The sum of the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$ and the least integer greater than or equal to $x$ is $5$. The solution set for $x$ is $ \textbf{(A)}\ \Big\{\frac{5}{2}\Big\}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \big\{x\ |\ 2 \le x \le 3\big\}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \big\{x\ |\ 2\le x < 3\big\}\qquad \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \Big\{x\ |\ 2 < x \le 3\Big\}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \Big\{x\ |\ 2 < x < 3\Big\} $

Let $n\geq 1$ be an integer and let $X$ be a set of $n^2+1$ positive integers such that in any subset of $X$ with $n+1$ elements there exist two elements $x\neq y$ such that $x\mid y$. Prove that there exists a subset $\{x_1,x_2,\ldots, x_{n+1} \} \in X$ such that $x_i \mid x_{i+1}$ for all $i=1,2,\ldots, n$.

[b]Problem 3.[/b] Let $n\geq 3$ is given natural number, and $M$ is the set of the first $n$ primes. For any nonempty subset $X$ of $M$ with $P(X)$ denote the product of its elements. Let $N$ be a set of the kind $\ds\frac{P(A)}{P(B)}$, $A\subset M, B\subset M, A\cap B=\emptyset$ such that the product of any 7 elements of $N$ is integer. What is the maximal number of elements of $N$? [i]Alexandar Ivanov[/i]

Let $X$ be a set with $n$ elements, and let $A_{1}$, $A_{2}$, ..., $A_{m}$ be subsets of $X$ such that: 1) $|A_{i}|=3$ for every $i\in\left\{1,2,...,m\right\}$; 2) $|A_{i}\cap A_{j}|\leq 1$ for all $i,j\in\left\{1,2,...,m\right\}$ such that $i \neq j$. Prove that there exists a subset $A$ of $X$ such that $A$ has at least $\left[\sqrt{2n}\right]$ elements, and for every $i\in\left\{1,2,...,m\right\}$, the set $A$ does not contain $A_{i}$. [i]Alternative formulation.[/i] Let $X$ be a finite set with $n$ elements and $A_{1},A_{2},\ldots, A_{m}$ be three-elements subsets of $X$, such that $|A_{i}\cap A_{j}|\leq 1$, for every $i\neq j$. Prove that there exists $A\subseteq X$ with $|A|\geq \lfloor \sqrt{2n}\rfloor$, such that none of $A_{i}$'s is a subset of $A$.

Find the greatest natural number $N$ such that, for any arrangement of the numbers $1, 2, \ldots, 400$ in a chessboard $20 \times 20$, there exist two numbers in the same row or column, which differ by at least $N.$

Let $n$ be a fixed natural number. [b]a)[/b] Find all solutions to the following equation : \[ \sum_{k=1}^n [\frac x{2^k}]=x-1 \] [b]b)[/b] Find the number of solutions to the following equation ($m$ is a fixed natural) : \[ \sum_{k=1}^n [\frac x{2^k}]=x-m \]

Let $G$ be a connected simple graph. When we add an edge to $G$ (between two unconnected vertices), then using at most $17$ edges we can reach any vertex from any other vertex. Find the maximum number of edges to be used to reach any vertex from any other vertex in the original graph, i.e. in the graph before we add an edge.

Find the number of integers $n$ such that \[1+\left\lfloor\dfrac{100n}{101}\right\rfloor=\left\lceil\dfrac{99n}{100}\right\rceil.\]

Let $a$ and $b$ be two positive integers. Prove that the integer \[a^2+\left\lceil\frac{4a^2}b\right\rceil\] is not a square. (Here $\lceil z\rceil$ denotes the least integer greater than or equal to $z$.) [i]Russia[/i]

Let $L$ be the length of the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs $5$ and $12$. Find the least integer greater than $L$.

$X$ has $n$ elements. $F$ is a family of subsets of $X$ each with three elements, such that any two of the subsets have at most one element in common. Show that there is a subset of $X$ with at least $\sqrt{2n}$ members which does not contain any members of $F$.

Let $A$ be the largest subset of $\{1,\dots,n\}$ such that for each $x\in A$, $x$ divides at most one other element in $A$. Prove that \[\frac{2n}3\leq |A|\leq \left\lceil \frac{3n}4\right\rceil. \]

The 2010 positive numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_{2010}$ satisfy the inequality $a_ia_j \le i+j$ for all distinct indices $i, j$. Determine, with proof, the largest possible value of the product $a_1a_2\ldots a_{2010}$.

On a board there are $n$ nails, each two connected by a rope. Each rope is colored in one of $n$ given distinct colors. For each three distinct colors, there exist three nails connected with ropes of these three colors. a) Can $n$ be $6$ ? b) Can $n$ be $7$ ?

A flea jumps in a straight numbered line. It jumps first from point $0$ to point $1$. Afterwards, if its last jump was from $A$ to $B$, then the next jump is from $B$ to one of the points $B + (B - A) - 1$, $B + (B - A)$, $B + (B-A) + 1$. Prove that if the flea arrived twice at the point $n$, $n$ positive integer, then it performed at least $\lceil 2\sqrt n\rceil$ jumps.