ROHRA’S ACADEMY

WORK, TIME AND CHAIN RULE

Find the LCM of:-

1) 24 and 36
2) 42 and 56
3) 12, 15 and 20
4) 40, 50 and 60
5) 36, 48 and 60

Find the type of relation between the following quantities:-

1) Work and Time
2) Work and Efficiency
3) Time and Efficiency
4) Days and Hours
5) Workekjjrs and Time

LEVEL – 1
1) A and B can finish a work in 10 and 15 days respectively. In how many days can they finish it
together?

2) A and B can finish a work in 12 and 20 days respectively. In how many days can they finish it
together?

3) A and B can finish a work in 18 and 36 days respectively. In how many days can they finish it if they
work on alternate days starting with A?

4) A and B can finish a work in 20 and 30 days respectively. Both start working together. After how
many days should A leave the job so that the total work is completed in 21 days?

5) A and B can finish a work in 24 and 36 days respectively. A starts working alone. After how many
days should B join him so that the total work is completed in 20 days ?

6) A, B and C can finish a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. In how many days can they finish it
together?

7) A, B and C can finish a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. B leaves after 3 days. In how many
days can they A and C finish the remaining work?

8) A, B and C can finish a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. In how many days can they finish it
if they work alternately i.e. A works alone on the 1st day, B alone on the 2nd day, C on the 3rd day and
so on?

9) If 20 men can build a wall in 24 days, in how many days can 15 men build it?

10) A is twice as efficient as B. If B takes 20 days more than A to finish a certain piece of work, in how
many days can B finish the job alone?
 LEVEL – 2
11) An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 24 hours but because of a leak, it takes 16 hours more to fill the tank.
In how many hours can the leak empty the tank?
1. 40 hrs 2. 48 hrs 3. 60 hrs 4. 120 hrs

12) Ram is twice as efficient as Shyam. Working together, they can finish a job in 32 days. In how many
days can Ram finish the job alone?
1. 32 2. 16 3. 32/3 4. 48

13) Three inlet pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 20, 40 and 50 hours respectively. They are opened
together. After 5 hours, A is closed, after 2 more hours, C is closed. B works till the tank is
completely filled. Find the percentage work done by B.
1. 51% 2. 61% 3. 71% 4. 81%

14) An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 15 hours, while an outlet pipe can empty it in 25 hours. Both the pipes
work in alternate hours starting with the inlet pipe. In how many hours will the tank be completely filled?
1. 37.5 hrs 2. 75 hrs 3. 36hrs 4. 71 hrs

15) On a fort, there is enough food for 2400 soldiers to eat for 50 days. After 10 days, a few soldiers
leave for another duty. Now, the remaining food lasts for 50 days. Find the number of soldiers who left
the fort.
1. 200 2. 360 3. 400 4. 480

16) 12 men working 10 hours a day can finish a job in 20 days. In how many days will 8 men finish the
same job working 6 hours a day?
1. 36 2. 40 3. 50 4. 60

17) A contractor appointed 175 men to unload a ship in 19 days. But, only 1/4th of the ship was unloaded
in 12 days. How many extra men should the contractor employ so that the ship is unloaded on time?
1. 725 2. 825 3. 900 4. 1000

18) 6 men or 9 women can do a piece of work in 48 days. In how many days will 14 men and 15 women
do the same work?
1. 10 2. 12 3. 16 4. 20

19) Three friends A, B and C have to finish a certain job. A and B together can finish it in 12 days, while
B and C together can finish it in 16 days. A starts working alone and works for 5 days, then B works
alone for 7 days and finally C finishes the remaining work alone in 13 days. Find the number of days that
A will take to do the work.
1. 12 2. 16 3. 24 4. 48

20) A certain number of workmen can do a piece of work in 25 days, in what time will another set of an
equal number of men do a piece of work twice as great supposing that 2 men of the first set can do as
much work in an hour as 3 men in the second set can do in an hour.
1.60 days 2. 75 days 3. 90 days 4. 105 days

LEVEL – 3
21) The speed of a railway engine is 42 Km per hour when no compartment is attached, and the reduction in
speed is directly proportional to the square root of the number of compartments attached. If the speed of the
train carried by this engine is 24 Km per hour when 9 compartments are attached, the maximum number of
compartments that can be carried by the engine is:
1. 49 2. 48 3. 46 4. 47
22) A does 120 surveys in a week and gets Rs 3600. B is 1.2 times
more efficient than A. Also, A is 25% more efficient than C. Each of them
works for one week. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) B gets 20% more than A
(b) A and C together get double of what B alone gets
(c) B gets 50% more than C
(d) A, B, C together get triple of what A alone gets

23) A can complete a piece of work in 4 days. B takes double the time
taken by A. C takes double that of B, and D takes double that of C to
complete the same task. They are paired in groups of two each. One pair
takes two-thirds the time needed by the second pair to complete the work.
Which is the first pair?
(a) A, B (b) A, C (c) B, C (d) A, D

24) 3 small pumps and a large pump are filling a tank. Each of the three small pumps works at 2/3rd the rate
of the large pump. If all 4 pumps work at the same time, they should fill the tank in what fraction of the time
that it would have taken the large pump alone?
1. 4/7 2. 1/3 3. 2/3 4. ¾

25) It takes 6 technicians a total of 10 hours to build a new server from Direct Computer, with each working
at the same rate. If six technicians start to build the server at 11.00 AM, and one technician per hour is added
beginning at 5.00 PM, at what time will the server be complete?
1. 6:40pm 2. 7:00pm 3. 7:20pm 4. 8pm

26) Three Englishmen and three Frenchmen work for the same
company. Each of them knows a secret not known to others. They need
to exchange these secrets over person-to-person phone calls so that
eventually each person knows all six secrets. None of the Frenchmen
knows English, and only one Englishman knows French. What is the
minimum number of phone calls needed for the above purpose?.
(1) 5 (2) 10 (3) 9 (4) 15

27) A working alone takes m times as much time as B and C take together to complete a piece of work. B
alone takes m times as much time as A and C take working together and C takes m times as much time as A
and B working alone.
Find m.
1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. 5

28) One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster than a second pipe. When both pipes are opened, they fill the
pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used?
1. 8 hrs 2. 10 hrs 3. 11.25 hrs 4. 12.5 hrs

29) Working alone, Maria can complete a task in 100 minutes. Shaniqua can complete the same task in two
hours. They work together for 30 minutes when Liu, the new employee, joins and begins helping. They
finish the task 20 minutes later. How long would it take Liu to complete the task alone?
1. 120 min 2. 180 min 3. 240 min 4. 300 min

30) Two pipes fill a tank in 8 and 12 hrs respectively, third pipe can empty the tank 6 hrs, they start at 1pm,
2pm and 3pm respectively then at what time tank will be filled?
1. 6 am 2. 7 am 3. 8 am 4. 9 am