Step-by-Step Calculation of the Average of 2, 4, and 9

A user wants a language model to determine a car's fuel efficiency, which is 150 miles driven using 5 gallons of gas. Which of the following prompts is best structured to request a direct and specific mathematical calculation from the model to find the answer?

Crafting a Direct Calculation Prompt

Evaluating a Prompt for a Mathematical Task

LLM's Answer (${}6$) to the Prompt for Calculating the Average of ${}2$, ${}4$, and ${}9$

LLM's Incorrect Answer (7) to the Prompt for Calculating the Average of 2, 4, and 9

Creating a CoT Prompt by Incorporating Reasoning Steps

Diagnosing a Flawed Prompting Strategy

A developer is trying to get a large language model to solve two-step arithmetic word problems. They use a few-shot prompting strategy, providing several examples. Each example consists of a word problem followed only by its final numerical answer (e.g., 'Problem: ... Answer: 15'). The model consistently fails to solve new, slightly different word problems. What is the most likely reason for the model's poor performance?

Diagnosing Prompt Insufficiency

LLM's Incorrect Answer (7) to the Prompt for Calculating the Average of 2, 4, and 9

Step-by-Step Calculation of the Average of 2, 4, and 9

A researcher wants to test a language model's ability to perform a standard mathematical operation directly, without guiding it through intermediate reasoning steps. Which of the following prompts is best designed to achieve this specific goal for the numbers 2, 4, and 9?

Evaluating a Prompt for Foundational Skill Assessment

Analyzing Prompt Design for LLM Evaluation

LLM's Answer (${}6$) to the Prompt for Calculating the Average of ${}2$, ${}4$, and ${}9$

LLM's Incorrect Answer (7) to the Prompt for Calculating the Average of 2, 4, and 9