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: sunday morning was spent for making wood carvings which can be sold as souvenir for tourists . they were placed in shelves that can contain 8 wood carvings at a time . if 56 wood carvings were displayed how many shelves were filled with carvings ?

SOLUTION: 7

PROBLEM: marcus has 210 baseball cards . he has 58 more than carter . how many baseball cards does carter have ?

SOLUTION: 152

PROBLEM: after visiting the museum benjamin went back to the hotel where he prepared for new year 's eve at the annual times square ball drop . to get there he took 354 steps to the rockefeller center then 228 steps to times square itself . how many steps did he take before reaching times square ?

SOLUTION:
582