
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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Jen was instructed to add 178 to 269 and round the result to the nearest hundred. She thought to simplify her calculations by rounding the numbers before adding. She rounded 178 to 200 and 269 to 300, thus getting an answer of $200 + 300 = 500$. Determine the correct answer to Jen's problem.

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