Answers to #127 and #129 :
Both correct, JaneFairfax!

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#136. The diameter of a circle is

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#146. The property of a person was divided among his wife, son and daughter according to his will, in the following manner. The wife's share was 6/7 of the son's share and the daughter's share was 4/7 of that of the son. If the son and the daughter together got $102300, how much did his wife get?

#147. A earns 10% more than B, and 15% less than C. If B earns $85 a day, what is C's earning?

#148. What is the 16th term of the series 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ...?

#149. A and B can do a work in 6 days, and the same work can be done by B and C in 10 days. A and C can finish the samw work in 12 days. In how many days can the three working together complete the work?

#150. If 81 be divided in the proportion

Answers to #144, #145, #148, and #149:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!


#151. In a square ABCD of side 28 centimeters, four quadrants are drawn inside the circle from the vertices A, B, C, and D of radius 14 centimeters. A square EFGH is constructed joining the midpoints of sides AB, BC, CD, and DA. The area of the quadrants overlapping with the smaller square are painted red. What is the total area of the painted region?

#152. A rectangular lawn measures 100 meters x 80 meters. It has two roads each 10 meters wide running in the middle of it, one parallel to the length of the rectangular region and the other parallel to its width. What is the cost of levelling the roads if the unit cost of levelling is $5 per square meter?

#153. In a rectangle of length 35 centimeters and breadth 14 centimeters, 10 circles of equal area are drawn, 5 along the length and two along the breadth. What is approximate percentage of the area of the rectangle which is not covered by the circles, as compared to the total area of the rectangle?

#154. In a rectangle of length 28 centimeters and breadth 14 centimeters, Two semicircles touching each other at a point are drawn on the two sides along the lenght and one each along the breadth. What is the total area of the shape so formed?

#155. In a semicircle of radius a, a triangle ABC is constructed with the diameter AC as the base and OB as the altitude where O is the center of the circle. What is the area of the semicircle outside the triangle ABC?

#156. 8 men and 12 children can do a work in 9 days. A child takes double the time taken by the adult to do the work. In how many days can 12 men complete double the work?

#157. A is three times as efficient as B and is, therefore, able to complete a work in 60 days. What is the number of dys A and B together would take to complete the work?

#160. What is the value of

Answers to #159, #160, and #161:-
All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!!!

#171. A vessel is 50% full containing a certain solution. Another vessel with twice the capacity as the first vessel is 25% full containing the same solution. Water is added to the two vessels till the vessel are full. The contents of both the vessels are then poured into a large empty container, which is large enough to hold the contents of both the vessels. What percentage of the contents in the container is the solution?

#172. How many three digit numbers begin and end with digits that are prime numbers?

#179. What is the digit in the unit's place of