
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A chocolate bar consists of $5 \times 8$ square pieces. The bar is broken along the lines separating the pieces until there are 40 individual pieces. How many times must the bar be broken? (Find all solutions.)

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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