Found problems: 357
2009 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 2
Suppose N is a $6$-digit number having base-$10$ representation $\underline{a}\text{ }\underline{b}\text{ }\underline{c}\text{ }\underline{d}\text{ }\underline{e}\text{ }\underline{f}$. If $N$ is $6/7$ of the number having base-$10$ representation $\underline{d}\text{ }\underline{e}\text{ }\underline{f}\text{ }\underline{a}\text{ }\underline{b}\text{ }\underline{c}$, find $N$.
2021 Azerbaijan IMO TST, 3
A magician intends to perform the following trick. She announces a positive integer $n$, along with $2n$ real numbers $x_1 < \dots < x_{2n}$, to the audience. A member of the audience then secretly chooses a polynomial $P(x)$ of degree $n$ with real coefficients, computes the $2n$ values $P(x_1), \dots , P(x_{2n})$, and writes down these $2n$ values on the blackboard in non-decreasing order. After that the magician announces the secret polynomial to the audience. Can the magician find a strategy to perform such a trick?
2014 Taiwan TST Round 1, 2
Let $n$ be an positive integer. Find the smallest integer $k$ with the following property; Given any real numbers $a_1 , \cdots , a_d $ such that $a_1 + a_2 + \cdots + a_d = n$ and $0 \le a_i \le 1$ for $i=1,2,\cdots ,d$, it is possible to partition these numbers into $k$ groups (some of which may be empty) such that the sum of the numbers in each group is at most $1$.
2007 Croatia Team Selection Test, 7
Let $a,b,c>0$ such that $a+b+c=1$. Prove: \[\frac{a^{2}}b+\frac{b^{2}}c+\frac{c^{2}}a \ge 3(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}) \]
2011 BMO TST, 2
The area and the perimeter of the triangle with sides $10,8,6$ are equal. Find all the triangles with integral sides whose area and perimeter are equal.
2013 Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad, Level 3, 5
Find all positive integers $n$ for which there exist two distinct numbers of $n$ digits, $\overline{a_1a_2\ldots a_n}$ and $\overline{b_1b_2\ldots b_n}$, such that the number of $2n$ digits $\overline{a_1a_2\ldots a_nb_1b_2\ldots b_n}$ is divisible by $\overline{b_1b_2\ldots b_na_1a_2\ldots a_n}$.
PEN P Problems, 28
Prove that any positive integer can be represented as a sum of Fibonacci numbers, no two of which are consecutive.
2007 All-Russian Olympiad, 3
Arutyun and Amayak show another effective trick. A spectator writes down on a board a sequence of $N$ (decimal) digits. Amayak closes two adjacent digits by a black disc. Then Arutyun comes and says both closed digits (and their order). For which minimal $N$ they may show such a trick?
[i]K. Knop, O. Leontieva[/i]
2005 Germany Team Selection Test, 3
We have $2p-1$ integer numbers, where $p$ is a prime number. Prove that we can choose exactly $p$ numbers (from these $2p-1$ numbers) so that their sum is divisible by $p$.
2007 USA Team Selection Test, 6
For a polynomial $ P(x)$ with integer coefficients, $ r(2i \minus{} 1)$ (for $ i \equal{} 1,2,3,\ldots,512$) is the remainder obtained when $ P(2i \minus{} 1)$ is divided by $ 1024$. The sequence
\[ (r(1),r(3),\ldots,r(1023))
\]
is called the [i]remainder sequence[/i] of $ P(x)$. A remainder sequence is called [i]complete[/i] if it is a permutation of $ (1,3,5,\ldots,1023)$. Prove that there are no more than $ 2^{35}$ different complete remainder sequences.
2009 National Olympiad First Round, 32
There are $ n$ sets having $ 4$ elements each. The difference set of any two of the sets is equal to one of the $ n$ sets. $ n$ can be at most ? (A difference set of $A$ and $B$ is $ (A\setminus B)\cup(B\setminus A) $)
$\textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None}$
2025 Bulgarian Winter Tournament, 12.4
Prove that a graph containing a copy of each possible tree on $n$ vertices as a subgraph has at least $n(\ln n - 2)$ edges.
2004 South africa National Olympiad, 1
Let $a=1111\dots1111$ and $b=1111\dots1111$ where $a$ has forty ones and $b$ has twelve ones. Determine the greatest common divisor of $a$ and $b$.
2013 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 2
Prove that for all natural $n$ there exists $a,b,c$ such that $n=\gcd (a,b)(c^2-ab)+\gcd (b,c)(a^2-bc)+\gcd (c,a)(b^2-ca)$.
2015 Peru IMO TST, 7
For a sequence $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ of real numbers, we define its $\textit{price}$ as \[\max_{1\le i\le n}|x_1+\cdots +x_i|.\] Given $n$ real numbers, Dave and George want to arrange them into a sequence with a low price. Diligent Dave checks all possible ways and finds the minimum possible price $D$. Greedy George, on the other hand, chooses $x_1$ such that $|x_1 |$ is as small as possible; among the remaining numbers, he chooses $x_2$ such that $|x_1 + x_2 |$ is as small as possible, and so on. Thus, in the $i$-th step he chooses $x_i$ among the remaining numbers so as to minimise the value of $|x_1 + x_2 + \cdots x_i |$. In each step, if several numbers provide the same value, George chooses one at random. Finally he gets a sequence with price $G$.
Find the least possible constant $c$ such that for every positive integer $n$, for every collection of $n$ real numbers, and for every possible sequence that George might obtain, the resulting values satisfy the inequality $G\le cD$.
