PRACTICE QUESTIONS COMPETITION WING

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Simple step-by-step solutions to PRACTICE QUESTIONS COMPETITION WING questions of Time and Work, Pipes and Cisterns from Pearson IIT Foundation Mathematics Class 8. Also get 3D topic explainers, cheat sheets, and unlimited doubts solving on EMBIBE.

Questions from PRACTICE QUESTIONS COMPETITION WING with Hints & Solutions

HARD
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

P, Q and R work together to complete a piece of work in x days. P and R take 20 days and 30 days, respectively, to complete the work. Q is faster than R and slower than P. If x is an integer, then how many values can it take?

HARD
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

P, Q and R can do a piece of work in 18 days, 36 days and 54 days respectively. They start the work together but Q and R leave 1 day and 5days respectively, before the completion of work. In how many days has the work been completed ?

MEDIUM
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

Pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12 min24 min and 36 min, respectively. Pipes D and E can empty the full tank in 18 min and 72 min, respectively. If all of them are opened simultaneously, then find the time taken to fill the empty tank.

The following are the steps involved in solving the above problem. Arrange them in sequential order.

(A) 1172-572=672=112

(B) The work done by 5 pipes in 1 min=112+124+136-118+172

(C) 6+3+272-4+172

(D) The part of tank filled by A, B and C in 1 min is 112, 124 and 136 respectively.

The part of the tank emptied by D and E in 1 min is 118 and 172 respectively.

EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

X, Y and Z can complete a job in 24 days, 32 days and 48 days respectively. They worked together and earned a total of  x.Find the ratio of their shares.

EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

P and Q can complete a job in 6 days and 7 days, respectively. They worked together and earned a total of 780. Find P's share in this amount. (in)

MEDIUM
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

M and N can complete a job in 120 days and 180 days, respectively. M started the job and after 60 days N joined M and they completed the remaining part of the job working together. In how many days was the job completed?

HARD
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

B can do a job twice as fast as A and half as fast as CA, B and C together take 16 days to complete it. In many days can C alone complete it?

MEDIUM
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

10 boys or 20 girls can complete a job in 10 days, then in how many days can a boy and a girl complete it?