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1. A and B complete a work in 6 days. A alone can do it in 10 days. If both together can do the work in how many days?




2. A and B together can do a piece of work in 8 days. If A alone can do the same work in 12 days, then B alone can do the same work in?




3. A can do a piece of work in 4 days. B can do it in 5 days. With the assistance of C they completed the work in 2 days. Find in how many days can C alone do it?




4. A and B can do a piece of work in 6 2/3 days and 5 days respectively. They work together for 2 days and then A leaves. In how many days after that B will complete the work alone.




5. A can do a piece of work in 30 days. He works at it for 5 days and then B finishes it in 20 days. In what time can A and B together it?




6. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days and 16 days respectively. Both work for 3 days and then A goes away. Find how long will B take to complete the remaining work?




7. . A and B can do a piece of work in 3 days, B and C in 4 days, C and A in 6 days. How long will C take to do it?




8. A can do a piece of work in 10 days. He works at it for 4 days and then B finishes it in 9 days. In how many days can A and B together finish the work?




9. A can do a piece of work in 40 days; B can do the same in 30 days. A started alone but left the work after 10 days, then B worked at it for 10 days. C finished the remaining work in 10 days. C alone can do the whole work in?




10. A work which could be finished in 9 days was finished 3 days earlier after 10 more men joined. The number of men employed was?




11. A and B can do a piece of work in 7 days. With the help of C they finish the work in 5 days. C alone can do that piece of work in?




12. Ravi can do a piece of work in 30 days while Prakash can do it in 40 days. In how many days will they finish it together?




13. Anil can do a work in 15 days while Sunil can do it in 25 days. How long will they take if both work together?




14. Anil can do a work in 15 days while Sunil can do it in 25 days. How long will they take if both work together?




15. A can do a job in 18 days and B can do it in 30 days. A and B working together will finish twice the amount of work in ------- days?




16. A can do a job in 18 days and B can do it in 30 days. A and B working together will finish twice the amount of work in ------- days?




17. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 15 days and C can do it 20 days. They started the work together and A leaves after 2 days and B leaves after 4 days from the beginning. How long will work lost?




18. A can do a piece of work in 12 days. When he had worked for 2 days B joins him. If the complete work was finished in 8 days. In how many days B alone can finish the work?




19. A and B together can do a work in 6 days. If A alone can do it in 15 days. In how many days can B alone do it?




20. . A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B in 20 days. They began the work together but 5 days before the completion of the work, A leaves. The work was completed in?




21. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24, 30 and 40 days respectively. They start the work together but C leaves 4 days before the completion of the work. In how many days is the work done?




22. A is thrice as efficient as B and is, therefore, able to finish a piece of work 10 days earlier than B. In how many days A and B will finish it together?




23. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 7 days, 14 days and 28 days respectively. How long will they taken, if all the three work together?




24. After working for 6 days, Ashok finds that only 1/3 rd of the work has been done. He employs Ravi who is 60% as efficient as Ashok. How many days more would Ravi take to complete the work?




25. A, B and C can do a work in 6, 8 and 12 days respectively doing the work together and get a payment of Rs.1800. What is B's share?




26. If A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days. A alone in 12 days and B in 18 days, then C alone can do it in?




27. 5 men and 12 boys finish a piece of work in 4 days, 7 men and 6 boys do it in 5 days. The ratio between the efficiencies of a man and boy is?




28. 9 men and 12 boys finish a job in 12 days, 12 men and 12 boys finish it in 10 days. 10 men and 10 boys shall finish it in how many days?




29. A and B can finish a work in 16 days while A alone can do the same work in 24 days. In how many days B alone will complete the work?




30. A can finish a piece of work in 5 days. B can do it in 10 days. They work together for two days and then A goes away. In how many days will B finish the work?




31. . Ramesh can finish a work in 20 days and Sushil in 25 days. They both work together for 5 days and then Sushil goes away. In how many days will Ramesh complete the remaining work?




32. 16 men can complete a piece of work in 25 days. In how many days can 20 men complete that piece of work?




33. 5 men are equal to as many women as are equal to 8 boys. All of them earn Rs.90 only. Men's wages are?




34. 45 men working 8 hours per day dig 30 m deep. How many extra men should be put to dig to a depth of 50 m working 6 hours per day?




35. . A is half good a work man as B and together they finish a job in 14 days. In how many days working alone B finish the job?




36. A and B can do a piece of work in 8 days. B and C can do it in 12 days and A and C in 16 days. Working together they will complete the work in how many days?




37. Two men and three women working 7 hours a day finish a work in 5 days. Four men and four women working 3 hours a day complete the work in 7 days. The number of days in which only 7 men working 4 hours a day will finish the work is?




38. A can do a piece of work in 20 days. B in 15 days A and C in 12 days. In how many days can A finish the work if he is assisted by B on one day and C on the next, alternately?




39. 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days will 12 men and 8 women do the same work?




40. A is twice as good a workman as B and they took 7 days together to do the work B alone can do it in.




41. A can do half the work in one day where as B can do it full. B can also do half the work of C in one day. Ratio in their efficiency will be?




42. A can do a piece of work in 12 days. He worked for 15 days and then B completed the remaining work in 10 days. Both of them together will finish it in.




43. A can do a half of certain work in 70 days and B one third of the same in 35 days. They together will do the whole work in.




44. If 3 workers collect 48 kg of cotton in 4 days, how many kg of cotton will 9 workers collect in 2 days?




45. Anita, Indu and Geeta can do a piece of work in 18 days, 27 days and 36 days respectively. They start working together. After working for 4 days. Anita goes away and Indu leaves 7 days before the work is finished. Only Geeta remains at work from beginning to end. In how many days was the whole work done?




46. A, B and C completed a piece of work, A worked for 6 days, B for 9 days and C for 4 days. Their daily wages were in the ratio of 3:4:5. Find the daily wages of C, if their total earning was Rs.1480?




47. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hours each would 21 women take to do the same. If 3 women do as much work as 2 men?




48. Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of these people will do half of that work in?




49. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men together will 24 boys can do it in 4 days. Compare the daily work done by a man with that of a boy.




50. Two pipes X and Y can separately fill a cistern in 18 and 24 hours respectively. If they are turned on alternately for one hour each, how long will it take to fill the cistern?