List of top Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Questions on Time and Work asked in Symbiosis National Aptitude Test

A & B work 5 hours a day and complete work in 2 days. B and C work 5 hours a day and complete the same work in 4 days. A and C work 6 hours a day and complete the same in 2 days. How many days will A take to complete the work if he is working 5 hours a day alone?

A printing press is assigned the task of printing a certain number of books. The press has three machines: A, B, and C, each working at a different speed. If all three machines are operated simultaneously, the task is completed in 4 hours. However, if machine C is not used, the task is completed in 6 hours. If only machines A and B are used, the task is completed in 9 hours.
How many hours would it take for machine C alone to complete the entire task?

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day ?

If five spiders can catch five flies in 5 minutes. How many flies can hundred spiders catch in 100 minutes ?

Find degrees between 12 pm and 5.10 pm

A can do a piece of work in 25 days, B can do it in 20 days. They started the work together but A left 5 days before the completion of the work. The work has finished in?

A is able to do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. If they can work together for four days, what is the fraction of work left?

If a labour output function for laundry service is described by the following equation: \(O = (a^0 - 4L^0)^6\), where \(L\) denotes Labour and \(O\) denotes output. Then, output .........

A, B and C can do a work in 6, 8 and 12 days respectively. If they do the work together and earn Rs. 2700, what is the share of C in that amount ?

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12 hours. All the pipes started working together and after 3 hours, C is closed. If A and B can fill the remaining part in 10 hours, then the number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is.

A and B rent a pasture for 10 months; A puts in 80 cows for 7 months. How many can B put in for the remaining 3 months, if he pays half as much again as A?

A can do a piece of work in 25 days and B in 20 days. They work together for 5 days and then A goes away. In how many days will B finish the remaining work ?

A pump can be operated both for filling a tank and for emptying it. The capacity of tank is 2400 m³ .The emptying capacity of the pump is 10 per min higher than its filling capacity. Consequently, the pump needs 8 min less to empty the tank than to fill it. Find the filling capacity of the pump.

A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A and C together can complete the same task in 40 days. What is the respective ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task alone to the number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone ?

A certain number of people were supposed to complete a work in 24 days. The work, however, took 32 days, since 9 people were absent throughout. How many people were supposed to be working originally ?

8 men and 4 women together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. The work done by a man in one day is double the work done by a woman in one day. If 8 men and 4 women started working and after 2 days 4 men left and 4 new women joined, in how many more days will the work be completed ?

Four men and three women can do a job in 6 days. When 5 men and 6 women work on the same job, the work gets completed in 4 days. How long will 2 women and 3 men take to do the job?

Ram completes 60% of a task in 15 days and then takes the help of Rahim and Rachel. Rahim is 50% as efficient as Ram is and Rachel is 50% as efficient as Rahim is. In how many more days will they complete the work?

A and B can do a piece of work in 21 and 24 days respectively. They start the work together and after some days A leaves the work and B completes the remaining work in 9 days. After how many days did A leave?

Amit can do a work in 12 days and Sagar in 15 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is:

B is twice efficient as A and A can do a piece of work in 15 days. A started the work and after a few days B joined him. They completed the work in 11 days, from the starting. For how many days did they work together?

It takes 6 hours for pump A, used alone, to fill a tank of water. Pump B alone takes 8 hours to fill the same tank. A, B and another pump C all together fill the tank in 2 hours. How long would pump C take, used alone, to fill the tank?

A swimming pool can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 6 hours, each pump working on its own. At 9 am, pump A is started. At what time will the swimming pool be filled if pump B is started at 10 am?

Stuart, Jack and Leo are colleagues working in a plant. Stuart and Jack can do a work in 10 days, Jack and Leo can do the same work in 15 days while Stuart and Leo can do it in 12 days. All of them started the work together. After two days, Leo was shifted to some other work. How many days will Stuart and Jack take to finish the rest of the work?

A contract is to be completed in 50 days and 105 men were set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After 25 days, \(\frac 25th\) of the work is finished. How many additional men be employed so that the work may be completed on time, each man now working 9 hours a day?