1. Estimate the number of peanuts in this jar.
2. A box contains some buttons. Four people estimate the number of buttons in the box. Their estimates were 140, 136, 150 and 160.
One of the estimates was four out, one was twenty out, one was sixteen out and the other estimate was six out.
How many buttons were in the box?
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