
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 box of 28 cookies is to be distributed evenly among 6 children in a class, and the cookies that remain will be used by the teacher for a later class activity. If each student is to receive the greatest possible number of whole cookies, what is the maximum number of cookies that could be used later by the teacher?

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