Model 5  Split & Fraction of work Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6 [SSC Constable (GD) 2012]

A can do $1/6$ of a work in 5 days and B can do $2/5$ of the work in 8 days. In how many days, can both A and B together do the work?

a) 13 days

b) 12 days

c) 20 days

d) 15 days

Question : 7 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2010]

A can complete $1/3$ of a work in 5 days and B, $2/5$ of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can complete the work ?

a) 9$3/8$ days

b) 10 days

c) 7$1/2$ days

d) 8$4/5$ days

Question : 8 [SSC MTS 2013]

A can do one and a half as much of a work which B can do in one day. B alone can do a piece of work in 18 days. They together can finish that work in

a) 11$1/5$ days

b) 10$1/5$ days

c) 7$1/5$ days

d) 5$1/5$ days

Question : 9 [SSC CGL Tier-II 2016]

John does $1/2$ piece of work in 3 hours, Joe does $1/4$ of the remaining work in 1 hour and George finishes remaining work in 5 hours. How long would it have taken the three working together to do the work ?

a) 3$1/7$ hours

b) 2$1/7$ hours

c) 2$8/11$ hours

d) 3$8/11$hours

Question : 10 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2015]

A can do a work in 10 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 5 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is

a) $4/3$

b) $3/4$

c) $1/4$

d) $3/20$