TASK DEFINITION: You are given a math word problem and you are supposed to apply a single mathematical operator 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.
PROBLEM: catherine has 18 bottle caps and 19 blocks . if she shares the bottle caps among 6 friends how many bottle caps does each friend get ?

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: bryan has always been fond of studying rocks and minerals . he has a room full of books about and samples of the different types of rocks . 1 particular day he went in the room to take a look at his mineral samples . if he has 65 samples of minerals per shelf and he has a total of 7 shelves how many mineral samples does he have ?

SOLUTION: 455

PROBLEM: there are 35 eggs in margaret 's egg collection . if the eggs are organized into 5 groups how big is each group ?

SOLUTION:
7