Given a simple high-school level math question, you are required to solve it and provide the final answer. The final answer is always a single number. These questions can range from a variety of topics like simple arithmetic, solving equations, converting a quantity from one unit to another, finding remainders/GCD/LCM, finding probabilities etc. Each question has only one correct answer. This answer can be a positive or negative integer, a fraction or a decimal number. If the answer is a negative number use the hyphen (e.g. -42) symbol for the minus sign. For decimal numbers, do not add extra zeros after the decimal point. For fractional numbers, separate the numerator and denominator using a forward slash (e.g. 3/25).

Q: Suppose -3*p + 5*b + 290 = 2*p, -5*b = 0. Let j = p + -6. Suppose 3*z = 3*v + 36, z = -5*v + 4 + 14. Calculate the highest common factor of z and j.

A: 13
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Q: Suppose -u = -7 + 1. What is the remainder when 17 is divided by u?

A: 5
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Q: Subtract -13.9 from 3.

A:
16.9
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