Consider a sequence of positive integers with total sum $20$ such that no number and no sum of a set of consecutive numbers is equal to $3$. Is it possible for such a sequence to contain more than $10$ numbers? (Alexandr Shapovalov)

Consider the $4(N-1)$ squares on the boundary of an $N$ by $N$ array of squares. We wish to insert in these squares $4 (N-1)$ consecutive integers (not necessarily positive) so that the sum of the numbers at the four vertices of any rectangle with sides parallel to the diagonals of the array (in the case of a “degenerate” rectangle, i.e. a diagonal, we refer to the sum of the two numbers in its corner squares) are one and the same number. Is this possible? Consider the cases (a) $N = 3$ (b) $N = 4$ (c) $N = 5$ (VG Boltyanskiy, Moscow)

Prove that the sum of the squares of five consecutive integers cannot be a perfect square.

The numbers $0, 1, 2, . . . , 9$ are written (in some order) on the circumference. Prove that a) there are three consecutive numbers with the sum being at least $15$, b) it is not necessarily the case that there exist three consecutive numbers with the sum more than $15$.

Does there exist $2017$ consecutive positive integers, none of which could be written as $a^2 + b^2$ for some integers $a, b$? Justify your answer.

Prove that if the product of four consecutive natural numbers is added one unit, the result is a perfect square.

Prove that for every $n \in N$ there exists exactly one sequence of $2n + 1$ consecutive numbers, such that the sum of the squares of the first $n+1$ numbers is equal to the sum of the squares of the last $n$ numbers. Also express the smallest number of that sequence in terms of $n$.

The numbers $1,2,...,n$ ($n \ge 5$) are written on the circle in the clockwise order. Per move it is allowed to exchange any couple of consecutive numbers $a, b$ to the couple $\frac{a+b}{2}, \frac{a+b}{2}$. Is it possible to make all numbers equal using these operations?

The values of the polynomial $P(x) = 2x^3-30x^2+cx$ for any three consecutive integers are also three consecutive integers. Find these values.

Let $a_n$ be the number of n-digit integers formed by $1, 2$ and $3$ which do not contain any consecutive $1$’s. Prove that $a_n$ is equal to $$\left( \frac12 + \frac{1}{\sqrt3}\right)(\sqrt{3} + 1)^n$$ rounded off to the nearest integer.

Given $m,n \in N$ such that $M>n^{n-1}$ and the numbers $m+1, m+2, ..., m+n$ are composite. Prove that exist distinct primes $p_1,p_2,...,p_n$ such that $M+k$ is divisible by $p_k$ for any $k=1,2,...,n$. Tuymaada Olympiad 2004, C.A.Grimm. USA

What is the greatest number of integers that can be selected from a set of $2015$ consecutive numbers so that no sum of any two selected numbers is divisible by their difference?

A positive integer is called [i]saturated [/i]i f any prime factor occurs at a power greater than or equal to $2$ in its factorisation. For example, numbers $8 = 2^3$ and $9 = 3^2$ are saturated, moreover, they are consecutive. Prove that there exist infinitely many saturated consecutive numbers.

Do there exist $10$ consecutive positive integers such that the sum of their squares is equal to the sum of squares of the next $9$ integers? (Inspired by a diagram in an old text book)

Let $T = \{n \in N|$n consists of $2$ digits $\}$ and $$P = \{x|x = n(n + 1)... (n + 7); n,n + 1,..., n + 7 \in T\}.$$ Determine the gcd of the elements of $P$.

Vukasin, Dimitrije, Dusan, Stefan and Filip asked their teacher to guess three consecutive positive integers, after these true statements: Vukasin: " The sum of the digits of one number is prime number. The sum of the digits of another of the other two is, an even perfect number.($n$ is perfect if $\sigma\left(n\right)=2n$). The sum of the digits of the third number equals to the number of it's positive divisors". Dimitrije:"Everyone of those three numbers has at most two digits equal to $1$ in their decimal representation". Dusan:"If we add $11$ to exactly one of them, then we have a perfect square of an integer" Stefan:"Everyone of them has exactly one prime divisor less than $10$". Filip:"The three numbers are square free". Professor found the right answer. Which numbers did he mention?