
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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The increasing [sequence](https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Sequence) $3, 15, 24, 48, \ldots\,$ consists of those [positive](https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Positive) multiples of 3 that are one less than a [perfect square](https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Perfect_square).  What is the [remainder](https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Remainder) when the 1994th term of the sequence is divided by 1000?

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