You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

What is the greatest number of consecutive integers whose sum is $45?$

Answer: $90$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

What is the greatest possible sum of the digits in the base-seven representation of a positive integer less than $2019$?

Answer: $22$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A pair of standard $6$-sided dice is rolled once. The sum of the numbers rolled determines the diameter of a circle. What is the probability that the numerical value of the area of the circle is less than the numerical value of the circle's circumference?

Answer: $\frac{1}{12}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The measures of the interior angles of a convex polygon of $n$ sides are in arithmetic progression. If the common difference is $5^{\circ}$ and the largest angle is $160^{\circ}$, then $n$ equals:

Answer: $16$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The fraction $\frac{a^{-4}-b^{-4}}{a^{-2}-b^{-2}}$ is equal to:

Answer: $a^{-2}+b^{-2}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A triangle and a trapezoid are equal in area. They also have the same altitude. If the base of the triangle is 18 inches, the median of the trapezoid is:

Answer: $9 \text{ inches}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A closed box with a square base is to be wrapped with a square sheet of wrapping paper. The box is centered on the wrapping paper with the vertices of the base lying on the midlines of the square sheet of paper, as shown in the figure on the left. The four corners of the wrapping paper are to be folded up over the sides and brought together to meet at the center of the top of the box, point $A$ in the figure on the right. The box has base length $w$ and height $h$. What is the area of the sheet of wrapping paper?
[asy] size(270pt); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)); filldraw(((3,3)--(-3,3)--(-3,-3)--(3,-3)--cycle),lightgrey); dot((-3,3)); label("$A$",(-3,3),NW); draw((1,3)--(-3,-1),dashed+linewidth(.5)); draw((-1,3)--(3,-1),dashed+linewidth(.5)); draw((-1,-3)--(3,1),dashed+linewidth(.5)); draw((1,-3)--(-3,1),dashed+linewidth(.5)); draw((0,2)--(2,0)--(0,-2)--(-2,0)--cycle,linewidth(.5)); draw((0,3)--(0,-3),linetype("2.5 2.5")+linewidth(.5)); draw((3,0)--(-3,0),linetype("2.5 2.5")+linewidth(.5)); label('$w$',(-1,-1),SW); label('$w$',(1,-1),SE); draw((4.5,0)--(6.5,2)--(8.5,0)--(6.5,-2)--cycle); draw((4.5,0)--(8.5,0)); draw((6.5,2)--(6.5,-2)); label("$A$",(6.5,0),NW); dot((6.5,0)); [/asy]

Answer: $2(w+h)^2$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Of the following expressions the one equal to $\frac{a^{-1}b^{-1}}{a^{-3} - b^{-3}}$ is:

Answer: $\frac{a^2b^2}{b^3 - a^3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

What is the value of $\frac{11! - 10!}{9!}$?

Answer: $100$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let $A, M$, and $C$ be digits with $(100A+10M+C)(A+M+C) = 2005$. What is $A$?

Answer: $4$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let $f$ be a function for which $f\left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right) = x^2 + x + 1$. Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$.

Answer: $-1/9$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Frieda the frog begins a sequence of hops on a $3 \times 3$ grid of squares, moving one square on each hop and choosing at random the direction of each hop-up, down, left, or right. She does not hop diagonally. When the direction of a hop would take Frieda off the grid, she "wraps around" and jumps to the opposite edge. For example if Frieda begins in the center square and makes two hops "up", the first hop would place her in the top row middle square, and the second hop would cause Frieda to jump to the opposite edge, landing in the bottom row middle square. Suppose Frieda starts from the center square, makes at most four hops at random, and stops hopping if she lands on a corner square. What is the probability that she reaches a corner square on one of the four hops?

Answer: $\frac{25}{32}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $f(a)=a-2$ and $F(a,b)=b^2+a$, then $F(3,f(4))$ is:

Answer: $7$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

$\frac{2+4+6+\cdots + 34}{3+6+9+\cdots+51}=$

Answer: $\frac{2}{3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The number of digits in $4^{16}5^{25}$ (when written in the usual base $10$ form) is

Answer: $28$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

How many integers $n \geq 2$ are there such that whenever $z_1, z_2, \dots, z_n$ are complex numbers such that
\[|z_1| = |z_2| = \dots = |z_n| = 1 \text{    and    } z_1 + z_2 + \dots + z_n = 0,\]
then the numbers $z_1, z_2, \dots, z_n$ are equally spaced on the unit circle in the complex plane?

