Found problems: 606
2017 Turkey EGMO TST, 2
At the beginning there are $2017$ marbles in each of $1000$ boxes. On each move Aybike chooses a box, grabs some of the marbles from that box and delivers them one for each to the boxes she wishes. At least how many moves does Aybike have to make to have different number of marbles in each box?
1986 China Team Selection Test, 4
Mark $4 \cdot k$ points in a circle and number them arbitrarily with numbers from $1$ to $4 \cdot k$. The chords cannot share common endpoints, also, the endpoints of these chords should be among the $4 \cdot k$ points.
[b]i.[/b] Prove that $2 \cdot k$ pairwisely non-intersecting chords can be drawn for each of whom its endpoints differ in at most $3 \cdot k - 1$.
[b]ii.[/b] Prove that the $3 \cdot k - 1$ cannot be improved.
2021 Bolivian Cono Sur TST, 1
Find the sum of all positive integers $n$ such that
$$\frac{n+11}{\sqrt{n-1}}$$
is an integer.
2015 Turkey Team Selection Test, 7
Find all the functions $f:R\to R$ such that \[f(x^2) + 4y^2f(y) = (f(x-y) + y^2)(f(x+y) + f(y))\] for every real $x,y$.
2013 Chile TST Ibero, 2
Let $a \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $a + n^2$ can be expressed as the sum of two squares for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Prove that $a$ is the square of a natural number.
2024 Israel TST, P2
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find all polynomials $Q(x)$ with integer coefficients so that the degree of $Q(x)$ is less than $n$ and there exists an integer $m\geq 1$ for which
\[x^n-1\mid Q(x)^m-1\]
2025 Turkey EGMO TST, 3
For a positive integer $n$, let $S_n$ be the set of positive integers that do not exceed $n$ and are coprime to $n$. Define $f(n)$ as the smallest positive integer that allows $S_n$ to be partitioned into $f(n)$ disjoint subsets, each forming an arithmetic progression.
Prove that there exist infinitely many pairs $(a, b)$ satisfying $a, b > 2025$, $a \mid b$, and $f(a) \nmid f(b)$.
2023 Serbia Team Selection Test, P5
For positive integers $a$ and $b$, define \[a!_b=\prod_{1\le i\le a\atop i \equiv a \mod b} i\]
Let $p$ be a prime and $n>3$ a positive integer. Show that there exist at least 2 different positive integers $t$ such that $1<t<p^n$ and $t!_p\equiv 1\pmod {p^n}$.
2024 Kosovo Team Selection Test, P2
Let $\omega$ be a circle and let $A$ be a point lying outside of $\omega$. The tangents from $A$ to $\omega$ touch $\omega$ at points $B$ and $C$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$ and let $D$ a point on the side $BC$ different from $M$. The circle with diameter $AD$ intersects $\omega$ at points $X$ and $Y$ and the circumcircle of $\bigtriangleup ABC$ again at $E$. Prove that $AD$, $EM$, and $XY$ are concurrent.
2021 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Moldova, 4
Find all positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, and $p$, where $p$ is a prime number, such that
$73p^2 + 6 = 9a^2 + 17b^2 + 17c^2$.
2024 Myanmar IMO Training, 4
Determine all ordered pairs $(a,p)$ of positive integers, with $p$ prime, such that $p^a+a^4$ is a perfect square.
[i]Proposed by Tahjib Hossain Khan, Bangladesh[/i]
2021 Bolivian Cono Sur TST, 3
Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with sides $AB,BC,CD$ and $DA$. Let $K,L$ be the midpoints of the sides $BC,DA$ respectivily. The perpendicular from $B$ to $AK$ hits $CL$ at $M$. Find
$$\frac{[ABKM]}{[ABCL]}$$
2022 Israel TST, 3
Scalene triangle $ABC$ has incenter $I$ and circumcircle $\Omega$ with center $O$. $H$ is the orthocenter of triangle $BIC$, and $T$ is a point on $\Omega$ for which $\angle ATI=90^\circ$. Circle $(AIO)$ intersects line $IH$ again at $X$. Show that the lines $AX, HT$ intersect on $\Omega$.
2017 India IMO Training Camp, 1
Find all positive integers $n$ for which all positive divisors of $n$ can be put into the cells of a rectangular table under the following constraints:
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[*]each cell contains a distinct divisor;
[*]the sums of all rows are equal; and
[*]the sums of all columns are equal.
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2014 JBMO TST - Turkey, 2
Find all triples of positive integers $(a, b, c)$ satisfying $(a^3+b)(b^3+a)=2^c$.
2015 China Team Selection Test, 1
The circle $\Gamma$ through $A$ of triangle $ABC$ meets sides $AB,AC$ at $E$,$F$ respectively, and circumcircle of $ABC$ at $P$. Prove: Reflection of $P$ across $EF$ is on $BC$ if and only if $\Gamma$ passes through $O$ (the circumcentre of $ABC$).
2005 Germany Team Selection Test, 2
Let $ n$ be a positive integer such that $ n\geq 3$. Let $ a_1$, $ a_2$, ..., $ a_n$ and $ b_1$, $ b_2$, ..., $ b_n$ be $ 2n$ positive real numbers satisfying the equations
\[ a_1 \plus{} a_2 \plus{} ... \plus{} a_n \equal{} 1, \quad \text{and} \quad b_1^2 \plus{} b_2^2 \plus{} ... \plus{} b_n^2 \equal{} 1.\]
Prove the inequality
\[a_1\left(b_1 \plus{} a_2\right) \plus{} a_2\left(b_2 \plus{} a_3\right) \plus{} ... \plus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}\left(b_{n \minus{} 1} \plus{} a_n\right) \plus{} a_n\left(b_n \plus{} a_1\right) < 1.\]
2019 Serbia JBMO TST, 2
If a b c positive reals smaller than 1, prove:
a+b+c+2abc>ab+bc+ca+2(abc)^(1/2)
2022 Bolivia Cono Sur TST, P3
Is it possible to complete the following square knowning that each row and column make an aritmetic progression?
2024 Indonesia TST, G
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with $\angle BAD < \angle ADC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of the arc $CD$ not containing $A$. Suppose there is a point $P$ inside $ABCD$ such that $\angle ADB = \angle CPD$ and $\angle ADP = \angle PCB$.
Prove that lines $AD, PM$, and $BC$ are concurrent.
2014 Chile TST Ibero, 3
Let $x_0 = 5$ and define the sequence recursively as $x_{n+1} = x_n + \frac{1}{x_n}$. Prove that:
\[
45 < x_{1000} < 45.1.
\]
2023 ISL, A5
Let $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{2023}$ be positive integers such that
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[*] $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{2023}$ is a permutation of $1,2,\dots,2023$, and
[*] $|a_1-a_2|,|a_2-a_3|,\dots,|a_{2022}-a_{2023}|$ is a permutation of $1,2,\dots,2022$.
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Prove that $\max(a_1,a_{2023})\ge 507$.
2017 Greece Team Selection Test, 2
Prove that the number $A=\frac{(4n)!}{(2n)!n!}$ is an integer and divisible by $2^{n+1}$,
where $n$ is a positive integer.
2020 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 5
Given is a function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $|f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)|\leq 1$.
Prove the existence of an additive function $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ (that is $g(x+y)=g(x)+g(y)$) such that $|f(x)-g(x)|\leq 1$ for any $x \in \mathbb{R}$
2003 Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 1
Show that for every positive integer $n$ the number $7^n-1$ is not divisible by $6^n-1$.