TASK DEFINITION: You are given a math word problem and you are supposed to apply multiplication or division mathematical operators on the numbers embedded in the text to answer the following question and then only report the final numerical answer.
PROBLEM: Mrs. Hilt read 4 books . Each book had 17 chapters in it . How many chapters did Mrs. Hilt read ?

SOLUTION: 68

PROBLEM: A recipe calls for 0.6667 cup of diced green pepper . Give the number of cups of diced green pepper that should be used to make 0.5 of this recipe .

SOLUTION: 0.3333

PROBLEM: Gwen was organizing her book case making sure each of the shelves had exactly 9 books on it . If she had 3 shelves of mystery books and 5 shelves of picture books , how many books did she have total ?

SOLUTION:
72