Problem 1

• 1. A and B can complete a work in 12 days. B

and C can complete it in 15 days. A and C can
do it in 20 days. How long will A, B and C
together take to finish it?
 Problem 2
• 2. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B in
15 days. They work on alternate days starting
with A. In how many days will the work be
completed?
 Problem 3
• 3. 8 men can complete a work in 12 days.
After 4 days, 4 more men join. In how many
days will the remaining work be completed?
 Problem 4
• 4. A is 50% more efficient than B. If together
they can do a work in 18 days, how many days
would B alone take to complete the work?
 Problem 5
• 5. A and B can do a job together in 8 days. A is
twice as efficient as B. In how many days can A
do the work alone?
 Problem 6
• 6. C can do a work in 20 days. A is twice as fast
as C and B is thrice as fast as C. In how many
days will A, B and C together finish the work?
 Problem 7
• 7. A completes 2/3rd of a job in 6 days. He
then calls in B, and they finish the job in 2
more days. How long would B alone take to do
the whole work?
 Problem 8
• 8. A does half as much work as B in three-
fourths of the time. Together they finish the
work in 10 days. How long would each take
alone?
 Problem 9
• 9. A can do a piece of work in 40 days. He
works at it for 8 days and then B finishes it in
16 days. In how many days can B do the whole
work alone?
 Problem 10
• 10. A and B can do a job in 12 days. B and C in
15 days. C and A in 20 days. How long will A, B
and C take working together?
 Problem 11
• 11. A can do a work in 24 days. B is 20% more
efficient than A. How long will they take
together to finish the work?
 Problem 12
• 12. A and B together can do a work in 10 days.
If A does twice the work as B in a day, how
long would A alone take to complete it?
 Problem 13
• 13. A, B, C can do a job in 6, 12 and 15 days
respectively. If they work on alternate days
starting with A, then B, then C, how long will it
take to complete the job?
 Problem 14
• 14. A can do a job in 30 days. After working for
5 days, he is joined by B and they complete
the job in 18 more days. How long would B
alone take?
 Problem 15
• 15. A is thrice as good a worker as B. Together
they take 12 days. In how many days will B
alone finish it?
 Problem 16
• 16. A and B can complete a piece of work in 20
and 30 days respectively. They start working
together but after 4 days A leaves. How long
will B take to finish the remaining work?
 Problem 17
• 17. A, B and C together can complete a work
in 10 days. A and B can do it in 15 days, B and
C in 12 days. How many days will A alone
take?
 Problem 18
• 18. A can complete 1/4th of a work in 3 days,
B can complete 1/3rd of the same work in 4
days. In how many days will both together
finish the work?
 Problem 19
• 19. 10 men can complete a work in 15 days.
They start together but after 6 days, 4 men
leave. In how many more days will the
remaining work be finished?
 Problem 20
• 20. A does 60% of a job in 9 days. He then calls
B and they finish the job in 3 more days. In
how many days can B alone do the whole
work?
 Problem 21
• 21. A train 180 meters long moving at 54 km/h
crosses a platform in 30 seconds. Find the
length of the platform.
 Problem 22
• 22. Two cars start from opposite points 100
km apart and move towards each other. One
moves at 40 km/h and the other at 60 km/h.
When will they meet?
 Problem 23
• 23. A person walks at 5 km/h and reaches his
office 10 minutes late. If he walks at 6 km/h,
he reaches 5 minutes early. What is the
distance to his office?
 Problem 24
• 24. A boat can go 40 km downstream in 2
hours and return in 4 hours. Find the speed of
the boat in still water and the speed of the
current.
 Problem 25
• 25. A train running at 72 km/h crosses a pole
in 25 seconds. Find its length.
 Problem 26
• 26. A car travels 1/3 of a distance at 30 km/h,
1/3 at 40 km/h, and 1/3 at 60 km/h. Find the
average speed.
 Problem 27
• 27. A man covers a certain distance by car at
50 km/h and returns at 60 km/h. Find his
average speed for the whole journey.
 Problem 28
• 28. Two trains of lengths 150 m and 180 m are
running in opposite directions at 45 km/h and
54 km/h. In how much time will they cross
each other?
 Problem 29
• 29. A cyclist travels 30 km at 20 km/h and
returns at 15 km/h. What is his average
speed?
 Problem 30
• 30. A train crosses a 200 m long platform in 30
seconds and a man standing on the platform
in 18 seconds. Find the speed of the train.
 Problem 31
• 31. A bus leaves Delhi at 6 a.m. and reaches
Agra at 10 a.m. Another bus leaves Agra at 8
a.m. and reaches Delhi at 11:30 a.m. When do
the two buses meet?
 Problem 32
• 32. A man rows upstream at 6 km/h and
downstream at 10 km/h. Find his speed in still
water and the speed of the current.
 Problem 33
• 33. A train takes 36 seconds to cross a 300 m
long platform and 20 seconds to cross a man
walking at 6 km/h. Find the train’s speed.
 Problem 34
• 34. Two trains of equal length are running on
parallel tracks in the same direction at 54
km/h and 36 km/h. The faster train crosses
the slower in 1 minute. Find the length of each
train.
 Problem 35
• 35. A man covers a distance in 2 hours. If he
increases his speed by 5 km/h, he would take
24 minutes less. Find the distance.
 Problem 36
• 36. A person walks from A to B at 4 km/h and
returns at 5 km/h. Find the average speed for
the entire journey.
 Problem 37
• 37. A man can swim 20 km downstream in 2
hours and returns in 5 hours. What is his
speed in still water?
 Problem 38
• 38. A train overtakes two persons walking in
the same direction at 4 km/h and 6 km/h in 18
and 20 seconds respectively. Find the length
and speed of the train.
 Problem 39
• 39. A man covers a certain distance in 3 hours.
If he had walked 2 km/h faster, he would have
taken 48 minutes less. What is the distance?
 Problem 40
• 40. A train passes a man in 12 seconds and a
platform in 20 seconds. If the train is 180 m
long, what is the length of the platform?