Answer: $2$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $x$ cows give $x+1$ cans of milk in $x+2$ days, how many days will it take $x+3$ cows to give $x+5$ cans of milk?

Answer: $\frac{x(x+2)(x+5)}{(x+1)(x+3)}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The set $\{3,6,9,10\}$ is augmented by a fifth element $n$, not equal to any of the other four. The median of the resulting set is equal to its mean. What is the sum of all possible values of $n$?

Answer: $26$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A $6$-inch and $18$-inch diameter poles are placed together and bound together with wire.
The length of the shortest wire that will go around them is:

Answer: $12\sqrt{3}+14\pi$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Odell and Kershaw run for $30$ minutes on a circular track. Odell runs clockwise at $250 m/min$ and uses the inner lane with a radius of $50$ meters. Kershaw runs counterclockwise at $300 m/min$ and uses the outer lane with a radius of $60$ meters, starting on the same radial line as Odell. How many times after the start do they pass each other?

Answer: $47$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The 64 whole numbers from 1 through 64 are written, one per square, on a checkerboard (an 8 by 8 array of 64 squares).  The first 8 numbers are written in order across the first row, the next 8 across the second row, and so on.  After all 64 numbers are written, the sum of the numbers in the four corners will be

Answer: $130$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Six rectangles each with a common base width of $2$ have lengths of $1, 4, 9, 16, 25$, and $36$. What is the sum of the areas of the six rectangles?

Answer: $182$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

650 students were surveyed about their pasta preferences. The choices were lasagna, manicotti, ravioli and spaghetti. The results of the survey are displayed in the bar graph. What is the ratio of the number of students who preferred spaghetti to the number of students who preferred manicotti?

Answer: $\frac{5}{2}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In counting $n$ colored balls, some red and some black, it was found that $49$ of the first $50$ counted were red.
Thereafter, $7$ out of every $8$ counted were red. If, in all, $90$ % or more of the balls counted were red, the maximum value of $n$ is:

Answer: $210$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The figure may be folded along the lines shown to form a number cube. Three number faces come together at each corner of the cube. What is the largest sum of three numbers whose faces come together at a corner?

Answer: $14$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Many calculators have a reciprocal key $\boxed{\frac{1}{x}}$ that replaces the current number displayed with its reciprocal.  For example, if the display is $\boxed{00004}$ and the $\boxed{\frac{1}{x}}$ key is depressed, then the display becomes $\boxed{000.25}$.  If $\boxed{00032}$ is currently displayed, what is the fewest number of times you must depress the $\boxed{\frac{1}{x}}$ key so the display again reads $\boxed{00032}$?

Answer: $2$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 are each used once to form the smallest possible even five-digit number. The digit in the tens place is

Answer: $9$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In a magic triangle, each of the six whole numbers $10-15$ is placed in one of the circles so that the sum, $S$, of the three numbers on each side of the triangle is the same.  The largest possible value for $S$ is
[asy] draw(circle((0,0),1)); draw(dir(60)--6*dir(60)); draw(circle(7*dir(60),1)); draw(8*dir(60)--13*dir(60)); draw(circle(14*dir(60),1)); draw((1,0)--(6,0)); draw(circle((7,0),1)); draw((8,0)--(13,0)); draw(circle((14,0),1)); draw(circle((10.5,6.0621778264910705273460621952706),1)); draw((13.5,0.86602540378443864676372317075294)--(11,5.1961524227066318805823390245176)); draw((10,6.9282032302755091741097853660235)--(7.5,11.258330249197702407928401219788)); [/asy]

Answer: $39$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Supposed that $x$ and $y$ are nonzero real numbers such that $\frac{3x+y}{x-3y}=-2$. What is the value of $\frac{x+3y}{3x-y}$?

