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2004 All-Russian Olympiad, 1

Let $ M \equal{} \{ x_1..., x_{30}\}$ a set which consists of 30 distinct positive numbers, let $ A_n,$ $ 1 \leq n \leq 30,$ the sum of all possible products with $ n$ elements each of the set $ M.$ Prove if $ A_{15} > A_{10},$ then $ A_1 > 1.$

2020 Iran Team Selection Test, 6

$n$ positive numbers are given. Is it always possible to find a convex polygon with $n+3$ edges and a triangulation of it so that the length of the diameters used in the triangulation are the given $n$ numbers? [i]Proposed by Morteza Saghafian[/i]

1971 IMO Longlists, 22

We are given an $n \times n$ board, where $n$ is an odd number. In each cell of the board either $+1$ or $-1$ is written. Let $a_k$ and $b_k$ denote them products of numbers in the $k^{th}$ row and in the $k^{th}$ column respectively. Prove that the sum $a_1 +a_2 +\cdots+a_n +b_1 +b_2 +\cdots+b_n$ cannot be equal to zero.

1993 Baltic Way, 11

An equilateral triangle is divided into $n^2$ congruent equilateral triangles. A spider stands at one of the vertices, a fly at another. Alternately each of them moves to a neighbouring vertex. Prove that the spider can always catch the fly.

LMT Speed Rounds, 21

Let $(a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4,a_5)$ be a random permutation of the integers from $1$ to $5$ inclusive. Find the expected value of $$\sum^5_{i=1} |a_i -i | = |a_1 -1|+|a_2 -2|+|a_3 -3|+|a_4 -4|+|a_5 -5|.$$ [i]Proposed by Muztaba Syed[/i]

1998 French Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 5

Let $A$ be a set of $n\ge3$ points in the plane, no three of which are collinear. Show that there is a set $S$ of $2n-5$ points in the plane such that, for each triangle with vertices in $A$, there exists a point in $S$ which is strictly inside that triangle.

2010 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 1

Chess king is standing in some square of chessboard. Every sunday it is moved to one square by diagonal, and every another day it is moved to one square by horisontal or vertical. What maximal numbers of moves can be made ?

1997 Irish Math Olympiad, 3

Let $ A$ be a subset of $ \{ 0,1,2,...,1997 \}$ containing more than $ 1000$ elements. Prove that either $ A$ contains a power of $ 2$ (that is, a number of the form $ 2^k$ with $ k\equal{}0,1,2,...)$ or there exist two distinct elements $ a,b \in A$ such that $ a\plus{}b$ is a power of $ 2$.

2020 Polish Junior MO First Round, 5.

In some tournament there were $8$ players. Every two players played exactly one match, each of them finished with the win of one of the players or with a draw. Winner of the match got $2$ points, his opponent $0$ points and in the case of draw every player got $1$ point. When all matches had finished it turned out that every player had the same number of points. Determine the minimal total numbers of draws.

2014 Turkey Team Selection Test, 1

Find the number of $(a_1,a_2, ... ,a_{2014})$ permutations of the $(1,2, . . . ,2014)$ such that, for all $1\leq i<j\leq2014$, $i+a_i \leq j+a_j$.

2009 Croatia Team Selection Test, 2

Every natural number is coloured in one of the $ k$ colors. Prove that there exist four distinct natural numbers $ a, b, c, d$, all coloured in the same colour, such that $ ad \equal{} bc$, $ \displaystyle \frac b a$ is power of 2 and $ \displaystyle \frac c a$ is power of 3.

2001 Turkey Team Selection Test, 1

Each one of $2001$ children chooses a positive integer and writes down his number and names of some of other $2000$ children to his notebook. Let $A_c$ be the sum of the numbers chosen by the children who appeared in the notebook of the child $c$. Let $B_c$ be the sum of the numbers chosen by the children who wrote the name of the child $c$ into their notebooks. The number $N_c = A_c - B_c$ is assigned to the child $c$. Determine whether all of the numbers assigned to the children could be positive.

2021 Argentina National Olympiad Level 2, 4

The sum of several positive integers, not necessarily different, all of them less than or equal to $10$, is equal to $S$. We want to distribute all these numbers into two groups such that the sum of the numbers in each group is less than or equal to $80.$ Determine all values ​​of $S$ for which this is possible.

2004 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Let $x_1,\ldots, x_n$ and $y_1,\ldots, y_n$ be real numbers. Let $A = (a_{ij})_{1\leq i,j\leq n}$ be the matrix with entries \[a_{ij} = \begin{cases}1,&\text{if }x_i + y_j\geq 0;\\0,&\text{if }x_i + y_j < 0.\end{cases}\] Suppose that $B$ is an $n\times n$ matrix with entries $0$, $1$ such that the sum of the elements in each row and each column of $B$ is equal to the corresponding sum for the matrix $A$. Prove that $A=B$.

