Work
Examples:
1. Carlos can paint a certain fence in 3 hours. If Magno helps him, the job takes only 2 hours. How long
would it take Magno to paint the fence by himself?
2. Sandra can encode the whole manuscript in 6 hours. If her daughter helps, they get the job done in
330 minutes. How long would it take her daughter to do job by herself?
3. Bert can clean the sidewalks around the building in 2 hours by using a blower. Dennis can do the
same job in 8 hours using a broom. How long would it take them working together?
4. It takes an old printer 8 hours to print all the pictures for the yearbook. A modern printer can do the
same job in 5 hours. How long would it take to do the job with both printers working on it?
5. Dan can do the job in 30 hours, Ellen can do it in 40 hours, and Francis can do it in 60 hours. How
long would it take them if they work together?
6. Greg can milk all of the carabaos in 120 minutes and Harold can do it in 60 minutes. If Greg milks for
20 minutes before Harold joins him, how long would it take them to finish?
7. A faucet can fill a bathtub in 9 minutes. The drain can empty the full tub in 12 minutes. With the drain
open and the faucet on, how long will it take to fill the tub?
8. Alma can do a job in 12 hours. After she had worked for 4 hours, she was joined by Marie, and they
finished the job together in 2 more hours. How long will it take Marie to do the whole job?
9. A secretary can complete a job in 8 hours. After she worked for two hours, another company
secretary, who was able to do this job in 10 hours, was assigned to help her. In how many hours
the secretaries, working together, will complete the job?
10. Allan can do the job in 30 days, Bert can do it in 40 days, and Cenon can do it in 60 days. How long
will it take them if they work together?
Exercises:
1. Working alone, Stephanie and Sebastian can finish a typing job in 45 minutes and 30 minutes,
respectively. How many minutes would it take them to finish a typing job if they work together?
[18]
2. A faucet can fill a bathtub in one hour. The drain can empty the full tub in 30 minutes. With the
drain open and the faucet on, how long will it drain the tub? [60 minutes]
3. Aldric could mow a lawn in two hours. After he had worked for 36 minutes, Hazelle helped him
finish the job. If Hazelle, working alone, could mow the same lawn in five hours, how many hours
would it take them to complete the job? [1 hour]
4. Neeharica can do a typing job in three hours. After she had worked for 45 minutes, Jared helped
her finish the job. If Jared could do the same typing job in two hours, while working alone, how
many minutes did it take them to complete the job? [54]
5. Nicholas, Nathaniel, and Eric are excellent painters. Together, they can finish a painting job in 2
hours. If Nicholas can do the painting job alone in 5 hours and Nathaniel can do the same painting
job alone in 6 hours, how long will it take Eric to do the same painting job alone?
6. Joana can finish a typing job from 8:05 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. Her friend Shamille can finish the same
typing job from 8:13 a.m. to 9:57 a.m. How long will it take them to finish the typing job if they
work together? [40mins]
7. An inlet pipe can fill a tub in 3 hours, and another inlet pipe can fill it in 6 hours while an outlet
pipe can drain it in 5 hours. If all pipes are open at the same time, how many minutes will it take to
fill an empty tub? [200 min]
8. Erica can finish a typing job from 8:05 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. Her friend Armand can finish the same
tying job from 8:13 a.m. to 9:57 a.m. How long will it take them to finish the typing job if they work
together? [40min]
9. Together, Jason and Percy can paint a room in 3 hours. If Jason can do the painting job alone in 6
hours, how long would it take Percy to do the same painting job alone? [6 hours]
10. Justin can do a typing job in 45 minutes while Johan can do the same typing job in 1 hour. They’ve
been working together for 25 minutes to finish a typing job when Justin had an emergency and left
Johan to finish the typing job alone. How much longer did it take Johan to finish the typing job?
[5/3 min]