Let $m,n$ be positive integers and $p$ be a prime number. Show that if $\frac{7^m + p \cdot 2^n}{7^m - p \cdot 2^n}$ is an integer, then it is a prime number.

Let $E$ and $F$ are distinct points on the diagonal $AC$ of a parallelogram $ABCD$ . Prove that , if there exists a cricle through $E,F$ tangent to rays $BA,BC$ then there also exists a cricle through $E,F$ tangent to rays $DA,DC$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. We start with $n$ piles of pebbles, each initially containing a single pebble. One can perform moves of the following form: choose two piles, take an equal number of pebbles from each pile and form a new pile out of these pebbles. Find (in terms of $n$) the smallest number of nonempty piles that one can obtain by performing a finite sequence of moves of this form.

Let the operation $ f$ of $ k$ variables defined on the set $ \{ 1,2,\ldots,n \}$ be called $ \textit{friendly}$ toward the binary relation $ \rho$ defined on the same set if \[ f(a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_k) \;\rho\ \;f(b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_k)\] implies $ a_i \; \rho \ b_i$ for at least one $ i,1\leq i \leq k$. Show that if the operation $ f$ is friendly toward the relations "equal to" and "less than," then it is friendly toward all binary relations. [i]B. Csakany[/i]

An infinite sequence of positive real numbers is defined by $a_0=1$ and $a_{n+2}=6a_n-a_{n+1}$ for $n=0,1,2,\cdots$. Find the possible value(s) of $a_{2007}$.

Consider all products by $2, 4, 6, ..., 2000$ of the elements of the set $A =\left\{\frac12, \frac13, \frac14,...,\frac{1}{2000},\frac{1}{2001}\right\}$ . Find the sum of all these products.

Solve the system of equations $\begin{cases} x^3+\frac13 y=x^2+x -\frac43 \\ y^3+\frac14 z=y^2+y -\frac54 \\ z^3+\frac15 x=z^2+z -\frac65 \end{cases}$

Determine all three-digit numbers N such that $N^2$ has six digits and so that the sum of the number formed by the first three digits of $N^2$ and the number formed by the latter three digits of $N^2$ equals $N$.

A $100\times 100$ chessboard is cut into dominoes ($1\times 2$ rectangles). Two persons play the following game: At each turn, a player glues together two adjacent cells (which were formerly separated by a cut-edge). A player loses if, after his turn, the $100\times 100$ chessboard becomes connected, i. e. between any two cells there exists a way which doesn't intersect any cut-edge. Which player has a winning strategy - the starting player or his opponent?

To the nearest thousandth, $\log_{10}2$ is $.301$ and $\log_{10}3$ is $.477$. Which of the following is the best approximation of $\log_5 10$? $\textbf{(A) }\frac{8}{7}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{9}{7}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{10}{7}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{11}{7}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\frac{12}{7}$

Consider a square of side length $1$ and erect equilateral triangles of side length $1$ on all four sides of the square such that one triangle lies inside the square and the remaining three lie outside. Going clockwise around the square, let $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ be the circumcenters of the four equilateral triangles. Compute the area of $ABCD$.

Let the positive integers $x_1$, $x_2$, $...$, $x_{100}$ satisfy the equation \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{x_1}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{x_2}}+...+\frac{1}{\sqrt{x_{100}}}=20.\] Show that at least two of these integers are equal to each other.

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AC > AB$ and let $D$ be the foot of the $A$-angle bisector on $BC$. The reflections of lines $AB$ and $AC$ in line $BC$ meet $AC$ and $AB$ at points $E$ and $F$ respectively. A line through $D$ meets $AC$ and $AB$ at $G$ and $H$ respectively such that $G$ lies strictly between $A$ and $C$ while $H$ lies strictly between $B$ and $F$. Prove that the circumcircles of $\triangle EDG$ and $\triangle FDH$ are tangent to each other.

Let $ 1\le a_1<a_2<\cdots<a_m\le N$ be a sequence of integers such that the least common multiple of any two of its elements is not greater than $ N$. Show that $ m\le 2\left[\sqrt{N}\right]$, where $ \left[\sqrt{N}\right]$ denotes the greatest integer $ \le \sqrt{N}$

Let $ x$ be a real number such that the five numbers $ \cos(2 \pi x)$, $ \cos(4 \pi x)$, $ \cos(8 \pi x)$, $ \cos(16 \pi x)$, and $ \cos(32 \pi x)$ are all nonpositive. What is the smallest possible positive value of $ x$?

