Kerry is ready to celebrate his birthday and wants to have three cakes with his age in candles on each of them. Candles come in boxes of 12 and cost $2.5 a box. If the candles cost $5, how old is Kerry? Let's think step by step and output the final answer after "####".
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He needed 2 boxes of candles, because 5 / 2.5 = <<5/2.5=2>>2
He needed 24 candles because 2 x 12 = <<2*12=24>>24
He is 8 because 24 / 3 = <<24/3=8>>8
#### 8
Kerry is ready to celebrate his birthday and wants to have three cakes with his age in candles on each of them. Candles come in boxes of 12 and cost $2.5 a box. If the candles cost $5, how old is Kerry?
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