
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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Little John and Little Mary visit their grandmother, who owns a pastry shop and sells gingerbread cookies. Both of them help her, especially with decorating. For every time the grandmother decorates five gingerbread cookies, Little Mary decorates three and Little John decorates two. During their last visit, all three together decorated five whole trays. Little Mary and the grandmother decorated the entire time, while Little John, in addition to decorating, also sorted the gingerbread cookies onto trays twelve at a time and carried them to the pantry. All three started and finished at the same time.

1. How many gingerbread cookies did Little John decorate?
2. How long did the entire task take if the grandmother decorates one gingerbread cookie in 4 minutes?
3. How long did Little John help with the decorating?

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