Found problems: 606
2008 Argentina Iberoamerican TST, 1
We have $ 100$ equal cubes. Player $ A$ has to paint the faces of the cubes, each white or black, such that every cube has at least one face of each colour, at least $ 50$ cubes have more than one black face and at least $ 50$ cubes have more than one white face .
Player $ B$ has to place the coloured cubes in a table in a way that their bases form the frame that surrounds a $ 40*12$ rectangle. There are some faces that can not been seen because they are overlapped with other faces or based on the table, we call them invisible faces. On the other hand, the ones which can be seen are called visible faces. Prove that player $ B$ can always place the cubes in such a way that the number of visible faces is the the same as the number of invisible faces, despite the initial colouring of player $ A$
Note: It is easy to see that in the configuration, each cube has three visible faces and three invisible faces
2025 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, P1
A positive integer $n\geqslant 3$ is [i]almost squarefree[/i] if there exists a prime number $p\equiv 1\bmod 3$ such that $p^2\mid n$ and $n/p$ is squarefree. Prove that for any almost squarefree positive integer $n$ the ratio $2\sigma(n)/d(n)$ is an integer.
2021 China Team Selection Test, 5
Determine all $ f:R\rightarrow R $ such that
$$ f(xf(y)+y^3)=yf(x)+f(y)^3 $$
2024 Indonesia TST, 2
For positive integers $n$ and $k \geq 2$, define $E_k(n)$ as the greatest exponent $r$ such that $k^r$ divides $n!$. Prove that there are infinitely many $n$ such that $E_{10}(n) > E_9(n)$ and infinitely many $m$ such that $E_{10}(m) < E_9(m)$.
2015 Turkey Team Selection Test, 9
In a country with $2015$ cities there is exactly one two-way flight between each city. The three flights made between three cities belong to at most two different airline companies. No matter how the flights are shared between some number of companies, if there is always a city in which $k$ flights belong to the same airline, what is the maximum value of $k$?
2023 Hong Kong Team Selection Test, Problem 4
A two digit number $s$ is special if $s$ is the common two leading digits of the decimal expansion of $4^n$ and $5^n$, where $n$ is a certain positive integer. Given that there are two special number, find these two special numbers.
2005 Germany Team Selection Test, 2
Let $M$ be a set of points in the Cartesian plane, and let $\left(S\right)$ be a set of segments (whose endpoints not necessarily have to belong to $M$) such that one can walk from any point of $M$ to any other point of $M$ by travelling along segments which are in $\left(S\right)$. Find the smallest total length of the segments of $\left(S\right)$ in the cases
[b]a.)[/b] $M = \left\{\left(-1,0\right),\left(0,0\right),\left(1,0\right),\left(0,-1\right),\left(0,1\right)\right\}$.
[b]b.)[/b] $M = \left\{\left(-1,-1\right),\left(-1,0\right),\left(-1,1\right),\left(0,-1\right),\left(0,0\right),\left(0,1\right),\left(1,-1\right),\left(1,0\right),\left(1,1\right)\right\}$.
In other words, find the Steiner trees of the set $M$ in the above two cases.
2023 ISL, N5
Let $a_1<a_2<a_3<\dots$ be positive integers such that $a_{k+1}$ divides $2(a_1+a_2+\dots+a_k)$ for every $k\geqslant 1$. Suppose that for infinitely many primes $p$, there exists $k$ such that $p$ divides $a_k$. Prove that for every positive integer $n$, there exists $k$ such that $n$ divides $a_k$.
2021 Austrian MO National Competition, 1
Let $a, b$ and $c$ be pairwise different natural numbers. Prove $\frac{a^3 + b^3 + c^3}{3} \ge abc + a + b + c$.
When does equality holds?
(Karl Czakler)
2019 Iran Team Selection Test, 5
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$:
$$f\left(f(x)^2-y^2\right)^2+f(2xy)^2=f\left(x^2+y^2\right)^2$$
[i]Proposed by Ali Behrouz - Mojtaba Zare Bidaki[/i]
2011 India IMO Training Camp, 2
Prove that for no integer $ n$ is $ n^7 \plus{} 7$ a perfect square.
2021 Serbia JBMO TSTs, 1
Prove that for positive real numbers $a, b, c$ the following inequality holds:
\begin{align*}
\frac{a}{9bc+1}+\frac{b}{9ca+1}+\frac{c}{9ab+1}\geq \frac{a+b+c}{1+(a+b+c)^2}
\end{align*}
When does equality occur?
2004 Germany Team Selection Test, 2
In a triangle $ABC$, let $D$ be the midpoint of the side $BC$, and let $E$ be a point on the side $AC$. The lines $BE$ and $AD$ meet at a point $F$.
Prove: If $\frac{BF}{FE}=\frac{BC}{AB}+1$, then the line $BE$ bisects the angle $ABC$.
