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GSM8K

Mathematics

GSM8K is a set of grade-school word problems that each need several arithmetic steps. It remains a standard reference point for multi-step reasoning.

gsm8k

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What a problem looks like

A short word problem in the question field. The worked solution and final answer are kept out of the prompt.

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How it is scored

For the 200 imported problems, the source ships an answer with every problem; this catalogue keeps it in restricted storage and never renders it.

Why it is hard

Each problem is elementary in isolation; the difficulty is carrying several dependent steps without arithmetic slips.

Cite

@article{cobbe2021gsm8k,
  title={Training Verifiers to Solve Math Word Problems},
  author={Cobbe, Karl and Kosaraju, Vineet and Bavarian, Mohammad and Chen, Mark and Jun, Heewoo and Kaiser, Lukasz and Plappert, Matthias and Tworek, Jerry and Hilton, Jacob and Nakano, Reiichiro and Hesse, Christopher and Schulman, John},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.14168},
  year={2021}
}

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Tasks

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Public problems
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Formats
text (200)
Problems with images
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Answer availability
Answer published by the source (200)
Configs
main (200)
Splits
test (200)
Awaiting a first discussion
200
Problems with a discussion
0
Public contributions
0

Provenance and terms

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  • 740312add88f781978c0658806c59bc2815b9866 · acquired 2026-09-11 · release a8f963ca5e1e