Quantitative Aptitude Worksheet 2

TIME AND WORK

1. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of
the work that is left is:
A. 1/4 B. 1/0 C. 7/15 D. 8/15

2. A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days.
With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:
A. 91/5 days B. 92/5 days C. 93/5 days D. 10

3. 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?
A. 12 days B. 15 days C. 16 days D. 18 days

4. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working
together, they can do it in:
A. 20 days B. 221/2 days C. 25 days D. 30 days

5. A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200.
With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
A. Rs. 375 B. Rs. 400 C. Rs. 600 D. Rs. 800

6. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the
job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
A. 5 B. 5 1/2 C. 6 D. 8

7. A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left. After
another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the work?
A. 40 B. 50 C. 54 D. 60

8. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How
many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. Cannot be determined

9. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together,
they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:
A. 4 days B. 6 days C. 8 days D. 12 days

10. A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work
together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work. The whole work was
completed in:
A. 8 days B. 10 days C. 12 days D. 15 days

11. A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days, while B and C can do the same work in 24 days and C and A
in 20 days. They all work together for 10 days when B and C leave. How many days more will A take to
finish the work?
A. 18 days B. 24 days C. 30 days D. 36 days

12. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen
days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?
A. 3:4 B. 4:3 C. 5:3 D. Data inadequate

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 Quantitative Aptitude Worksheet 2
TIME SPEED AND DISTANCE WORKSHEET
Example 1: If a person travels some distance in 2 hours at a speed of 20 km/h.

Example 2: A person travels 72 km distance in 4 hours. Find his speed in m/s.

Example 3: A person crosses a 900 m long street in 10 minutes. Find his speed in Km/h.

Example 4: If Mohan walks at 18 km/h instead of 12 km/h he can cover 48 km more. What is the actual
distance?

Example 5: If Sushil walks at 40 km/h instead of 45 km/h he can cover 10 km less. What is the actual
distance?

Example 6: If a man covers certain distance in 12 hours by scooter. He covers half of the distance at a
speed of 25 km/h and another half distance at a speed of 15 km/h. What will be the distance covered by
him?

Example 7: Sushant takes 7 hour 40 minutes in walking to a certain distance and riding back by car. If he
takes 5 hour 20 minutes by walking both sides then find time taken by riding both sides.

Example 8: If Seema covers ‘A’ distance at a speed of 60 km/h, he gets late by 20 minutes. If she covers
same distance at a speed of 55 km/h, she reaches 10 minute early. What is value of A?

Example 9: If Rohan covers ‘A’ distance at a speed of 36 km/h, he gets late by 10 minutes. If he covers
same distance at a speed of 40 km/h, she gets 6 minute late. What is value of A?

Example 10: If Akhil covers ‘A’ distance at a speed of 24 km/h, he reaches early by 15 minutes. If he
covers same distance at a speed of 36 km/h, she reaches 5 minute early. What is value of A?

Assignment (To be submitted in Assignment sheets only)

1. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
A. 3.6 B. 7.2 C. 8.4 D. 10

2. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance
in 12/3 hours, it must travel at a speed of:
A. 300 kmph B. 360 kmph C. 600 kmph D. 720 kmph

3. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual
distance travelled by him is:
A. 50 km B. 56 km C. 70 km D. 80 km

4. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75
kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping
at the stations. The speed of the car is:
A. 100 kmph B. 110 kmph C. 120 kmph D. 130 kmph

5. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how
many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 12 D. 20

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6. In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed,
then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:
A. 5 kmph B. 6 kmph C. 6.25 kmph D. 7.5 kmph

7. Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph, he
will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?
A. 8 kmph B. 11 kmph C.12 kmph D. 14 kmph

8. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20
minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of
the cars is:
A. 2:3 B. 3:2 C. 3:4 D. 4:3

9. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on
bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:
A. 14 km B. 15 km C. 16 km D. 17 km

10. A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken
40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in
km) is:
A. 35 B. 36 2/3 C. 37 1/2 D. 40