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2011 Irish Math Olympiad, 1

Tags: algebra
Prove that $$\frac{2}{3}+\frac{4}{5}+\dots +\frac{2010}{2011}$$ is not an integer.

Mid-Michigan MO, Grades 5-6, 2005

[b]p1.[/b] Is there an integer such that the product of all whose digits equals $99$ ? [b]p2.[/b] An elevator in a $100$ store building has only two buttons: UP and DOWN. The UP button makes the elevator go $13$ floors up, and the DOWN button makes it go $8$ floors down. Is it possible to go from the $13$th floor to the $8$th floor? [b]p3.[/b] Cut the triangle shown in the picture into three pieces and rearrange them into a rectangle. (Pieces can not overlap.) [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/9/f/359d3b987012de1f3318c3f06710daabe66f28.png[/img] [b]p4.[/b] Two players Tom and Sid play the following game. There are two piles of rocks, $5$ rocks in the first pile and $6$ rocks in the second pile. Each of the players in his turn can take either any amount of rocks from one pile or the same amount of rocks from both piles. The winner is the player who takes the last rock. Who does win in this game if Tom starts the game? [b]p5.[/b] In the next long multiplication example each letter encodes its own digit. Find these digits. $\begin{tabular}{ccccc} & & & a & b \\ * & & & c & d \\ \hline & & c & e & f \\ + & & a & b & \\ \hline & c & f & d & f \\ \end{tabular}$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2006 AMC 10, 9

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Francesca uses 100 grams of lemon juice, 100 grams of sugar, and 400 grams of water to make lemonade. There are 25 calories in 100 grams of lemon juice and 386 calories in 100 grams of sugar. Water contains no calories. How many calories are in 200 grams of her lemonade? $ \textbf{(A) } 129 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 137 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 174 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 223 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 411$

2016 Costa Rica - Final Round, N1

Find all $x \in R$ such that $$ x - \left[ \frac{x}{2016} \right]= 2016$$, where $[k]$ represents the largest smallest integer or equal to $k$.

2010 Saudi Arabia BMO TST, 3

Let $(a_n )_{n \ge o}$ and $(b_n )_{n \ge o}$ be sequences defined by $a_{n+2} = a_{n+1}+ a_n$ , $n = 0 , 1 , . .. $, $a_0 = 1$, $a_1 = 2$, and $b_{n+2} = b_{n+1} + b_n$ , $n = 0 , 1 , . . .$, $b_0 = 2$, $b_1 = 1$. How many integers do the sequences have in common?

2005 Georgia Team Selection Test, 7

Determine all positive integers $ n$, for which $ 2^{n\minus{}1}n\plus{}1$ is a perfect square.

2019 AMC 8, 11

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The eighth grade class at Lincoln Middle School has $93$ students. Each student takes a math class or a foreign language class or both. There are $70$ eighth graders taking a math class, and there are $54$ eighth graders taking a foreign language class. How many eighth graders take [i]only[/i] a math class and [i]not[/i] a foreign language class? $\textbf{(A) }16\qquad \textbf{(B) }23\qquad \textbf{(C) }31\qquad \textbf{(D) }39\qquad \textbf{(E) }70\qquad$

1956 Putnam, A4

Suppose that the $n$ times differentiable real function $f(x)$ has at least $n+1$ distinct zeros in the closed interval $[a,b]$ and that the polynomial $P(z)=z^n +c_{n-1}z^{n-1}+\ldots+c_1 x +c_0$ has only real zeroes. Show that $f^{(n)}(x)+ c_{n-1} f^{(n-1)}(x) +\ldots +c_1 f'(x)+ c_0 f(x)$ has at least one zero in $[a,b]$, where $f^{(n)}$ denotes the $n$-th derivative of $f.$

1981 Kurschak Competition, 1

Prove that $$AB + PQ + QR + RP \le AP + AQ + AR + BP + BQ + BR$$ where $A, B, P, Q$ and $R $ are any five points in a plane.

2014 Albania Round 2, 1

Tags: algebra
Solve the equation, $$\sqrt{x+5}+\sqrt{16-x^2}=x^2-25$$

2011 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8

Collinear points $A$, $B$, and $C$ are given in the Cartesian plane such that $A= (a, 0)$ lies along the x-axis, $B$ lies along the line $y=x$, $C$ lies along the line $y=2x$, and $\frac{AB}{BC}=2$. If $D= (a, a)$, and the circumcircle of triangle $ADC$ intersects the line $y=x$ again at $E$, and ray $AE$ intersects $y=2x$ at $F$, evaluate $\frac{AE}{EF}$.

