Work, Time, Speed and Distance

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Work, Time, Speed and Distance: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Time and Work, Methods to Solve Time and Work, Unitary Method of Solving Time and Work, LCM Method of Solving Time and Work, Efficiency Method of Solving Time and Work, Work Equivalence Method, etc.

Important Questions on Work, Time, Speed and Distance

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4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. The ratio of the daily work done by a man and a woman is_____.

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If $12$ men and $16$ boys can do a piece of work in $10$ days and $18$ men and $50$ boys can do it in $5$ days. Compare the efficiency of a man to that of a boy.

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A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?

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A person travels equal distance with the speed of 3 kmph, 4 kmph and 5 kmph and takes a total time of 47 min. Find the total distance.

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6 boys or 4 men can complete a piece of work in 24 days. In how many days will  3 boys and 10 men together complete the same piece of work?

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A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days. Band C can do it in 12 days; C and A in 15 days. In how many days will C finish it alone?

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A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 kmph and returns at 30 kmph. His average speed for the whole journey in kmph is _____

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A certain number of men can do work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more it could be finished in 10 days less. The number of men is____

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A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hr. He travelled partly on foot with 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle with 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:

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3 men or 5 women can do a piece of work in 12 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the piece of work?

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Some staff promised to do a job in 18 days, but 6 of them went on leave, So the remaining men took 20 days to complete the job. How many men were there originally?

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A and B can together complete a piece of work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same work in 12 days, in how many days can B alone complete that work ?

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A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40% more efficient than A. The number of days taken by B to do the same work is-

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If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days, then how many days with 6 men and 8 boys take to do the same work?

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A group of labour wished to complete the work in 25 days. But 10 labourers did not turn-up and the work got completed in 35 days. Find the approximate number of labourers in the beginning?

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Prem and Raj can do a job in $10$ days and $12$ days respectively. Prem starts the work and after $6$ days Raj also joins to finish the work together. For how many days Raj actually worked on the job?

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A can do a piece of works in 6 days. B takes 8 days and C takes as long as A and B would take working together. In how many days will B and C work together?

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25 men and 15 women can complete a piece of work in 12 days. All of them started working together and after working for 8 days the women stop working. 25 men completed the remaining work in 6 days. How many days will it take for completing the entire job if only 15 women are put on the job?

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500 men can finish a work in 20 days working 5 hours a day.To finish the work with in 10 days working 8 hours a day the minimum number of men required is _____

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Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job in 12 days. The original number of carpenters was____