A pair of 8-sided dice have sides numbered 1 through 8. Each side has the same probability (chance) of landing face up. The probability that the product of the two numbers that land face-up exceeds 36 is $\textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac{5}{32} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac{11}{64} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac{3}{16} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{1}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \dfrac{1}{2}$

Given eight distinguishable rings, let $n$ be the number of possible five-ring arrangements on the four fingers (not the thumb) of one hand. The order of rings on each finger is significant, but it is not required that each finger have a ring. Find the leftmost three nonzero digits of $n.$

Six men and some number of women stand in a line in random order. Let $p$ be the probability that a group of at least four men stand together in the line, given that every man stands next to at least one other man. Find the least number of women in the line such that $p$ does not exceed 1 percent.

A parking lot has $ 16$ spaces in a row. Twelve cars arrive, each of which requires one parking space, and their drivers chose spaces at random from among the available spaces. Auntie Em then arrives in her SUV, which requires $ 2$ adjacent spaces. What is the probability that she is able to park? $ \textbf{(A)} \ \frac {11}{20} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ \frac {4}{7} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ \frac {81}{140} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ \frac {3}{5} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ \frac {17}{28}$

Let $n > 1$ be a positive integer. A 2-dimensional grid, infinite in all directions, is given. Each 1 by 1 square in a given $n$ by $n$ square has a counter on it. A [i]move[/i] consists of taking $n$ adjacent counters in a row or column and sliding them each by one space along that row or column. A [i]returning sequence[/i] is a finite sequence of moves such that all counters again fill the original $n$ by $n$ square at the end of the sequence. [list] [*] Assume that all counters are distinguishable except two, which are indistinguishable from each other. Prove that any distinguishable arrangement of counters in the $n$ by $n$ square can be reached by a returning sequence. [*] Assume all counters are distinguishable. Prove that there is no returning sequence that switches two counters and returns the rest to their original positions.[/list] [i]Mitchell Lee and Benjamin Gunby.[/i]

Eli, Joy, Paul, and Sam want to form a company; the company will have 16 shares to split among the $4$ people. The following constraints are imposed: $\bullet$ Every person must get a positive integer number of shares, and all $16$ shares must be given out. $\bullet$ No one person can have more shares than the other three people combined. Assuming that shares are indistinguishable, but people are distinguishable, in how many ways can the shares be given out?

The vertices of a regular nonagon (9-sided polygon) are to be labeled with the digits $1$ through $9$ in such a way that the sum of the numbers on every three consecutive vertices is a multiple of $3$. Two acceptable arrangements are considered to be indistinguishable if one can be obtained from the other by rotating the nonagon in the plane. Find the number of distinguishable acceptable arrangements.

Let $ k$ be a positive integer. Suppose that the integers $ 1,2,3,\dots,3k \plus{} 1$ are written down in random order. What is the probability that at no time during this process, the sum of the integers that have been written up to that time is a positive integer divisible by $ 3$ ? Your answer should be in closed form, but may include factorials.

Eight people are sitting around a circular table, each holding a fair coin. All eight people flip their coins and those who flip heads stand while those who flip tails remain seated. What is the probability that no two adjacent people will stand? $\textbf{(A) }\dfrac{47}{256}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\dfrac{3}{16}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{49}{256}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\dfrac{25}{128}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\dfrac{51}{256}$

Steve is piling $m\geq 1$ indistinguishable stones on the squares of an $n\times n$ grid. Each square can have an arbitrarily high pile of stones. After he finished piling his stones in some manner, he can then perform [i]stone moves[/i], defined as follows. Consider any four grid squares, which are corners of a rectangle, i.e. in positions $(i, k), (i, l), (j, k), (j, l)$ for some $1\leq i, j, k, l\leq n$, such that $i<j$ and $k<l$. A stone move consists of either removing one stone from each of $(i, k)$ and $(j, l)$ and moving them to $(i, l)$ and $(j, k)$ respectively, or removing one stone from each of $(i, l)$ and $(j, k)$ and moving them to $(i, k)$ and $(j, l)$ respectively. Two ways of piling the stones are equivalent if they can be obtained from one another by a sequence of stone moves. How many different non-equivalent ways can Steve pile the stones on the grid?

How many ways are there to color the edges of a hexagon orange and black if we assume that two hexagons are indistinguishable if one can be rotated into the other? Note that we are saying the colorings OOBBOB and BOBBOO are distinct; we ignore flips.

An auditorium has two rows of seats, with $50$ seats in each row. $100$ indistinguishable people sit in the seats one at a time, subject to the condition that each person, except for the first person to sit in each row, must sit to the left or right of an occupied seat, and no two people can sit in the same seat. In how many ways can this process occur?

A gardener plants three maple trees, four oak trees, and five birch trees in a row. He plants them in random order, each arrangement being equally likely. Let $\frac{m}{n}$ in lowest terms be the probability that no two birch trees are next to one another. Find $m + n$.

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.

