You are given a math word problem and you are supposed to apply multiple mathematical operators like addition, subtraction, multiplication or division on the numbers embedded in the text to answer the following question and then only report the final numerical answer.

[EX Q]: the teacher gave 42 pencils to 12 students equally . how many pencils did each student get ?
[EX A]: 3.5

[EX Q]: jill invited 37 people to her birthday party . they each ate 8 pieces of pizza . how many pieces of pizza did they eat ?
[EX A]: 296

[EX Q]: the roller coaster at the state fair costs 6 tickets per ride . if 8 friends were going to ride the roller coaster how many tickets would they need ?
[EX A]:
48