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $AD$ be the bisector of the triangle ($D \in (BC)$) Assume that $AB =14$ cm, $AC = 35$ cm and $AD = 12$ cm; which of the following is the area of triangle $ABC$ in cm$^2$? [b]A.[/b] $\frac{1176}{5}$ [b]B.[/b] $\frac{1167}{5}$ [b]C.[/b] $234$ [b]D.[/b] $\frac{1176}{7}$ [b]E.[/b] $236$

Let $k$ be the circumcircle of the acute triangle $ABC$. Its inscribed circle touches sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$ at points $D, E$ and $F$ respectively. The line $ED$ intersects $k$ at the points $M$ and $N$, so that $E$ lies between $M$ and $D$. Let $K$ and $L$ be the second intersection points of the lines $NF$ and $MF$ respectively with $k$. Let $AK \cap BL = Q$. Prove that the lines $AL$, $BK$ and $QF$ intersect at a point.

How many ways can a student schedule 3 mathematics courses -- algebra, geometry, and number theory -- in a 6-period day if no two mathematics courses can be taken in consecutive periods? (What courses the student takes during the other 3 periods is of no concern here.) $\textbf{(A) }3\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }12\qquad\textbf{(D) }18\qquad\textbf{(E) }24$

The incircle of the triangle $ABC$ is tangent to $BC$,$CA$ and $AB$ at $A_1$,$B_1$ and $C_1$ respectively. In triangles $AB_1C_1$, $BC_1A_1$ and $CB_1A_1$ points $H_1$,$H_2$ and $H_3$ are orthocenters. Prove that the triangles $A_1B_1C_1$ and $H_1H_2H_3$ are equal.

Square $ EFGH$ is inside the square $ ABCD$ so that each side of $ EFGH$ can be extended to pass through a vertex of $ ABCD$. Square $ ABCD$ has side length $ \sqrt {50}$ and $ BE \equal{} 1$. What is the area of the inner square $ EFGH$? [asy]unitsize(4cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); pair D=(0,0), C=(1,0), B=(1,1), A=(0,1); pair F=intersectionpoints(Circle(D,2/sqrt(5)),Circle(A,1))[0]; pair G=foot(A,D,F), H=foot(B,A,G), E=foot(C,B,H); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(D--F); draw(C--E); draw(B--H); draw(A--G); label("$A$",A,NW); label("$B$",B,NE); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$D$",D,SW); label("$E$",E,NNW); label("$F$",F,ENE); label("$G$",G,SSE); label("$H$",H,WSW);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 25\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 32\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 36\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 40\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 42$

Determine the ratio of the bases (parallel sides) of the trapezoid for which there exists a line with $6$ points of intersection with the diagonals, lateral sides and extended bases cut $5$ equal segments? ( E . G . Gotman)

Suppose $a,b,c$ are the sides of a triangle. Prove that \[ a^2(b+c-a)+b^2(a+c-b)+c^2(a+b-c) \leq 3abc \]

Inside $\angle BAC = 45 {} ^ \circ$ the point $P$ is selected that the conditions $\angle APB = \angle APC = 45 {} ^ \circ $ are fulfilled. Let the points $M$ and $N$ be the projections of the point $P$ on the lines $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. Prove that $BC\parallel MN $. (Serdyuk Nazar)

Let $M$, $N$ be the midpoints of diagonals $AC$, $BD$ of a right-angled trapezoid $ABCD$ ($\measuredangle A=\measuredangle D = 90^\circ$). The circumcircles of triangles $ABN$, $CDM$ meet the line $BC$ in the points $Q$, $R$. Prove that the distances from $Q$, $R$ to the midpoint of $MN$ are equal.

