conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I would love to understand how to solve this problem: Jeanine bought 18 pencils and Clare bought half as many pencils. If Jeanine gave one third of his pencils to Abby, how many more pencils than Clare does Jeanine have now?
  Can you explain?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Clare bought half of 18 pencils which is 18/2 = 9 pencils
  One-third of 18 pencils is (1/3)*18 = 6 pencils
  Jeanine gave out 6 pencils so he has 18-6 = 12 pencils left
  Jeanine now has 12-9 = 3 pencils