
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 store sells a type of notebook. If you buy one, it costs $0.30. If you buy a dozen (12 notebooks), it costs $3.00. If you buy more than 10 dozen, each dozen costs $2.70. There are 227 students in a grade, and each student needs one notebook. What is the minimum amount of money needed?

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