Answer: $2$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The product $8 \times .25 \times 2 \times .125 =$

Answer: $\frac{1}{2}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In parallelogram $ABCD$, $\overline{DE}$ is the altitude to the base $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{DF}$ is the altitude to the base $\overline{BC}$. [Note: Both pictures represent the same parallelogram.]  If $DC=12$, $EB=4$, and $DE=6$, then $DF=$

Answer: $6.4$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Four congruent rectangles are placed as shown. The area of the outer square is $4$ times that of the inner square. What is the ratio of the length of the longer side of each rectangle to the length of its shorter side?

[asy]
unitsize(6mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt));
path p=(1,1)--(-2,1)--(-2,2)--(1,2);
draw(p);
draw(rotate(90)*p);
draw(rotate(180)*p);
draw(rotate(270)*p);
[/asy]

Answer: $3$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Alice refuses to sit next to either Bob or Carla. Derek refuses to sit next to Eric. How many ways are there for the five of them to sit in a row of $5$ chairs under these conditions?

Answer: $28$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If rectangle ABCD has area 72 square meters and E and G are the midpoints of sides AD and CD, respectively, then the area of rectangle DEFG in square meters is

Answer: $18$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $P_1P_2P_3P_4P_5P_6$ is a regular hexagon whose apothem (distance from the center to midpoint of a side) is $2$, and $Q_i$ is the midpoint of side $P_iP_{i+1}$ for $i=1,2,3,4$, then the area of quadrilateral $Q_1Q_2Q_3Q_4$ is

Answer: $4\sqrt{3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Alice, Bob, and Carol play a game in which each of them chooses a real number between 0 and 1. The winner of the game is the one whose number is between the numbers chosen by the other two players. Alice announces that she will choose her number uniformly at random from all the numbers between 0 and 1, and Bob announces that he will choose his number uniformly at random from all the numbers between $\frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{2}{3}$. Armed with this information, what number should Carol choose to maximize her chance of winning?

Answer: $\frac{13}{24}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The sum of the real values of $x$ satisfying the equality $|x+2|=2|x-2|$ is:

Answer: $6\frac{2}{3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let $ABCD$ be an isosceles trapezoid with $\overline{BC} \parallel \overline{AD}$ and $AB=CD$. Points $X$ and $Y$ lie on diagonal $\overline{AC}$ with $X$ between $A$ and $Y$. Suppose $\angle AXD = \angle BYC = 90^\circ$, $AX = 3$, $XY = 1$, and $YC = 2$. What is the area of $ABCD?$

Answer: $3\sqrt{35}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A cylindrical tank with radius $4$ feet and height $9$ feet is lying on its side. The tank is filled with water to a depth of $2$ feet. What is the volume of water, in cubic feet?

Answer: $48\pi - 36 \sqrt {3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The number of revolutions of a wheel, with fixed center and with an outside diameter of $6$ feet, required to cause a point on the rim to go one mile is:

Answer: $\frac{880}{\pi}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

$\frac{(.2)^3}{(.02)^2} =$

Answer: $20$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Each vertex of a cube is to be labeled with an integer 1 through 8, with each integer being used once, in such a way that the sum of the four numbers on the vertices of a face is the same for each face. Arrangements that can be obtained from each other through rotations of the cube are considered to be the same. How many different arrangements are possible?

Answer: $6$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A lattice point in an $xy$-coordinate system is any point $(x, y)$ where both $x$ and $y$ are integers. The graph of $y = mx +2$ passes through no lattice point with $0 < x \le 100$ for all $m$ such that $\frac{1}{2} < m < a$. What is the maximum possible value of $a$?

Answer: $\frac{50}{99}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Six ants simultaneously stand on the six vertices of a regular octahedron, with each ant at a different vertex. Simultaneously and independently, each ant moves from its vertex to one of the four adjacent vertices, each with equal probability. What is the probability that no two ants arrive at the same vertex?