[i]25 problems for 30 minutes[/i] [b]p1.[/b] Alisha has $6$ cupcakes and Tyrone has $10$ brownies. Tyrone gives some of his brownies to Alisha so that she has three times as many desserts as Tyrone. How many desserts did Tyrone give to Alisha? [b]p2.[/b] Bisky adds one to her favorite number. She then divides the result by $2$, and gets $56$. What is her favorite number? [b]p3.[/b] What is the maximum number of points at which a circle and a square can intersect? [b]p4.[/b] An integer $N$ leaves a remainder of 66 when divided by $120$. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $24$. [b]p5.[/b] $7$ people are chosen to run for student council. How many ways are there to pick $1$ president, $1$ vice president, and $1$ secretary? [b]p6.[/b] Anya, Beth, Chloe, and Dmitri are all close friends, and like to make group chats to talk. How many group chats can be made if Dmitri, the gossip, must always be in the group chat and Anya is never included in them? Group chats must have more than one person. [b]p7.[/b] There exists a telephone pole of height $24$ feet. From the top of this pole, there are two wires reaching the ground in opposite directions, with one wire $25$ feet, and the other wire 40 feet. What is the distance (in feet) between the places where the wires hit the ground? [b]p8.[/b] Tarik is dressing up for a job-interview. He can wear a chill, business, or casual outfit. If he wears a chill oufit, he must wear a t-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops. He has eight of the first, seven of the second, and three of the third. If he wears a business outfit, he must wear a blazer, a tie, and khakis; he has two of the first, six of the second, and five of the third; finally, he can also choose the casual style, for which he has three hoodies, nine jeans, and two pairs of sneakers. How many different combinations are there for his interview? [b]p9.[/b] If a non-degenerate triangle has sides $11$ and $13$, what is the sum of all possibilities for the third side length, given that the third side has integral length? [b]p10.[/b] An unknown disease is spreading fast. For every person who has the this illness, it is spread on to $3$ new people each day. If Mary is the only person with this illness at the start of Monday, how many people will have contracted the illness at the end of Thursday? [b]p11.[/b] Gob the giant takes a walk around the equator on Mars, completing one lap around Mars. If Gob’s head is $\frac{13}{\pi}$ meters above his feet, how much farther (in meters) did his head travel than his feet? [b]p12.[/b] $2022$ leaves a remainder of $2$, $6$, $9$, and $7$ when divided by $4$, $7$, $11$, and $13$ respectively. What is the next positive integer which has the same remainders to these divisors? [b]p13.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, $AB = 20$, $BC = 21$, and $AC = 29$. Let D be a point on $AC$ such that $\angle ABD = 45^o$. If the length of $AD$ can be represented as $\frac{a}{b}$ , what is $a + b$? [b]p14.[/b] Find the number of primes less than $100$ such that when $1$ is added to the prime, the resulting number has $3$ divisors. [b]p15.[/b] What is the coefficient of the term $a^4z^3$ in the expanded form of $(z - 2a)^7$? [b]p16.[/b] Let $\ell$ and $m$ be lines with slopes $-2$, $1$ respectively. Compute $|s_1 \cdot s_2|$ if $s_1$, $s_2$ represent the slopes of the two distinct angle bisectors of $\ell$ and $m$. [b]p17.[/b] R1D2, Lord Byron, and Ryon are creatures from various planets. They are collecting monkeys for King Avanish, who only understands octal (base $8$). R1D2 only understands binary (base $2$), Lord Byron only understands quarternary (base $4$), and Ryon only understands decimal (base $10$). R1D2 says he has $101010101$ monkeys and adds his monkey to the pile. Lord Byron says he has $3231$ monkeys and adds them to the pile. Ryon says he has $576$ monkeys and adds them to the pile. If King Avanish says he has $x$ monkeys, what is the value of $x$? [b]p18.[/b] A quadrilateral is defined by the origin, $(3, 0)$, $(0, 10)$, and the vertex of the graph of $y = x^2 -8x+22$. What is the area of this quadrilateral? [b]p19.[/b] There is a sphere-container, filled to the brim with fruit punch, of diameter $6$. The contents of this container are poured into a rectangular prism container, again filled to the brim, of dimensions $2\pi$ by $4$ by $3$. However, there is an excess amount in the original container. If all the excess drink is poured into conical containers with diameter $4$ and height $3$, how many containers will be used? [b]p20.[/b] Brian is shooting arrows at a target, made of concurrent circles of radius $1$, $2$, $3$, and $4$. He gets $10$ points for hitting the innermost circle, $8$ for hitting between the smallest and second smallest circles, $5$ for between the second and third smallest circles, $2$ points for between the third smallest and outermost circle, and no points for missing the target. Assume for each shot he takes, there is a $20\%$ chance Brian will miss the target, but otherwise the chances of hitting each target are proportional to the area of the region. The chance that after three shots, Brian will have scored $15$ points can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$. [b]p21.[/b] What is the largest possible integer value of $n$ such that $\frac{2n^3+n^2+7n-15}{2n+1}$ is an integer? [b]p22.[/b] Let $f(x, y) = x^3 + x^2y + xy^2 + y^3$. Compute $f(0, 2) + f(1, 3) +... f(9, 11).$ [b]p23.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle. Let $AM$ be a median from $A$. Let the perpendicular bisector of segment $\overline{AM}$ meet $AB$ and $AC$ at $D$, $E$ respectively. Given that $AE = 7$, $ME = MC$, and $BDEC$ is cyclic, then compute $AM^2$. [b]p24.[/b] Compute the number of ordered triples of positive integers $(a, b, c)$ such that $a \le 10$, $b \le 11$, $c \le 12$ and $a > b - 1$ and $b > c - 1$. [b]p25.[/b] For a positive integer $n$, denote by $\sigma (n)$ the the sum of the positive integer divisors of $n$. Given that $n + \sigma (n)$ is odd, how many possible values of $n$ are there from $1$ to $2022$, inclusive? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].