Consider a triangular pyramid $ABCD$ with equilateral base $ABC$ of side length $1$. $AD = BD =CD$ and $\angle ADB = \angle BDC = \angle ADC = 90^o$ . Find the volume of $ABCD$.

A net for a polyhedron is cut along an edge to give two [b]pieces[/b]. For example, we may cut a cube net along the red edge to form two pieces as shown. [asy] size(5.5cm); draw((1,0)--(1,4)--(2,4)--(2,0)--cycle); draw((1,1)--(2,1)); draw((1,2)--(2,2)); draw((1,3)--(2,3)); draw((0,1)--(3,1)--(3,2)--(0,2)--cycle); draw((2,1)--(2,2),red+linewidth(1.5)); draw((3.5,2)--(5,2)); filldraw((4.25,2.2)--(5,2)--(4.25,1.8)--cycle,black); draw((6,1.5)--(10,1.5)--(10,2.5)--(6,2.5)--cycle); draw((7,1.5)--(7,2.5)); draw((8,1.5)--(8,2.5)); draw((9,1.5)--(9,2.5)); draw((7,2.5)--(7,3.5)--(8,3.5)--(8,2.5)--cycle); draw((11,1.5)--(11,2.5)--(12,2.5)--(12,1.5)--cycle); [/asy] Are there two distinct polyhedra for which this process may result in the same two pairs of pieces? If you think the answer is no, prove that no pair of polyhedra can result in the same two pairs of pieces. If you think the answer is yes, provide an example; a clear example will suffice as a proof.

Show how to divide space into (a) congruent tetrahedra, (b) congruent “equifaced” tetrahedra. (A tetrahedron is called equifaced if all its faces are congruent triangles.) (NB Vassiliev)

Find the smallest positive integer whose cube ends in 888.

A staircase-brick with 3 steps of width 2 is made of 12 unit cubes. Determine all integers $ n$ for which it is possible to build a cube of side $ n$ using such bricks.

There is a room having a form of right-angled parallelepiped. Four maps of the same scale are hung (generally, on different levels over the floor) on four walls of the room, so that sides of the maps are parallel to sides of the wall. It is known that the four points corresponding to each of Stockholm, Moscow, and Istanbul are coplanar. Prove that the four points coresponding to Hong Kong are coplanar as well.

In a tetrahedron $ ABCD $ the edges $AD$, $ BD $, $ CD $ are equal. $ ABC $ Non-collinear points are chosen in the plane. $ A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1 $ The lines $DA_1$, $DB_1$, $DC_1 $ intersect the surface of the sphere circumscribed about the tetrahedron at points $ A_2$, $B_2$, $C_2 $, different from the point $ D $. Prove that the points $A_1$, $B_1$, $C_1$, $A_2$, $B_2$, $C_2$ lie on the surface of a certain sphere.

For what digit $A$ is the numeral $1AA$ a perfect square in base-$5$ and a perfect cube in base-$6$? $\text{(A) }0\qquad\text{(B) }1\qquad\text{(C) }2\qquad\text{(D) }3\qquad\text{(E) }4$

[b]a)[/b] Show that there are $ 4 $ equidistant parallel planes that passes through the vertices of the same tetrahedron. [b]b)[/b] How many such $ \text{4-tuplets} $ of planes does exist, in function of the tetrahedron?

The sum of the length, width, and height of a rectangular parallelepiped will be called its size. Can it happen that one rectangular parallelepiped contains another one of greater size? (A Shen)

In the tetrahedron $ABCD,\angle BDC=90^o$ and the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to $ABC$ is the intersection of the altitudes of $ABC$. Prove that: \[ (AB+BC+CA)^2\le6(AD^2+BD^2+CD^2). \] When do we have equality?

Let $ C$ be a circle with center $ M$ in a plane $ V$, and $ P$ be a point not on the circle $ C$. $ (a)$ If $ P$ is fixed, prove that $ AP^2\plus{}BP^2$ is a constant for every diameter $ AB$ of the circle $ C$. $ (b)$ Let $ AB$ be a fixed diameter of $ C$ and $ P$ a point on a fixed sphere $ S$ not intersecting $ V$. Determine the points $ P$ on $ S$ that minimize $ AP^2\plus{}BP^2$.

The inscribed sphere of a given tetrahedron touches all four faces of the tetrahedron at their respective centroids. Prove that the tetrahedron is regular.

Let $A_1B_1C_1D_1A_2B_2C_2D_2$ be a unit cube, with $A_1B_1C_1D_1$ and $A_2B_2C_2D_2$ opposite square faces, and let $M$ be the center of face $A_2 B_2 C_2 D_2$. Rectangular pyramid $MA_1B_1C_1D_1$ is cut out of the cube. If the surface area of the remaining solid can be expressed in the form $a + \sqrt{b}$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime, find $a+b$. [i]Author: Alex Zhu[/i]

Let $\mathcal{B}$ be the set of rectangular boxes that have volume $23$ and surface area $54$. Suppose $r$ is the least possible radius of a sphere that can fit any element of $\mathcal{B}$ inside it. Then $r^{2}$ can be expressed as $\tfrac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p+q$.

A parallelepiped is cut by a plane along a 6-gon. Supposed this 6-gon can be put into a certain rectangle $ \pi$ (which means one can put the rectangle $ \pi$ on the parallelepiped's plane such that the 6-gon is completely covered by the rectangle). Show that one also can put one of the parallelepiped' faces into the rectangle $ \pi.$

Given 5 nonzero vectors in three-dimensional Euclidean space, prove that the sum of their pairwise angles is at most $6\pi$.

$ABCD$ is a scalene tetrahedron and let $G$ be its baricentre. A plane $\alpha$ passes through $G$ such that it intersects neither the interior of $\Delta BCD$ nor its perimeter. Prove that $$\textnormal{dist}(A,\alpha)=\textnormal{dist}(B,\alpha)+\textnormal{dist}(C,\alpha)+\textnormal{dist}(D,\alpha).$$ [i] (Adapted from folklore)[/i]

A candle and a man are placed in a dihedral mirror angle. How many reflections can the man see ?

The region consisting of all points in three-dimensional space within $3$ units of line segment $\overline{AB}$ has volume $216\pi$. What is the length $AB$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 24$

For points $ A_1, \ldots ,A_5$ on the sphere of radius 1, what is the maximum value that $ min_{1 \leq i,j \leq 5} A_iA_j$ can take? Determine all configurations for which this maximum is attained. (Or: determine the diameter of any set $ \{A_1, \ldots ,A_5\}$ for which this maximum is attained.)

Compute the radius of the largest circle that fits entirely within a unit cube.

Do there exist points $A, B, C, D$ in space, such that $AB = CD = 8, AC = BD = 10$, and $AD = BC = 13$?

What is the shortest possible side length of a four-dimensional hypercube that contains a regular octahedron with side 1?

A regular polyhedron is a polyhedron that is convex and all of its faces are regular polygons. We call a regular polhedron a "[i]Choombam[/i]" iff none of its faces are triangles. a) prove that each choombam can be inscribed in a sphere. b) Prove that faces of each choombam are polygons of at most 3 kinds. (i.e. there is a set $\{m,n,q\}$ that each face of a choombam is $n$-gon or $m$-gon or $q$-gon.) c) Prove that there is only one choombam that its faces are pentagon and hexagon. (Soccer ball) [img]http://aycu08.webshots.com/image/5367/2001362702285797426_rs.jpg[/img] d) For $n>3$, a prism that its faces are 2 regular $n$-gons and $n$ squares, is a choombam. Prove that except these choombams there are finitely many choombams.