Answer: $\frac{5}{256}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Points $P$ and $Q$ are on line segment $AB$, and both points are on the same side of the midpoint of $AB$. Point $P$ divides $AB$ in the ratio $2:3$, and $Q$ divides $AB$ in the ratio $3:4$. If $PQ=2$, then the length of segment $AB$ is

Answer: $70$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $f(x)=\frac{x^4+x^2}{x+1}$, then $f(i)$, where $i=\sqrt{-1}$, is equal to

Answer: $0$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Joy has $30$ thin rods, one each of every integer length from $1 \text{ cm}$ through $30 \text{ cm}$. She places the rods with lengths $3 \text{ cm}$, $7 \text{ cm}$, and $15 \text{cm}$ on a table. She then wants to choose a fourth rod that she can put with these three to form a quadrilateral with positive area. How many of the remaining rods can she choose as the fourth rod?

Answer: $17$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Malcolm wants to visit Isabella after school today and knows the street where she lives but doesn't know her house number. She tells him, "My house number has two digits, and exactly three of the following four statements about it are true."
(1) It is prime.
(2) It is even.
(3) It is divisible by 7.
(4) One of its digits is 9.
This information allows Malcolm to determine Isabella's house number. What is its units digit?

Answer: $8$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Samantha lives 2 blocks west and 1 block south of the southwest corner of City Park. Her school is 2 blocks east and 2 blocks north of the northeast corner of City Park. On school days she bikes on streets to the southwest corner of City Park, then takes a diagonal path through the park to the northeast corner, and then bikes on streets to school. If her route is as short as possible, how many different routes can she take?

Answer: $18$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Alice needs to replace a light bulb located $10$ centimeters below the ceiling in her kitchen. The ceiling is $2.4$ meters above the floor. Alice is $1.5$ meters tall and can reach $46$ centimeters above the top of her head. Standing on a stool, she can just reach the light bulb. What is the height of the stool, in centimeters?

Answer: $34$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The manager of a company planned to distribute a $50 bonus to each employee from the company fund, but the fund contained $5 less than what was needed.  Instead the manager gave each employee a $45 bonus and kept the remaining $95 in the company fund.  The amount of money in the company fund before any bonuses were paid was

Answer: $995$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

$6^6 + 6^6 + 6^6 + 6^6 + 6^6 + 6^6 = $

Answer: $6^7$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Carl has 5 cubes each having side length 1, and Kate has 5 cubes each having side length 2. What is the total volume of these 10 cubes?

Answer: $45$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Joe had walked half way from home to school when he realized he was late. He ran the rest of the way to school. He ran 3 times as fast as he walked. Joe took 6 minutes to walk half way to school. How many minutes did it take Joe to get from home to school?

Answer: $8$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

What is the value of $\frac{(2112-2021)^2}{169}$?

Answer: $49$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A game is played with tokens according to the following rule.  In each round, the player with the most tokens gives one token to each of the other players and also places one token in the discard pile.  The game ends when some player runs out of tokens.  Players $A$, $B$, and $C$ start with $15$, $14$, and $13$ tokens, respectively.  How many rounds will there be in the game?

Answer: $37$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Circle $C_1$ has its center $O$ lying on circle $C_2$. The two circles meet at $X$ and $Y$. Point $Z$ in the exterior of $C_1$ lies on circle $C_2$ and $XZ=13$, $OZ=11$, and $YZ=7$. What is the radius of circle $C_1$?

Answer: $\sqrt{30}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Rectangle $ABCD$ has $AB=4$ and $BC=3$. Segment $EF$ is constructed through $B$ so that $EF$ is perpendicular to $DB$, and $A$ and $C$ lie on $DE$ and $DF$, respectively. What is $EF$?

Answer: $\frac{125}{12}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Consider the set of numbers $\{1, 10, 10^2, 10^3, \ldots, 10^{10}\}$. The ratio of the largest element of the set to the sum of the other ten elements of the set is closest to which integer?

Answer: $9$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The five tires of a car (four road tires and a full-sized spare) were rotated so that each tire was used the same number of miles during the first $30,000$ miles the car traveled.  For how many miles was each tire used?

