TIME & WORKS CONCEPT & PRACTICE

PIPES & CISTERN SESSION - 1

Questions can be categorized in 3 categories:

TYPE 1: Different efficiencies working together

TYPE 2: Same efficiencies working together

TYPE 3: Same efficiency groups are working together

 TYPE: 1 Different efficiencies working together

a. Definite Efficiency and Definite Time

b. Definite Efficiency and Comparative Time

c. Comparative Efficiency and Definite Time

d. Comparative Efficiency and Comparative Time

 Different efficiencies working together A. Definite Efficiency and Definite Time

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively,

Ex 1. In how many days they can do it working together?

Step 1 Measure the Work using LCM

Step 2 Find efficiency of each

Step 3 Find the Answer

 Different efficiencies working together A. Definite Efficiency and Definite Time

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively,

EX 2. If they work alternately on it starting with A, followed by B and then C and so on. In how many days work is
completed?
 Different efficiencies working together A. Definite Efficiency and Definite Time

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively,

EX 3. If A is helped by B and C on each alternate day, in how many days work is completed?
 Different efficiencies working together A. Definite Efficiency and Definite Time
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively,
EX 4. They started working together but A left after 2 days. B and C go on together for 2 more days, then B left. In
how many days will C complete the remaining work?
 Different efficiencies working together A. Definite Efficiency and Definite Time
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively,
EX 5. They completed the work together. In what ratio wage will be distributed?
MORE PRACTICE Q 1

Adam can do a piece of work in 20 days working alone, Bob can do it in 15 days working alone and
Charles can do it in 30 days working alone. How many days will it take to complete the work, if all
three of them work together?
Let Total work = 60 units

Work in one day= 9 unit

Time taken to complete the
60 2
Work= = 6 Days
9 3

Adam Bob Charles Total work

Time 20 15 30
Rate (Work 3 unit/day 4 unit/day 2 unit/day 9 unit/day
per Day)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 2

A can do a piece of work in 24 days while B alone can do it in 16 days. With the help of C, they finish the
work in 8 days. In how many days can C alone do the work ?
(a) 32 (b) 36 (c) 40 (d) 48

Let Total work = 48 units

A B C Total work
Time 24 16 48 8
Rate (Work 2 unit/day 3 unit/hr 1 unit/hr 6 unit/hr
per Day)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 3

A can do work in 6 days and B in 8 days. With the help of a boy, the three complete the work in 3 days and get
Rs. 200. What is the boy’s share, if the money is distributed in the ratio of the work done?
(a) Rs. 75 (b) Rs. 45 (c) Rs. 30 (d) Rs. 25

Let Total work = 24units

4:3:1

A B C Total work
Time 6 8 3
Rate (Work 4 unit/day 3 unit/hr 1 unit/hr 8 unit/hr
per Day)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 4

A can finish a work in 12 days and B can do it in 15 days. After A had worked for 3 days, B also joined
A to finish the remaining work. In how many days, the remaining work will be finished ?
1 1
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
2 2

A AB
Let Total Work = 60 Unit

Start After 3 days

A B Total work
Time 12 15
Rate (Work
5 4 9
per Day)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 5

A alone can do a certain job in 25 days while B alone can do the same in 20 days. Both A
and B starts the work but A left after 5 days. The number of days taken to complete the
entire work will be:
a)10 b) 16 c)15 d)18

AB B
Let Total Work = 100 Unit
Start After 5 days

A B Total work
Time 25 20
Rate (Work
4 5 9
per Day)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 6

A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They began the work together but A
leaves after some days and B finished the remaining work in 23 days. After how many days did A
leave ?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 12

AB B Remaining 23 days
Let Total Work = 360 Unit x days
Start

A B Total work
Time 45 40
Rate (Work
8 9 17
per Day)
MORE PRACTICE Q 7

Tap A can fill a vessel in 15 hours and tap B can fill it in 20 hours. How much time will it take
to fill the vessel if both the taps are opened simultaneously?
Let Tank capacity = 60 litres

60
Total Time taken =
7

A B Total work
Time 15 20
Rate (Work
4 3 7
per Hr)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 8

Tap A can fill a vessel in 15 hours, tap B can fill it in 20 hours while a drain pipe C can empty it in
30 hours. How much time will it take to fill the vessel if all three are operating simultaneously?

Let Total work = 60 units

A B C Total work
Time 15 20 30 12 hr
Rate (Work 4 unit/hr 3 unit/hr - 2 unit/hr 5 unit/hr
per Hr)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 9

Pipe A can fill a cistern in 36 minutes and B in 48 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together,
when should pipe B be closed so that the cistern may be just full in 24 minutes?
(a) 8 mins. (b) 9 mins. (c) 12 mins . (d) 16 mins.

