
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 teacher gave $y$ stickers to twelve students equally so each student got the maximum number of whole stickers possible, with some stickers remaining. What is the greatest number of stickers that could be left over?

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