Answer: $24000$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In rectangle $ABCD$, $AB=6$ and $AD=8$. Point $M$ is the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$. What is the area of $\triangle AMC$?

Answer: $12$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $f(x)=3x+2$ for all real $x$, then the statement:
"$|f(x)+4|<a$ whenever $|x+2|<b$ and $a>0$ and $b>0$"
is true when

Answer: $b \le a/3$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $a, b, c$ are positive integers less than $10$, then $(10a + b)(10a + c) = 100a(a + 1) + bc$ if:

Answer: $b+c=10$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Points $A$ and $B$ are $5$ units apart. How many lines in a given plane containing $A$ and $B$ are $2$ units from $A$ and $3$ units from $B$?

Answer: $3$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A bug crawls along a number line, starting at $-2$. It crawls to $-6$, then turns around and crawls to $5$. How many units does the bug crawl altogether?

Answer: $15$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Arjun and Beth play a game in which they take turns removing one brick or two adjacent bricks from one "wall" among a set of several walls of bricks, with gaps possibly creating new walls. The walls are one brick tall. For example, a set of walls of sizes $4$ and $2$ can be changed into any of the following by one move: $(3,2),(2,1,2),(4),(4,1),(2,2),$ or $(1,1,2).$

Arjun plays first, and the player who removes the last brick wins. For which starting configuration is there a strategy that guarantees a win for Beth?

Answer: $(6,2,1)$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In a collection of red, blue, and green marbles, there are $25\%$ more red marbles than blue marbles, and there are $60\%$ more green marbles than red marbles. Suppose that there are $r$ red marbles. What is the total number of marbles in the collection?

Answer: $3.4r$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If an integer of two digits is $k$ times the sum of its digits, the number formed by interchanging the digits is the sum of the digits multiplied by

Answer: $11-k$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $F(n+1)=\frac{2F(n)+1}{2}$ for $n=1,2,\cdots$ and $F(1)=2$, then $F(101)$ equals:

Answer: $52$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A red ball and a green ball are randomly and independently tossed into bins numbered with the positive integers so that for each ball, the probability that it is tossed into bin $k$ is $2^{-k}$ for $k = 1,2,3....$  What is the probability that the red ball is tossed into a higher-numbered bin than the green ball?

Answer: $\frac{1}{3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Granny Smith has $63. Elberta has $2 more than Anjou and Anjou has one-third as much as Granny Smith. How many dollars does Elberta have?

Answer: $23$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In the figure, the outer equilateral triangle has area $16$, the inner equilateral triangle has area $1$, and the three trapezoids are congruent. What is the area of one of the trapezoids?

Answer: $5$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A number $x$ is $2$ more than the product of its reciprocal and its additive inverse. In which interval does the number lie?

Answer: $0 < x \le 2$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A $1 \times 2$ rectangle is inscribed in a semicircle with the longer side on the diameter. What is the area of the semicircle?

Answer: $\pi$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Patty has $20$ coins consisting of nickels and dimes. If her nickels were dimes and her dimes were nickels, she would have $70$ cents more. How much are her coins worth?

Answer: $1.15


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A carton contains milk that is $2\%$ fat, an amount that is $40\%$ less fat than the amount contained in a carton of whole milk. What is the percentage of fat in whole milk?

Answer: $\frac{10}{3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let $\triangle A_0B_0C_0$ be a triangle whose angle measures are exactly $59.999^\circ$, $60^\circ$, and $60.001^\circ$. For each positive integer $n$, define $A_n$ to be the foot of the altitude from $A_{n-1}$ to line $B_{n-1}C_{n-1}$. Likewise, define $B_n$ to be the foot of the altitude from $B_{n-1}$ to line $A_{n-1}C_{n-1}$, and $C_n$ to be the foot of the altitude from $C_{n-1}$ to line $A_{n-1}B_{n-1}$. What is the least positive integer $n$ for which $\triangle A_nB_nC_n$ is obtuse?

Answer: $15$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

$3^3 + 3^3 + 3^3 =$

Answer: $3^4$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A long piece of paper $5$ cm wide is made into a roll for cash registers by wrapping it $600$ times around a cardboard tube of diameter $2$ cm, forming a roll $10$ cm in diameter. Approximate the length of the paper in meters. (Pretend the paper forms $600$ concentric circles with diameters evenly spaced from $2$ cm to $10$ cm.)

