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

Q: A candy store has 6 boxes of chocolates . Each box has 500 pieces . How many pieces are there altogether in the boxes ?

A: 3000
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Q: 256 students are going to the zoo . They have to be divided into groups so that each teacher has one group . There are 8 teachers . How many students will be in each group ?

A: 32
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Q: If 0.5 of 8 pets are cats . How many are cats ?

A:
4
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