Mathematics

Exam Code:
M004
25 Questions 25 Marks

Work + Speed Distance Time

Time: 50 minutes

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1. If 12 men and 16 women can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 women can do it
in 4 days, how long will 7 men and 10 women take to do it?

(A) 4.2 days (B) 6.8 days (C) 8.3 days (D) 9.8 days (E) 10.2 days

2. If A and B work together, they will complete a job in 7.5 days. However, if A works alone and
completes half the job and then B takes over and completes the remaining half alone, they will
be able to complete the job in 20 days. How long will B alone take to do the job if A is more
efficient than B?

(A) 20 days (B) 24 days (C) 30 days (D) 35 days (E) 40 days

3. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys can do the same
work in 8 days. In how many days can 2 man and 1 boy do the work?

A. 15 B. 18 C. 12.5 D. 10 E. 16

4. Two pipes can fill a tank in 24 min and 32 min respectively. If both the pipes are opened
simultaneously, after how much time B should be closed so that the tank is full in 18 min?

A. 4 min B. 6 min C. 9 min D. 8 min E. 12 min

5. Twenty workers can finish a piece of work in 30 days. After how many days should 5 workers
leave the job so that the work is completed in 35 days?

(A) 5 days (B) 10 days (C) 12 days (D) 15 days (E) 20 days

6. Machine A can complete a certain job in x hours. Machine B can complete the same job in y
hours. If A and B work together at their respective rates to complete the job, which of the
following represents the fraction of the job that B will not have to complete because of A's help?

A) (x – y)/(x + y) B) x/(y – x) C) (x + y)/(xy) D) y/(x – y) E) y/(x + y)

7. Working alone at its constant rate, pump X pumped out ¼ of the water in a tank in 2 hours.
Then pumps Y and Z started working and the three pumps, working simultaneously at their
respective constant rates, pumped out the rest of the water in 3 hours. If pump Y, working alone
at its constant rate, would have taken 18 hours to pump out the rest of the water, how many
hours would it have taken pump Z, working alone at its constant rate, to pump out all of the
water that was pumped out of the tank?

A) 6 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18 E) 24

8. When working together, printers A and B can finish printing the entire document in 24 minutes.
If printer A by itself can finish printing the document in 60 minutes, how many pages does the
document have if printer B prints 5 pages more per minute than printer A?

A. 600 B. 800 C. 1000 D. 1200 E. 1500

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9. Arman and Babu together complete a piece of work in D days. If Arman alone completes the
work in D + 3 days and Babu alone completes the piece of work in D + 12 days, what is D?

A. 3 days B. 9 days C. 12 days D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

10. Babor can do a piece of work in 8 days, which Tipu can finish in 12 days. If they work at it on
alternate days with Babor beginning, in how many days, the work will be finished?
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A. 9 3 days B. 9 2 days C. 9 4 days D. 9 5 days E. 9 6 days

11. Working alone, Printers X, Y, and Z can do a certain printing job, consisting of a large number
of pages, in 12, 15, and 18 hours, respectively. What is the ratio of the time it takes Printer X to
do the job, working alone at its rate, to the time it takes Printers Y and Z to do the job, working
together at their individual rates?

(A) 4:11 (B) 1:2 (C) 15:22 (D) 22:15 (E) 11:41

12. It takes 6 technicians a total of 10 hours to build and program 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?

A. 7:30 PM B. 7:45 PM C. 8:00 PM D. 9:00 AM E. 10:00 PM

13. Tap A can fill a tank in 36 minutes, Tap B can fill the same tank in 48 minutes. If they are
opened simultaneously, at what time tap B (keep tap A running) can be stopped so that the
tank can be filled completely filled in 27 minutes.

A. 8 B. 12 C. 20 D. 30 E. 36

14. A boat traveled upstream 90 miles at an average speed of (v-3) miles per hour and then
traveled the same distance downstream at an average speed of (v+3) miles per hour. If the trip
upstream took a half hour longer than the trip downstream, then how many hours did it take the
boat to travel downstream?

A. 2.5 B. 2.4 C. 2.3 D. 2.2 E. 2.1

15. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54km/hr and including stoppage, it is 45km/h. For
how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?

A)9 B)10 C)12 D)20 E)15

16. Two trains for Chittagong leave Dhaka at 6 am and 6.45 am and travel at 100 kmph and 136
kmph respectively. How many kilometers from Dhaka will the two trains be together?

A. 260 km B. 262.4 km C. 275 km D. 283.33 km E. 300 km

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17. A car traveling at a certain constant speed takes 2 seconds longer to travel 1 kilometer than it
would take to travel 1 kilometer at 75 kilometers per hour. At what speed, in kilometers per
hour, is the car traveling?

A. 71.5 B. 72 C. 72.5 D. 73 E. 73.5

18. A Man walked from his house to office at 5kmph and got 20 minutes late. if he had travelled at
7.5kmph, he would have reached 12 minutes early. The distance from his house to office is?

A) 4Km B) 16Km C) 8Km D) 9Km E) 12Km

19. A train traveling at 72 kmph crosses a platform in 30 seconds and a man standing on the
platform in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform in meters?

A. 240 meters B. 360 meters C. 420 meters D. 600 meters E. Cannot be determined

20. Yesterday, Kajol and Samir trained for a bicycle race by riding around an oval track. They both
began riding at the same time from the track's starting point. However, Kajol rode at a faster
pace than Samir, completing each lap around the track in 42 seconds, while Samir completed
each lap around the track in 46 seconds. How many laps around the track had Kajol completed
the next time that Kajol and Samir were together at the starting point?

A. 21 B. 23 C. 42 D. 46 E. 483

21. During a trip on an expressway, Don drove a total of x miles. His average speed on a certain 5-
mile section of the expressway was 30 miles per hour, and his average speed for the remainder
of the trip was 60 miles per hour. His travel time for the x-mile trip was what percent greater
than it would have been if he had traveled at a constant rate of 60 miles per hour for the entire
trip?
𝑥 60 500
A. 8.5% B. 50% C. 12 % D. 𝑥
% E. 𝑥
%

22. A, B, K start from the same place and travel in the same direction at speeds of 30km/h, 40km/h,
60km/h respectively. B starts two hours after A. If B and K overtake A at the same instant, how
many hours after A did K start?

A) 3 B) 4.5 C) 4 D) 5.5 E) 5

23. Cars A and B are traveling from Town X to Town Y on the same route at constant speeds. Car
A is initially behind Car B, and Car A’s speed is 1.25 times Car B’s speed. Car A passes Car B
at 1:30 pm. At 3:15 pm, Car A reaches Town Y, and at that moment, Car B is still 35 miles
away from Town Y. What is the speed of Car A?

(A) 60 mph (B) 75 mph (C) 80 mph (D) 96 mph (E) 100 mph

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24. X and Y run a 100m race, where X beats Y by 10m. To do a favor to Y, X starts 10m behind the
starting line in a second 100m race. Both run at the same previous speed. Which of the
following is true?

A) Y Beats X by 10m B) X Beats Y by 1m

C) X and Y both reach the finishing line simultaneously D) Y Beats X by 1m
E) Y Beats X by 11m

25. A runs 25% faster than B and is able to give B a start of 7 meters to end a race in dead heat.
What is the length of the race in meters?

A. 10 B. 25 C. 45 D. 15 E. 35

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