2007 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 2
Solve in positive integers:
$(x^{2}+2)(y^{2}+3)(z^{2}+4)=60xyz$.
2016 JBMO Shortlist, 6
Given an acute triangle ${ABC}$, erect triangles ${ABD}$ and ${ACE}$ externally, so that ${\angle ADB= \angle AEC=90^o}$ and ${\angle BAD= \angle CAE}$. Let ${{A}_{1}}\in BC,{{B}_{1}}\in AC$ and ${{C}_{1}}\in AB$ be the feet of the altitudes of the triangle ${ABC}$, and let $K$ and ${K,L}$ be the midpoints of $[ B{{C}_{1}} ]$ and ${BC_1, CB_1}$, respectively. Prove that the circumcenters of the triangles $AKL,{{A}_{1}}{{B}_{1}}{{C}_{1}}$ and ${DEA_1}$ are collinear.
(Bulgaria)
2013 Chile TST Ibero, 3
The incircle of triangle $\triangle ABC$ touches $AC$ and $BC$ at $E$ and $D$ respectively. The excircle corresponding to $A$ touches the extensions of $BC$ at $A_1$, $CA$ at $B_1$, and $AB$ at $C_1$. Let $DE \cap A_1B_1 = L$. Prove that $L$ belongs to the circumcircle of triangle $\triangle A_1B_1C_1$.
2019 Slovenia Team Selection Test, 4
Let $P$ be the set of all prime numbers. Let $A$ be some subset of $P$ that has at least two elements. Let's say that for every positive integer $n$ the following statement holds: If we take $n$ different elements $p_1,p_2...p_n \in A$, every prime number that divides $p_1 p_2 \cdots p_n-1$ is also an element of $A$. Prove, that $A$ contains all prime numbers.
2019 Iran Team Selection Test, 1
$S$ is a subset of Natural numbers which has infinite members.
$$S’=\left\{x^y+y^x: \, x,y\in S, \, x\neq y\right\}$$
Prove the set of prime divisors of $S’$ has also infinite members
[i]Proposed by Yahya Motevassel[/i]
2024 Romania Team Selection Tests, P1
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]
2020 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 2
Given two odd natural numbers $ a,b$ prove that for each $ n\in\mathbb{N}$ there exists $ m\in\mathbb{N}$ such that either $ a^mb^2-1$ or $ b^ma^2-1$ is multiple of $ 2^n.$
2020 Azerbaijan IZHO TST, 2
Consider two circles $k_1,k_2$ touching at point $T$.
A line touches $k_2$ at point $X$ and intersects $k_1$ at points $A,B$ where $B$ lies between $A$ and $X$.Let $S$ be the second intersection point of $k_1$ with $XT$. On the arc $\overarc{TS}$ not containing $A$ and $B$ , a point $C$ is choosen.
Let $CY$ be the tangent line to $k_2$ with $Y\in{k_2}$ , such that the segment $CY$ doesn't intersect the segment $ST$ .If $I=XY\cap{SC}$ , prove that :
$(a)$ the points $C,T,Y,I$ are concyclic.
$(b)$ $I$ is the $A-excenter$ of $\triangle ABC$
2023 Bulgaria JBMO TST, 1
Let $ABCDE$ be a cyclic pentagon such that $BC = DE$ and $AB$ is parallel to $DE$. Let $X, Y,$ and $Z$ be the midpoints of $BD, CE,$ and $AE$ respectively. Show that $AE$ is tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle $XYZ$.
Proposed by [i]Nikola Velov, Macedonia[/i]
2024 Indonesia TST, 3
Let $a_1<a_2<a_3<\dots$ be positive integers such that $a_{k+1}$ divides $2(a_1+a_2+\dots+a_k)$ for every $k\geqslant 1$. Suppose that for infinitely many primes $p$, there exists $k$ such that $p$ divides $a_k$. Prove that for every positive integer $n$, there exists $k$ such that $n$ divides $a_k$.
2019 Iran Team Selection Test, 5
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$:
$$f\left(f(x)^2-y^2\right)^2+f(2xy)^2=f\left(x^2+y^2\right)^2$$
[i]Proposed by Ali Behrouz - Mojtaba Zare Bidaki[/i]
2025 USA IMO Team Selection Test, 1
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Ana and Banana play a game. Banana thinks of a function $f\colon\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}$ and a prime number $p$. He tells Ana that $f$ is nonconstant, $p<100$, and $f(x+p)=f(x)$ for all integers $x$. Ana's goal is to determine the value of $p$. She writes down $n$ integers $x_1,\dots,x_n$. After seeing this list, Banana writes down $f(x_1),\dots,f(x_n)$ in order. Ana wins if she can determine the value of $p$ from this information. Find the smallest value of $n$ for which Ana has a winning strategy.
[i]Anthony Wang[/i]