Let Total Work = 144 Unit AB

x days A Remaining Time

Start

A worked for whole 24 minutes

A B Total work
Time 36 48
Rate (Work
4 3 7
per Min )
 MORE PRACTICE Q 10

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 2 and 4 hours respectively, while pipe C can empty the
cistern in 12 hours. All the three pipes are opened together at 4 pm and after 1 hour pipe C is
closed. At what time will the tank be full?
a) 4:15 b)5:27 c)6:00 d)4:30
ABC AB
Let Total work = 12 units
4 PM 5 PM

A B C Total work
Time 2 4 12
Rate (Work 6 unit/hr 3 unit/hr - 1 unit/hr 8 unit/hr
per Hr)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 11

Tap A can fill a tank completely in 4 hours, while tap B can empty it in 8 hours. however the operator
forgot to close the tap B, and as a result both the taps remained open. After 4 hours, the person
realized his mistake and immediately closed the tap B. How much time would the tank take to get
full now?
(a) 1 hour (b) 2 Hours (c) 3 hours (d) 4 hours

Let Total Work = 8 Unit

AB A
4 hrs
Start

A B Total work
Time 4 8
Rate (Work
2 -1 1
per Hr)
MORE PRACTICE Q 12

P PQ PQR
Let Total work be 30 units

6 am 7 am 8 am

P Q R Total work
Time 6 5 2
Rate (Work 5 unit/Hr 6 unit/hr - 15 unit/hr -4 unit/hr
per Hr)
 MORE PRACTICE Q 13

A pipe can fill a tank in 20 minutes but due to leakage it was actually filled in 25 min. In what time the leakage
alone can empty a 2/3rd full tank?
MORE PRACTICE Q 14

Two pipes can fill a tank in 24 min. and 32 min. respectively. When the first pipe should be turned off so that the
cistern may be 3/4th full in 16 min.?
 MORE PRACTICE Q 15

Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 min. and 15 min. respectively while a third pipe can empty it in 12 min. If all the
three pipes are opened at the same time, when a 2/3rd tank will be empty?
MORE PRACTICE Q 16

A pipe can fill a tank in 36 min. and the other in 18 min. When the first pipe should be opened so that the tank may
be full in 15 min. assuming the second pipe has been functioning since the beginning?
 MORE PRACTICE Q 17

Two pipes can fill a tank in 36 min. & 45 min. respectively while a waste pipe can empty it in 30 min. If the waste
pipe is opened 7 min. after the first two pipes, in what time, the empty tank will be full?
 MORE PRACTICE Q 18

Pipe A and B can fill a tank in 4 hours and 5 hours respectively while pipe C can empty it in 2 hours. If these are
opened at 1 pm, 2 pm, & 3 pm respectively, at what time the tank will be full or empty.
 MORE PRACTICE Q 19

Two pipes can fill a bath tub in 10 min. & 15 min. respectively. A man after turning on both pipes returns at the
moment when the tub should be full. But due to a leakage, developed since the start, the tub was not full and he
immediately plugged the leakage. It took further 4 min. to fill the bath tub. In what time, the leakage alone can
empty a full bath tub?
Different efficiencies working together

B. Definite Efficiency and Comparative Time

 Different efficiencies working together B. Definite Efficiency and Comparative Time

If A takes “a” days more to complete a work alone than he can do it in association of B. Similarly B takes “b” days
more than he can do along with A. In how many days they together can complete the work. In how many days
each of them can complete the work alone.
 Different efficiencies working together B. Definite Efficiency and Comparative Time

If A takes 48 days more to complete a work alone than he can do it in association of B. Similarly B takes 75 days
more than he can do along with A. In how many days they together can complete the work. In how many days
each of them can complete the work alone.
 Different efficiencies working together B. Definite Efficiency and Comparative Time

Pipe A can fill a tank in 4 min. 30 second more time than A and B together can fill the same tank. Similarly pipe B
can fill the same tank in 8 minutes more time than A & B together can fill. In what time each of them alone can fill
the tank?
Different efficiencies working together

C. Comparative Efficiency and Definite Time

 Different efficiencies working together C. Comparative Efficiency and Definite Time

Ex 1. A & B together can finish a work in 12 days. A is twice as good workman as B. In how many days B can do
the work alone?
 Different efficiencies working together C. Comparative Efficiency and Definite Time

Ex 2. A takes thrice as long to do a piece of work as B takes. A & B together do it in 15 days. In how many days A
can do it alone.
 Different efficiencies working together C. Comparative Efficiency and Definite Time
Ex 3. A is twice as good a workman as B; and together they finish a work in 14 days. In how many days can it be
done by each separately?
 Different efficiencies working together C. Comparative Efficiency and Definite Time
Ex 4. If A takes half as long to do a piece of work as B takes, and if C does it in the same time as A and B together,
and if all three working together would take 7 days, how long would each take separately?
 Different efficiencies working together C. Comparative Efficiency and Definite Time

Ex 5. A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 12 days; A and C together work twice as much as B; A and B
together work thrice as much as C. In what time could each do it separately?