Let $\mathcal{S}$ be the set $\{1,2,3,\ldots,10\}.$ Let $n$ be the number of sets of two non-empty disjoint subsets of $\mathcal{S}.$ (Disjoint sets are defined as sets that have no common elements.) Find the remainder obtained when $n$ is divided by $1000.$

A fair die is rolled four times. The probability that each of the final three rolls is at least as large as the roll preceding it may be expressed in the form $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$

We define the [i]Fibonacci sequence[/i] $\{F_n\}_{n\ge0}$ by $F_0=0$, $F_1=1$, and for $n\ge2$, $F_n=F_{n-1}+F_{n-2}$; we define the [i]Stirling number of the second kind[/i] $S(n,k)$ as the number of ways to partition a set of $n\ge1$ distinguishable elements into $k\ge1$ indistinguishable nonempty subsets. For every positive integer $n$, let $t_n = \sum_{k=1}^{n} S(n,k) F_k$. Let $p\ge7$ be a prime. Prove that \[ t_{n+p^{2p}-1} \equiv t_n \pmod{p} \] for all $n\ge1$. [i]Proposed by Victor Wang[/i]

This is an ARML Super Relay! I'm sure you know how this works! You start from #1 and #15 and meet in the middle. We are going to require you to solve all $15$ problems, though -- so for the entire task, submit the sum of all the answers, rather than just the answer to #8. Also, uhh, we can't actually find the slip for #1. Sorry about that. Have fun anyways! Problem 2. Let $T = TNYWR$. Find the number of way to distribute $6$ indistinguishable pieces of candy to $T$ hungry (and distinguishable) schoolchildren, such that each child gets at most one piece of candy. Problem 3. Let $T = TNYWR$. If $d$ is the largest proper divisor of $T$, compute $\frac12 d$. Problem 4. Let $T = TNYWR$ and flip $4$ fair coins. Suppose the probability that at most $T$ heads appear is $\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are coprime positive integers. Compute $m+n$. Problem 5. Let $T = TNYWR$. Compute the last digit of $T^T$ in base $10$. Problem 6. Let $T = TNYWR$ and flip $6$ fair coins. Suppose the probability that at most $T$ heads appear is $\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are coprime positive integers. Compute $m+n$. Problem 7. Let $T = TNYWR$. Compute the smallest prime $p$ for which $n^T \not\equiv n \pmod{p}$ for some integer $n$. Problem 8. Let $M$ and $N$ be the two answers received, with $M \le N$. Compute the number of integer quadruples $(w,x,y,z)$ with $w+x+y+z = M \sqrt{wxyz}$ and $1 \le w,x,y,z \le N$. Problem 9. Let $T = TNYWR$. Compute the smallest integer $n$ with $n \ge 2$ such that $n$ is coprime to $T+1$, and there exists positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ with $a^2+b^2+c^2 = n(ab+bc+ca)$. Problem 10. Let $T = TNYWR$ and flip $10$ fair coins. Suppose the probability that at most $T$ heads appear is $\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are coprime positive integers. Compute $m+n$. Problem 11. Let $T = TNYWR$. Compute the last digit of $T^T$ in base $10$. Problem 12. Let $T = TNYWR$ and flip $12$ fair coins. Suppose the probability that at most $T$ heads appear is $\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are coprime positive integers. Compute $m+n$. Problem 13. Let $T = TNYWR$. If $d$ is the largest proper divisor of $T$, compute $\frac12 d$. Problem 14. Let $T = TNYWR$. Compute the number of way to distribute $6$ indistinguishable pieces of candy to $T$ hungry (and distinguishable) schoolchildren, such that each child gets at most one piece of candy. Also, we can't find the slip for #15, either. We think the SFBA coaches stole it to prevent us from winning the Super Relay, but that's not going to stop us, is it? We have another #15 slip that produces an equivalent answer. Here you go! Problem 15. Let $A$, $B$, $C$ be the answers to #8, #9, #10. Compute $\gcd(A,C) \cdot B$.

Let $N$ be the number of ways of distributing $52$ identical balls into $4$ distinguishable boxes such that no box is empty and the difference between the number of balls in any two of the boxes is not a multiple of $6$ If $N=100a+b$, where $a,b$ are positive integers less than $100$, find $a+b.$

A group of $16$ people will be partitioned into $4$ indistinguishable $4$-person committees. Each committee will have one chairperson and one secretary. The number of different ways to make these assignments can be written as $3^r M,$ where $r$ and $M$ are positive integers and $M$ is not divisible by $3.$ What is $r?$ $\textbf{(A) }5 \qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9$

Robert has 4 indistinguishable gold coins and 4 indistinguishable silver coins. Each coin has an engraving of one face on one side, but not on the other. He wants to stack the eight coins on a table into a single stack so that no two adjacent coins are face to face. Find the number of possible distinguishable arrangements of the 8 coins.

In the future, each country in the world produces its Olympic athletes via cloning and strict training programs. Therefore, in the finals of the 200 m free, there are two indistinguishable athletes from each of the four countries. How many ways are there to arrange them into eight lanes?

For how many three-element sets of positive integers $\{a,b,c\}$ is it true that $a \times b \times c = 2310$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 32 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 36 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 40 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 43 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 45$

There are $ 11$ coins, which are indistinguishable by sight. Nevertheless, among them there are $ 10$ geniune coins ( of weight $ 20$ g each) and one counterfeit (of weight $ 21$ g). You have a two-pan scale which is blanced when the weight in the left-hand pan is twice as much as the weight in the right-hand one. Using this scale only, find the false coin by three weighings.

In how many distinguishable ways can $10$ distinct pool balls be formed into a pyramid ($6$ on the bottom, $3$ in the middle, one on top), assuming that all rotations of the pyramid are indistinguishable?