Work word problems - page 31 of 43

Number of problems found: 846

Third pump
The first pump fills the pool in 12 hours. The second pump fills it in 15 hours. If all three pumps work, the pool will fill in 4 hours. How long will it take to fill the pool with only the third pump?
Work completion
The two workers dug together for 6 hours. The first worker would do the work himself in 14 hours. How long would it take for the second worker to complete the task?
Mowing Lawn with Mowers
The football club owns five identical mowers. If they used two of them, they would mow the playground lawn in 10 hours. How long would it take to mow the lawn if they used all five mowers?
Heating Water with Coils
The smaller spiral heats the water in 30 hours, and the larger in 20 hours. How long will it take to heat the water if we turn on both coils simultaneously and the smaller coil breaks down after 8 hours of heating?
Mowing time
Three gardeners mow the meadow for a while. Four gardeners can do it half an hour earlier. How long will it take five gardeners to do it?
Hour salary
You work for 4 hours on a Saturday and 8 hours on Sunday. You also receive a $50 bonus. You earn $164. How much did you earn per hour?
Crates of apples
Miro tore three and a half crates of apples in two and a quarter hours. How many crates will it tear in one hour? How long will he have to tear to meet the daily standard of 10 crates?
Wagons and cranes
The same cranes are unloading 96 wagons. There would be fewer wagons for each crane if there were two more cranes. How many cranes were there?
Homework Completion Fraction
Of all Ferko's tasks, he worked out 1/8 on Friday and 3/8 on Saturday and Sunday. What part of the task did he have to work on Sunday?
Cake duration
Four sweethearts eat ten cakes in 30 minutes. How many minutes will 27 cakes last for nine sweets?
Water flow
120 hl of water flows out of the tank through 4 pipes in 16 hours. How much water flows through 5 identical pipes in 14 hours?
Tree planting
Štěpán is planting trees. If he had planted 12 trees every hour instead of 9 trees, he would have finished 1 hour earlier. How many stems should he plant?
Mow the lawn
Dano would mow the lawn in 12 hours and Milada in 16 hours. How long will it take the lawn mow together?
Mason with assistant
Mason had to complete the work in 10 days. Two and a half days later, his assistant arrived. Together, they completed the work in the next three and a half days. How many days would he need an assistant for the same work?
Order fulfillment
This company can complete the order in 168 days. The second company is better equipped and can fulfill the order in 120 days. The companies will fulfill the orders together. Determine how long it will take them to fulfill the order and in what proportion
Powerful pumps
Three equally powerful pumps drain water from a flooded pit in 7 hours. In how many hours would drain water from a pit of 5 equally powerful pumps
Pond
Workers will empty a pond with two open floodgates in 20 days. A larger floodgate will empty the whole pond in 30 days. For how long would he be emptied with a smaller floodgate?
Pumping
The tank is filled with a larger pump in 12 hours and with a second pump in 15 hours. For how long does the tank fill when both pumps are switched on at the same time?
Water drainage
1000 l of water will drain in one outflow in 4 hours. How many hours will it take for 9000 l 3 drains to drain?
Worker reward
Three workers received a reward of €2,850 for their work. They divided them according to their performance so that the first received 20% less than the second and the third received €50 more than the second. How many euros did each person receive?

Do you have unsolved math question and you need help? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. We solve math question.