Answer: $36\pi$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A number is called flippy if its digits alternate between two distinct digits. For example, $2020$ and $37373$ are flippy, but $3883$ and $123123$ are not. How many five-digit flippy numbers are divisible by $15?$

Answer: $4$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A small bottle of shampoo can hold $35$ milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold $500$ milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy?

Answer: $15$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The polygon enclosed by the solid lines in the figure consists of 4 congruent squares joined edge-to-edge. One more congruent square is attached to an edge at one of the nine positions indicated. How many of the nine resulting polygons can be folded to form a cube with one face missing?

Answer: $6$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In a high school with $500$ students, $40\%$ of the seniors play a musical instrument, while $30\%$ of the non-seniors do not play a musical instrument. In all, $46.8\%$ of the students do not play a musical instrument. How many non-seniors play a musical instrument?

Answer: $154$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $f(x)=\frac{x(x-1)}{2}$, then $f(x+2)$ equals:

Answer: $\frac{(x+2)f(x+1)}{x}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In the table shown, the formula relating \(x\) and \(y\) is:
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5\\ \hline y & 3 & 7 & 13 & 21 & 31\\ \hline\end{array}\]

Answer: $y = x^2 + x + 1$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

What is the median of the following list of $4040$ numbers?
\[1, 2, 3, \ldots, 2020, 1^2, 2^2, 3^2, \ldots, 2020^2\]

Answer: $1976.5$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

When Cheenu was a boy, he could run $15$ miles in $3$ hours and $30$ minutes. As an old man, he can now walk $10$ miles in $4$ hours. How many minutes longer does it take for him to walk a mile now compared to when he was a boy?

Answer: $10$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The sum of all numbers of the form $2k + 1$, where $k$ takes on integral values from $1$ to $n$ is:

Answer: $n(n+2)$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Equilateral triangle $ABP$ (see figure) with side $AB$ of length $2$ inches is placed inside square $AXYZ$ with side of length $4$ inches so that $B$ is on side $AX$. The triangle is rotated clockwise about $B$, then $P$, and so on along the sides of the square until $P$ returns to its original position. The length of the path in inches traversed by vertex $P$ is equal to

Answer: $\frac{40\pi}{3}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Jack and Jill run 10 km. They start at the same point, run 5 km up a hill, and return to the starting point by the same route. Jack has a 10 minute head start and runs at the rate of 15 km/hr uphill and 20 km/hr downhill. Jill runs 16 km/hr uphill and 22 km/hr downhill. How far from the top of the hill are they when they pass each other going in opposite directions (in km)?

Answer: $\frac{35}{27}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A straight line joins the points $(-1,1)$ and $(3,9)$. Its $x$-intercept is:

Answer: $-\frac{3}{2}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The number of points common to the graphs of
$(x-y+2)(3x+y-4)=0$ and $(x+y-2)(2x-5y+7)=0$ is:

Answer: $4$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

At the grocery store last week, small boxes of facial tissue were priced at 4 boxes for $5. This week they are on sale at 5 boxes for $4. The percent decrease in the price per box during the sale was closest to

Answer: $35\%$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The sum of all integers between 50 and 350 which end in 1 is

Answer: $5880$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $\log_6 x=2.5$, the value of $x$ is:

Answer: $36\sqrt{6}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

For each positive integer $n$, let

$a_n = \frac{(n+9)!}{(n-1)!}$.
Let $k$ denote the smallest positive integer for which the rightmost nonzero digit of $a_k$ is odd. The rightmost nonzero digit of $a_k$ is

Answer: $9$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Point $F$ is taken in side $AD$ of square $ABCD$. At $C$ a perpendicular is drawn to $CF$, meeting $AB$ extended at $E$. The area of $ABCD$ is $256$ square inches and the area of $\triangle CEF$ is $200$ square inches. Then the number of inches in $BE$ is:

Answer: $12$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

At the end of 1994, Walter was half as old as his grandmother. The sum of the years in which they were born was 3838. How old will Walter be at the end of 1999?