1999 Moldova Team Selection Test, 6

Tags: inequalities
Let $n\in\mathbb{N}, x_0=0$ and $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ be postive real numbers such that $x_1+x_2+\ldots+x_n=1$. Show that $$1\leq\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{x_i}{\sqrt{1+x_0+x_1+\ldots+x_{i-1}}\cdot\sqrt{x_i+x_{i+1}+\ldots+x_n}}<\frac{\pi}{2}.$$

2020 Serbian Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 6

We are given a natural number $k$. Let us consider the following game on an infinite onedimensional board. At the start of the game, we distrubute $n$ coins on the fields of the given board (one field can have multiple coins on itself). After that, we have two choices for the following moves: $(i)$ We choose two nonempty fields next to each other, and we transfer all the coins from one of the fields to the other. $(ii)$ We choose a field with at least $2$ coins on it, and we transfer one coin from the chosen field to the $k-\mathrm{th}$ field on the left , and one coin from the chosen field to the $k-\mathrm{th}$ field on the right. $\mathbf{(a)}$ If $n\leq k+1$, prove that we can play only finitely many moves. $\mathbf{(b)}$ For which values of $k$ we can choose a natural number $n$ and distribute $n$ coins on the given board such that we can play infinitely many moves.

1995 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 5

An array $ (a_1,a_2,...,a_{13})$ of $ 13$ integers is called $ tame$ if for each $ 1 \le i \le 13$ the following condition holds: If $ a_i$ is left out, the remaining twelve integers can be divided into two groups with the same sum of elements. A tame array is called $ turbo$ $ tame$ if the remaining twelve numbers can always be divided in two groups of six numbers having the same sum. $ (a)$ Give an example of a tame array of $ 13$ integers (not all equal). $ (b)$ Prove that in a tame array all numbers are of the same parity. $ (c)$ Prove that in a turbo tame array all numbers are equal.

1996 IMO Shortlist, 1

Four integers are marked on a circle. On each step we simultaneously replace each number by the difference between this number and next number on the circle, moving in a clockwise direction; that is, the numbers $ a,b,c,d$ are replaced by $ a\minus{}b,b\minus{}c,c\minus{}d,d\minus{}a.$ Is it possible after 1996 such to have numbers $ a,b,c,d$ such the numbers $ |bc\minus{}ad|, |ac \minus{} bd|, |ab \minus{} cd|$ are primes?

1992 IMO Longlists, 37

Let the circles $C_1, C_2$, and $C_3$ be orthogonal to the circle $C$ and intersect each other inside $C$ forming acute angles of measures $A, B$, and $C$. Show that $A + B +C < \pi.$

2019 LIMIT Category A, Problem 4

How many $5\times5$ grids are possible such that each element is either $0$ or $1$ and each row sum and column sum is $4$? $\textbf{(A)}~64$ $\textbf{(B)}~32$ $\textbf{(C)}~120$ $\textbf{(D)}~96$

2016 Azerbaijan BMO TST, 3

$a,b$ are positive integers and $(a!+b!)|a!b!$.Prove that $3a\ge 2b+2$.

2000 Finnish National High School Mathematics Competition, 5

Irja and Valtteri are tossing coins. They take turns, Irja starting. Each of them has a pebble which reside on opposite vertices of a square at the start. If a player gets heads, she or he moves her or his pebble on opposite vertex. Otherwise the player in turn moves her or his pebble to an adjacent vertex so that Irja proceeds in positive and Valtteri in negative direction. The winner is the one who can move his pebble to the vertex where opponent's pebble lies. What is the probability that Irja wins the game?

1978 IMO Longlists, 49

Tags: geometry
Let $A,B,C,D$ be four arbitrary distinct points in space. $(a)$ Prove that using the segments $AB +CD, AC +BD$ and $AD +BC$, it is always possible to construct a triangle $T$ that is non-degenerate and has no obtuse angle. $(b)$ What should these four points satisfy in order for the triangle $T$ to be right-angled?

IV Soros Olympiad 1997 - 98 (Russia), 10.9

There are $16$ points marked on the circle. Find the greatest possible number of acute triangles with vertices at the marked points.

2018 ELMO Shortlist, 4

Say a positive integer $n>1$ is $d$-coverable if for each non-empty subset $S\subseteq \{0, 1, \ldots, n-1\}$, there exists a polynomial $P$ with integer coefficients and degree at most $d$ such that $S$ is exactly the set of residues modulo $n$ that $P$ attains as it ranges over the integers. For each $n$, find the smallest $d$ such that $n$ is $d$-coverable, or prove no such $d$ exists. [i]Proposed by Carl Schildkraut[/i]

1962 Polish MO Finals, 4

How many ways can a set of $ n $ items be partitioned into two sets?

1970 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 135

The angle bisector $[AD]$, the median $[BM]$ and the height $[CH]$ of the acute-angled triangle $ABC$ intersect in one point. Prove that the $\angle BAC> 45^o$.

1959 Putnam, B7

For each positive integer $n$, let $f_n$ be a real-valued symmetric function of $n$ real variables. Suppose that for all $n$ and all real numbers $x_1,\ldots,x_n, x_{n+1},y$ it is true that $\;(1)\; f_{n}(x_1 +y ,\ldots, x_n +y) = f_{n}(x_1 ,\ldots, x_n) +y,$ $\;(2)\;f_{n}(-x_1 ,\ldots, -x_n) =-f_{n}(x_1 ,\ldots, x_n),$ $\;(3)\; f_{n+1}(f_{n}(x_1,\ldots, x_n),\ldots, f_{n}(x_1,\ldots, x_n), x_{n+1}) =f_{n+1}(x_1 ,\ldots, x_{n}).$ Prove that $f_{n}(x_{1},\ldots, x_n) =\frac{x_{1}+\cdots +x_{n}}{n}.$