[i]Proposed by Georgia[/i]
1998 IMO Shortlist, 1
A rectangular array of numbers is given. In each row and each column, the sum of all numbers is an integer. Prove that each nonintegral number $x$ in the array can be changed into either $\lceil x\rceil $ or $\lfloor x\rfloor $ so that the row-sums and column-sums remain unchanged. (Note that $\lceil x\rceil $ is the least integer greater than or equal to $x$, while $\lfloor x\rfloor $ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.)
2001 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 9.7
300 students participate on the international math olympiad. Every student speaks in exactly two of the official languages of the olympiad and every language is spoken by 100 people (it is known that students speak only the official languages). Prove that the students can be sited on a circular table, such that no two neighbors spoke the same language.
2014 Purple Comet Problems, 27
Five men and five women stand in a circle in random order. The probability that every man stands next to at least one woman is $\tfrac m n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
2007 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 35
[i]The Algorithm.[/i] There are thirteen broken computers situated at the following set $S$ of thirteen points in the plane:
\[\begin{array}{ccc}A=(1,10)&B=(976,9)&C=(666,87)\\D=(377,422)&E=(535,488)&F=(775,488) \\ G=(941,500) & H=(225,583)&I=(388,696)\\J=(3,713)&K=(504,872)&L=(560,934)\\&M=(22,997)&\end{array}\]
At time $t=0$, a repairman begins moving from one computer to the next, traveling continuously in straight lines at unit speed. Assuming the repairman begins and $A$ and fixes computers instantly, what path does he take to minimize the [i]total downtime[/i] of the computers? List the points he visits in order. Your score will be $\left\lfloor \dfrac{N}{40}\right\rfloor$, where \[N=1000+\lfloor\text{the optimal downtime}\rfloor - \lfloor \text{your downtime}\rfloor ,\] or $0$, whichever is greater. By total downtime we mean the sum \[\sum_{P\in S}t_P,\] where $t_P$ is the time at which the repairman reaches $P$.
2013 USAMTS Problems, 5
Let $S$ be a planar region. A $\emph{domino-tiling}$ of $S$ is a partition of $S$ into $1\times2$ rectangles. (For example, a $2\times3$ rectangle has exactly $3$ domino-tilings, as shown below.)
[asy]
import graph; size(7cm);
pen dps = linewidth(0.7); defaultpen(dps);
draw((0,0)--(3,0)--(3,2)--(0,2)--cycle, linewidth(2));
draw((4,0)--(4,2)--(7,2)--(7,0)--cycle, linewidth(2));
draw((8,0)--(8,2)--(11,2)--(11,0)--cycle, linewidth(2));
draw((1,0)--(1,2));
draw((2,1)--(3,1));
draw((0,1)--(2,1), linewidth(2));
draw((2,0)--(2,2), linewidth(2));
draw((4,1)--(7,1));
draw((5,0)--(5,2), linewidth(2));
draw((6,0)--(6,2), linewidth(2));
draw((8,1)--(9,1));
draw((10,0)--(10,2));
draw((9,0)--(9,2), linewidth(2));
draw((9,1)--(11,1), linewidth(2));
[/asy]
The rectangles in the partition of $S$ are called $\emph{dominoes}$.
(a) For any given positive integer $n$, find a region $S_n$ with area at most $2n$ that has exactly $n$ domino-tilings.
(b) Find a region $T$ with area less than $50000$ that has exactly $100002013$ domino-tilings.
2010 Iran MO (2nd Round), 1
Let $a,b$ be two positive integers and $a>b$.We know that $\gcd(a-b,ab+1)=1$ and $\gcd(a+b,ab-1)=1$. Prove that $(a-b)^2+(ab+1)^2$ is not a perfect square.
2004 All-Russian Olympiad, 4
A rectangular array has 9 rows and 2004 columns. In the 9 * 2004 cells of the table we place the numbers from 1 to 2004, each 9 times. And we do this in such a way that two numbers, which stand in exactly the same column in and differ around at most by 3. Find the smallest possible sum of all numbers in the first row.
Kvant 2019, M2587
In each cell, a strip of length $100$ is worth a chip. You can change any $2$ neighboring chips and pay $1$ rouble, and you can also swap any $2$ chips for free, between which there are exactly $4$ chips. For what is the smallest amount of rubles you can rearrange chips in reverse order?
2003 IMO Shortlist, 1
Let $A$ be a $101$-element subset of the set $S=\{1,2,\ldots,1000000\}$. Prove that there exist numbers $t_1$, $t_2, \ldots, t_{100}$ in $S$ such that the sets \[ A_j=\{x+t_j\mid x\in A\},\qquad j=1,2,\ldots,100 \] are pairwise disjoint.
2018 CMIMC Individual Finals, 2
Determine the largest number of steps for $\gcd(k,76)$ to terminate over all choices of $0 < k < 76$, using the following algorithm for gcd. Give your answer in the form $(n,k)$ where $n$ is the maximal number of steps and $k$ is the $k$ which achieves this. If multiple $k$ work, submit the smallest one.
\begin{tabular}{l}
1: \textbf{FUNCTION} $\text{gcd}(a,b)$: \\
2: $\qquad$ \textbf{IF} $a = 0$ \textbf{RETURN} $b$ \\
3: $\qquad$ \textbf{ELSE RETURN} $\text{gcd}(b \bmod a,a)$
\end{tabular}