Answer: $55$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A rise of $600$ feet is required to get a railroad line over a mountain. The grade can be kept down by lengthening the track and curving it around the mountain peak. The additional length of track required to reduce the grade from $3\%$ to $2\%$ is approximately:

Answer: $10000$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let $A$ be the area of the triangle with sides of length $25, 25$, and $30$. Let $B$ be the area of the triangle with sides of length $25, 25,$ and $40$. What is the relationship between $A$ and $B$?

Answer: $A=B$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Three one-inch squares are placed with their bases on a line. The center square is lifted out and rotated 45 degrees, as shown. Then it is centered and lowered into its original location until it touches both of the adjoining squares. How many inches is the point $B$ from the line on which the bases of the original squares were placed?

Answer: $\sqrt{2}+\frac{1}{2}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The product of $\sqrt[3]{4}$ and $\sqrt[4]{8}$ equals

Answer: $2\sqrt[12]{32}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Two fair coins are to be tossed once. For each head that results, one fair die is to be rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the die rolls is odd?

Answer: $\frac{3}{8}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

In the figure, it is given that angle $C = 90^{\circ}$, $\overline{AD} = \overline{DB}$, $DE \perp AB$, $\overline{AB} = 20$, and $\overline{AC} = 12$. The area of quadrilateral $ADEC$ is:

Answer: $58\frac{1}{2}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A ticket to a school play cost $x$ dollars, where $x$ is a whole number. A group of 9th graders buys tickets costing a total of $48, and a group of 10th graders buys tickets costing a total of $64. How many values for $x$ are possible?

Answer: $5$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

On Halloween Casper ate $\frac{1}{3}$ of his candies and then gave $2$ candies to his brother. The next day he ate $\frac{1}{3}$ of his remaining candies and then gave $4$ candies to his sister. On the third day he ate his final $8$ candies. How many candies did Casper have at the beginning?

Answer: $57$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The polynomial $(x+y)^9$ is expanded in decreasing powers of $x$. The second and third terms have equal values
when evaluated at $x=p$ and $y=q$, where $p$ and $q$ are positive numbers whose sum is one. What is the value of $p$?

Answer: $4/5$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let $A$, $B$ and $C$ be three distinct points on the graph of $y=x^2$ such that line $AB$ is parallel to the $x$-axis and $\triangle ABC$ is a right triangle with area $2008$. What is the sum of the digits of the $y$-coordinate of $C$?

Answer: $18$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The Incredible Hulk can double the distance he jumps with each succeeding jump. If his first jump is 1 meter, the second jump is 2 meters, the third jump is 4 meters, and so on, then on which jump will he first be able to jump more than 1 kilometer (1,000 meters)?

Answer: $11^{\text{th}}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

When three different numbers from the set $\{ -3, -2, -1, 4, 5 \}$ are multiplied, the largest possible product is

Answer: $30$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Three times Dick's age plus Tom's age equals twice Harry's age.
Double the cube of Harry's age is equal to three times the cube of Dick's age added to the cube of Tom's age.
Their respective ages are relatively prime to each other. The sum of the squares of their ages is

Answer: $42$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

How many unordered pairs of edges of a given cube determine a plane?

Answer: $42$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The two wheels shown below are spun and the two resulting numbers are added.  The probability that the sum is even is

Answer: $\frac{5}{12}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

At Euler Middle School, $198$ students voted on two issues in a school referendum with the following results: $149$ voted in favor of the first issue and $119$ voted in favor of the second issue. If there were exactly $29$ students who voted against both issues, how many students voted in favor of both issues?

Answer: $99$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

It takes Clea 60 seconds to walk down an escalator when it is not operating, and only 24 seconds to walk down the escalator when it is operating. How many seconds does it take Clea to ride down the operating escalator when she just stands on it?

