrant work together, they can do the work in 46 days. Then, in how many days can they all together finish the same work?

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ib intermediate

A and B can individually complete a piece of work in 18 days and 30 days, respectively. A and B started working together, but A left 16\(2\over3\) days before the work is completed and B alone completed the rest of the work. For how many days did A work?

pipeline-1252507
ib intermediate

A question is given, followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option.

Question: In how many days can Rohit alone finish the work?

Statement I: Rohit and Priya together can finish the work in 16 days.

Statement II: Priya alone can finish the work in 24 days.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

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ib intermediate

Pardeep can complete a piece of work in 16 days. He worked for 4 days and left the work, thereafter Sohan finished the remaining work in 8 days. In how many days, can Pardeep and Sohan together complete the work?

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ib intermediate

A can complete 25% of a task in 10 days. B can complete 40% of the task in 40 days, and C can complete \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the task in 13 days. Who among them has the fastest speed to complete the same task?

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ib intermediate

In how many days can B and C together complete the work if A can complete it in 8 days?

Statement I: If B is 33.33% less efficient than A and C is half as efficient as B

Statement II: If C can complete the work in 6 days and B can do it in double time.

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ib intermediate

P works for 4 days and leaves the job. In how many days can P alone finish the entire work?

Statement I: Q finishes the remaining work in 8 days.

Statement II: P and Q together can finish the work in 20/3 days.

Statement III: The working efficiency of Q is double that of P.

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ib intermediate

Find the number of days C will take to finish the job on his own.

Statement I: A alone takes 7 days to finish the job.

Statement II:  A and B together take 56/15 days to complete the job.

Statement III:  B and C together take 40/13 days to complete the job.

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ib intermediate

Varun and Raju, working together, can complete a job in 40 hours whereas Varun alone can complete the same job in 50 hours. The number of hours required by Raju to complete the job alone is:

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delhi_police intermediate
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