1994 Tournament Of Towns, (420) 1

Several boys and girls are dancing a waltz at a ball. Is it possible that each girl can always get to dance the next dance with a boy who is either more handsome or more clever than for the previous dance, and that each time one of the girls gets to dance the next dance with a boy who is more handsome and more clever? (The numbers of boys and girls are equal and all are dancing.) (AY Belov)

2018 IMO Shortlist, C2

A [i]site[/i] is any point $(x, y)$ in the plane such that $x$ and $y$ are both positive integers less than or equal to 20. Initially, each of the 400 sites is unoccupied. Amy and Ben take turns placing stones with Amy going first. On her turn, Amy places a new red stone on an unoccupied site such that the distance between any two sites occupied by red stones is not equal to $\sqrt{5}$. On his turn, Ben places a new blue stone on any unoccupied site. (A site occupied by a blue stone is allowed to be at any distance from any other occupied site.) They stop as soon as a player cannot place a stone. Find the greatest $K$ such that Amy can ensure that she places at least $K$ red stones, no matter how Ben places his blue stones. [i]Proposed by Gurgen Asatryan, Armenia[/i]

2017 QEDMO 15th, 12

Jorn wants to cheat at the role play: he intends to cheat the sides to re-label its two octahedra, so that each of the numbers from $1$ to $16$ has the same probability as the sum of the dice occurs. So that the game master does not notice this so easily, he only wants to use numbers from $0$ to $8$ , if necessary several times or not at all. Is this possible?

2019 China Girls Math Olympiad, 3

For a sequence, one can perform the following operation: select three adjacent terms $a,b,c,$ and change it into $b,c,a.$ Determine all the possible positive integers $n\geq 3,$ such that after finite number of operation, the sequence $1,2,\cdots, n$ can be changed into $n,n-1,\cdots,1$ finally.

2016 Czech And Slovak Olympiad III A, 3

Mathematical clubs are popular among the inhabitants of the same city. Every two of them they have at least one member in common. Prove that we can give the people of the city compasses and rulers so that only one inhabitant gets both, while each club will to have both a ruler and a compass at the full participation of its members.

1998 Tournament Of Towns, 5

Let $ n$ and $ m$ be given positive integers. In one move, a chess piece called an $ (n,m)$-crocodile goes $ n$ squares horizontally or vertically and then goes $ m$ squares in a perpendicular direction. Prove that the squares of an infinite chessboard can be painted in black and white so that this chess piece always moves from a black square to a white one or vice-versa.

2023 Romania EGMO TST, P1

A square with side $2008$ is broken into regions that are all squares with side $1$. In every region, either $0$ or $1$ is written, and the number of $1$'s and $0$'s is the same. The border between two of the regions is removed, and the numbers in each of them are also removed, while in the new region, their arithmetic mean is recorded. After several of those operations, there is only one square left, which is the big square itself. Prove that it is possible to perform these operations in such a way, that the final number in the big square is less than $\frac{1}{2^{10^6}}$.

2020 Durer Math Competition Finals, 15

In a movie theatre there are $6$ VIP chairs labelled from $1$ to $6$. We call a few consecutive vacant chairs a block. In the online VIP seat reservation process the reservation of a seat consists of two steps: in the first step we choose the block, in the second step we reserve the first, last or middle seat (in case of a block of size even this means the middle chair with the smaller number) of that block. (In the second step the online system offers the three possibilities even though they might mean the same seat.) Benedek reserved all seats at some screeining. In how many ways could he do it if we distinguish two reservation if there were a step when Benedek chose a different option? For instance, if the seats $ 1$ and $6$ are reserved, then there are two blocks, the first one consists of the seat $ 1$, the second block consists of the seats $3, 4$ and $5$. Two reservation orders are different if there is a chair that was reserved in a different step, or there is a chair that was reserved with different option (first, last or middle). So if there were $2$ VIP chairs, then the answer would have been $9$.

KoMaL A Problems 2022/2023, A. 833

Some lattice points in the Cartesian coordinate system are colored red, the rest of the lattice points are colored blue. Such a coloring is called [i]finitely universal[/i], if for any finite, non-empty $A\subset \mathbb Z$ there exists $k\in\mathbb Z$ such that the point $(x,k)$ is colored red if and only if $x\in A$. $a)$ Does there exist a finitely universal coloring such that each row has finitely many lattice points colored red, each row is colored differently, and the set of lattice points colored red is connected? $b)$ Does there exist a finitely universal coloring such that each row has a finite number of lattice points colored red, and both the set of lattice points colored red and the set of lattice points colored blue are connected? A set $H$ of lattice points is called [i]connected[/i] if, for any $x,y\in H$, there exists a path along the grid lines that passes only through lattice points in $H$ and connects $x$ to $y$. [i]Submitted by Anett Kocsis, Budapest[/i]

2018-IMOC, C2

Given an odd $n\in\mathbb N$. In an $n\times n$ chessboard, you may place many $2\times2$ squares. How many grids, at most, are covered by exactly one square?

2001 Federal Math Competition of S&M, Problem 4

There are $n$ coins in the pile. Two players play a game by alternately performing a move. A move consists of taking $5,7$ or $11$ coins away from the pile. The player unable to perform a move loses the game. Which player - the one playing first or second - has the winning strategy if: (a) $n=2001$; (b) $n=5000$?