
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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Alex, Bella, and Carlos walked to the store to buy pencils. Alex bought 36 pencils, Bella bought 48, and Carlos bought 60. If each package of pencils sold at the store contains the same number of pencils, what is the largest possible number of pencils in a package?

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