Answer: $40$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $1998$ is written as a product of two positive integers whose difference is as small as possible, then the difference is

Answer: $17$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let $S$ be the set of lattice points in the coordinate plane, both of whose coordinates are integers between $1$ and $30,$ inclusive. Exactly $300$ points in $S$ lie on or below a line with equation $y=mx.$ The possible values of $m$ lie in an interval of length $\frac ab,$ where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $a+b?$

Answer: $85$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A box contains $11$ balls, numbered $1, 2, 3, \dots 11$. If $6$ balls are drawn simultaneously at random, what is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the balls drawn is odd?

Answer: $\frac{118}{231}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The graph shows the number of minutes studied by both Asha (black bar) and Sasha (grey bar) in one week. On the average, how many more minutes per day did Sasha study than Asha?

Answer: $6$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Supposed that $x$ and $y$ are nonzero real numbers such that $\frac{3x+y}{x-3y}=-2$. What is the value of $\frac{x+3y}{3x-y}$?

Answer: $2$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $A*B$ means $\frac{A+B}{2}$, then $(3*5)*8$ is

Answer: $6$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $x=1+2^p$ and $y=1+2^{-p}$, then $y$ in terms of $x$ is

Answer: $\frac{x}{x-1}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

At Euclid High School, the number of students taking the AMC 10 was $60$ in 2002, $66$ in 2003, $70$ in 2004, $76$ in 2005, $78$ in 2006, and is $85$ in 2007. Between what two consecutive years was there the largest percentage increase?

Answer: $2002 and 2003$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

What is the smallest sum of two $3$-digit numbers that can be obtained by placing each of the six digits $4,5,6,7,8,9$ in one of the six boxes in this addition problem?
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unitsize(12);
draw((0,0)--(10,0));
draw((-1.5,1.5)--(-1.5,2.5));
draw((-1,2)--(-2,2));
draw((1,1)--(3,1)--(3,3)--(1,3)--cycle);
draw((1,4)--(3,4)--(3,6)--(1,6)--cycle);
draw((4,1)--(6,1)--(6,3)--(4,3)--cycle);
draw((4,4)--(6,4)--(6,6)--(4,6)--cycle);
draw((7,1)--(9,1)--(9,3)--(7,3)--cycle);
draw((7,4)--(9,4)--(9,6)--(7,6)--cycle);
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Answer: $1047$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

Let \[f(n)=\dfrac{5+3\sqrt{5}}{10}\left(\dfrac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}\right)^n+\dfrac{5-3\sqrt{5}}{10}\left(\dfrac{1-\sqrt{5}}{2}\right)^n.\]
Then $f(n+1)-f(n-1)$, expressed in terms of $f(n)$, equals:

Answer: $f(n)$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A magazine printed photos of three celebrities along with three photos of the celebrities as babies. The baby pictures did not identify the celebrities. Readers were asked to match each celebrity with the correct baby pictures. What is the probability that a reader guessing at random will match all three correctly?

Answer: $\frac{1}{6}$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

If $3x^3-9x^2+kx-12$ is divisible by $x-3$, then it is also divisible by:

Answer: $3x^2+4$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A class collects 50 dollars to buy flowers for a classmate who is in the hospital. Roses cost 3 dollars each, and carnations cost 2 dollars each. No other flowers are to be used. How many different bouquets could be purchased for exactly 50 dollars?

Answer: $9$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

A ream of paper containing $500$ sheets is $5$ cm thick. Approximately how many sheets of this type of paper would there be in a stack $7.5$ cm high?

Answer: $750$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

There is more than one integer greater than $1$ which, when divided by any integer $k$ such that $2 \le k \le 11$, has a remainder of $1$.
What is the difference between the two smallest such integers?

Answer: $27720$


You are a helpful assistant good at solving math problems with step-by-step reasoning. You should first thinks about the reasoning process in the mind and then provides the user with the answer. Your answer must be in latex format and wrapped in $...$.The reasoning process and answer are enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> Since $1+1=2$, so the answer is $2$. </think><answer> $2$ </answer>, which means your output should start with <think> and end with </answer>.

The root(s) of $\frac {15}{x^2 - 4} - \frac {2}{x - 2} = 1$ is (are):

Answer: $-3 \text{ and } 5$