A trader has a basket of eggs . If counted the eggs in pair one will remain ; If counted in 3 , two will remain ; If counted in 4 , 3 will remain ;If counted in 5, 4 will remain; If counted in 6, 5 will remain ; If counted in 7 , nothing will remain , and the basket cannot accommodate more than 150 eggs . So, how many eggs were there?

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A trader was moving along a road selling eggs. An idler who didn't have much work to do, started to get the trader into a wordy duel. This grew into a fight, he pulled the basket with eggs and dashed it on the floor. The eggs broke. The trader requested the Panchayat to ask the idler to pay for the broken eggs. The Panchayat asked the trader how many eggs were broken. He gave the following response:

If counted in pairs, one will remain;
If counted in threes, two will remain;
If counted in fours, three will remain;
If counted in fives, four will remain;
If counted in sixes, five will remain;
If counted in sevens, nothing will remain;
My basket cannot accommodate more than 150 eggs.

So, how many eggs were there?

Q. Consider the following folk puzzle:
A trader was moving along a road selling eggs.An idler who didn't have much to do started to get the trader into a wordy duel. This grew into a fight, he pulled the basket with eggs and dashed it on the floor.The eggs broke.The trader requested the Panchayat to ask the idler to pay for the broken eggs.The Panchayat asked the trader how many eggs were broken.He gave the following response:
If counted in pairs one will remain ;
If counted in threes, two will remain;
If counted in fours, three will remain;
If counted in fives, four will remain;
If counted in sixes, five will remain;
If counted in sevens, nothing will remain;
My basket cannot accommodate more than

150

eggs.

So, how many eggs were there?

If counted in pairs 1will remain. If counted in threes 2 will remain. If counted in fours 3 will remain. If counted in fives 4 will remain. If counted in sixes 5 will remain. If counted in sevens 0 will remain. Number is not more than 150. What is the number?

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