Work word problems - page 29 of 39
Work Problems are word problems that involve different people doing work together but at different rates. Another problem involves pipes filling up a tank. Another name for these problems is working together word problems.We suggest solving working together word problems with the proportion. If we can complete a task in t hours, we can complete 1/t of the task in one hour.
Number of problems found: 776
- Employees 4901
Of the total number of men, 16% received a bonus, of the total. The number of women received 21%. The company has 1,500 employees, and 18% were awarded bonuses. How many women work in the company? How many men received bonuses? How many company employees - Championships 4886
The pool had to be filled before the World Championships. The first pump would fill in 12 hours, the second in 15 hours, and if all three pumps were started simultaneously, they would fill the pool in 4 hours. How long would the pool be filled with only t - Trucks
Three lorries droved bricks. One drove n bricks at once, the second m fewer bricks than the first and third 300 bricks more the first lorry. The first lorry went four times a day. The largest went three times a day, and the smallest lorry five times a day - Complete 4849
The first sluice empties a complete pond in 45 days. If 2/3 of the pond is drained in 15 days, a second sluice is still needed for ten days. How many days would it empty itself through just the second sluice?
- Demonstrate 4841
The textile factory employs 600 women and men, twice as many women as men. How many women and how many men work here? Demonstrate and explain the calculation procedure. - Simultaneously 4746
One painter paints the school in 7 days, the other in 6 days. The school had to be painted in 2 days. A third painter was called in, and they all worked simultaneously. In how many days would this third painter paint the school by himself? - Workers
A Group of workers washed half of the windows of the building in two hours. How long will it take half the workers to wash all the windows of the building? - Three workers
Three workers got paid for work. First earn € 50, the second € 100 and the third € 60. For further work, we should receive € 735 together. How do you divide that amount to be distributed in the same proportion as the first job? - Smaller 4657
Two supply pipes open into the pool, and the smaller pipe fills the pool in 40 hours. The empty pool will be filled in 16 hours if we open both supply pipes. How long would it take to fill if only the second, larger inlet pipe was opened?
- Seamstresses 4635
Eight seamstresses have to complete the order in 16 days. After four days, the two seamstresses switched to another job. In how many days will the order be fulfilled? - Two rooms
A woman cleans the room in 30 minutes, and a man in 90 minutes. How long will it take them clean two rooms? - Working together on project
Two employees did working on the project. First, make it alone for 20 days, the second for 24 days. How many days will it take to complete the project if five days they work together, then first will take two days holiday, and after returning they complet - Doubravka 4593
Eva will mow the garden in 4 hours, and Doubravka will cut it in 3 hours. How long would it take to mow the garden if Eva started an hour earlier and only Doubravka joined it? - Everyone 4572
Two workers completed the work in 12 days. If the other worked ten days longer than the first, how long would everyone work alone?
- Strawberries 4564
Ten temporary workers collect 50 kg of strawberries per day. How many kilograms of strawberries do seven temporary workers collect per day? - Workers
Nine workers dig a canal 120 meters long for eight hours. For how long would digging five workers' canals be 200 meters long? - According 4543
Three workers received €2,850 for the work done. They divided them according to the time worked so that the first got 20% less than the second and the third €50 more than the second. How many euros did the second worker get? - Together 4511
One tractor would sow the field in 3 hours and the other in 7 hours. How long before the fields grow together? - Harvesters 4498
The first combine harvester will harvest the fields in 12 hours, and the second combine harvester in 8 hours. How long does it take for the same harvester to harvest the 3rd combine if all three harvesters harvest together in 2 hours?
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