Olympiad problems

2013 Princeton University Math Competition, 8

Three chords of a sphere, each having length $5,6,7$, intersect at a single point inside the sphere and are pairwise perpendicular. For $R$ the maximum possible radius of this sphere, find $R^2$.

2015 Auckland Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Tags: algebra

Several pounamu stones weigh altogether $10$ tons and none of them weigh more than $1$ tonne. A truck can carry a load which weight is at most $3$ tons. What is the smallest number of trucks such that bringing all stones from the quarry will be guaranteed?

1957 Putnam, B4

Tags: Putnam , combinatorics , representation , Summation

Let $a(n)$ be the number of representations of the positive integer $n$ as an ordered sum of $1$'s and $2$'s. Let $b(n)$ be the number of representations of the positive integer $n$ as an ordered sum of integers greater than $1.$ Show that $a(n)=b(n+2)$ for each $n$.

2018 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 1

Tags: Sum , algebra , number theory

Determine the positive integers $n \ge 3$ such that, for every integer $m \ge 0$, there exist integers $a_1, a_2,..., a_n$ such that $a_1 + a_2 +...+ a_n = 0$ and $a_1a_2 + a_2a_3 + ...+a_{n-1}a_n + a_na_1 = -m$ Alexandru Mihalcu

2018 Polish MO Finals, 4

Tags: number theory , Poland , TST

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Suppose there are exactly $M$ squarefree integers $k$ such that $\left\lfloor\frac nk\right\rfloor$ is odd in the set $\{ 1, 2,\ldots, n\}$. Prove $M$ is odd. An integer is [i]squarefree[/i] if it is not divisible by any square other than $1$.

2024 CCA Math Bonanza, T3

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Find the number of triples of integers $(a, b, c)$ where $1 \le a < b < c \le 20$ and $a$, $b$, $c$ form the sides of a non-degenerate triangle. [i]Team #3[/i]

2009 Princeton University Math Competition, 7

Tags: probability , expected value

We randomly choose 5 distinct positive integers less than or equal to 90. What is the floor of 10 times the expected value of the fourth largest number?

1969 Vietnam National Olympiad, 2

Tags: trigonometry , Trigonometric Equations , algebra

Find all real $x$ such that $0 < x < \pi $ and $\frac{8}{3 sin x - sin 3x} + 3 sin^2x \le 5$.

2011 Brazil Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: number theory , prime

Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer such that for every prime factor $q$ of $n-1$ exists an integer $a > 1$ such that $a^{n-1} \equiv 1 \,(\mod n \, )$ and $a^{\frac{n-1} {q}}\not\equiv 1 \,(\mod n \, )$. Prove that $n$ is not prime.

2024 Caucasus Mathematical Olympiad, 1

Tags: algebra

Let $a, b, c, d$ be positive real numbers. It is given that at least one of the following two conditions holds: $$ab >\min(\frac{c}{d}, \frac{d}{c}), cd >\min(\frac{a}{b}, \frac{b}{a}).$$ Show that at least one of the following two conditions holds: $$bd>\min(\frac{c}{a}, \frac{a}{c}), ca >\min(\frac{d}{b}, \frac{b}{d}).$$

2022 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 6

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Let the incircle of $\triangle ABC$ be tangent to $AB,BC,AC$ at points $M,N,P$, respectively. If $\measuredangle BAC=30^\circ$, find $\tfrac{[BPC]}{[ABC]}\cdot\tfrac{[BMC]}{[ABC]}$, where $[ABC]$ denotes the area of $\triangle ABC$.

IV Soros Olympiad 1997 - 98 (Russia), 10.4

Tags: system of equations , algebra

Solve the system of equations $$\begin{cases} x+y+z+t=6 \\ \sqrt{1-x^2}+\sqrt{4-y^2}+\sqrt{9-z^2}+\sqrt{16-t^2}=8 \end{cases}$$

2020 Kosovo National Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , Concyclic , Circumcenter , national olympiad , Olympiad

Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle. Let $O$ be the circumcenter of triangle $\triangle ABC$ and $P$ a variable point in line segment $BC$. The circle with center $P$ and radius $PA$ intersects the circumcircle of triangle $\triangle ABC$ again at another point $R$ and $RP$ intersects the circumcircle of triangle $\triangle ABC$ again at another point $Q$. Show that points $A$, $O$, $P$ and $Q$ are concyclic.

2009 Thailand Mathematical Olympiad, 5

Tags: combinatorics

A class contains $80$ boys and $80$ girls. On each weekday (Monday to Friday) of the week before final exams, the teacher has $16$ books for the students to borrow, where a book can only be borrowed for one day at a time, and each student can only borrow once during the entire week. Show that there are two days and two books such that one of the following two statements is true: (i) Both books were not borrowed on both days (ii) Both books were borrowed on both days, and the four students who borrowed the books on these days are either all boys or all girls.

1989 AIME Problems, 3

Tags: geometric series

Suppose $n$ is a positive integer and $d$ is a single digit in base 10. Find $n$ if \[ \frac{n}{810}=0.d25d25d25\ldots \]

2012 India PRMO, 16

Tags: algebra , Sum , function

Let $N$ be the set of natural numbers. Suppose $f: N \to N$ is a function satisfying the following conditions: (a) $f(mn) =f(m)f(n)$ (b) $f(m) < f(n)$ if $m < n$ (c) $f(2) = 2$ What is the sum of $\Sigma_{k=1}^{20}f(k)$?

Swiss NMO - geometry, 2011.8

Tags: geometry , parallelogram , ratio , similar triangles , power of a point , geometry proposed

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram and $H$ the Orthocentre of $\triangle{ABC}$. The line parallel to $AB$ through $H$ intersects $BC$ at $P$ and $AD$ at $Q$ while the line parallel to $BC$ through $H$ intersects $AB$ at $R$ and $CD$ at $S$. Show that $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$ are concyclic. [i](Swiss Mathematical Olympiad 2011, Final round, problem 8)[/i]

2003 AMC 10, 4

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It takes Mary $ 30$ minutes to walk uphill $ 1$ km from her home to school, but it takes her only $ 10$ minutes to walk from school to home along the same route. What is her average speed, in km/hr, for the round trip? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3.125 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3.5 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4.5$

2008 ITest, 88

Tags: geometry , 3D geometry , LaTeX , analytic geometry , Support

A six dimensional "cube" (a $6$-cube) has $64$ vertices at the points $(\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3).$ This $6$-cube has $192\text{ 1-D}$ edges and $240\text{ 2-D}$ edges. This $6$-cube gets cut into $6^6=46656$ smaller congruent "unit" $6$-cubes that are kept together in the tightly packaged form of the original $6$-cube so that the $46656$ smaller $6$-cubes share 2-D square faces with neighbors ($\textit{one}$ 2-D square face shared by $\textit{several}$ unit $6$-cube neighbors). How many 2-D squares are faces of one or more of the unit $6$-cubes?

2012 Albania National Olympiad, 2

Tags: analytic geometry , algebra , polynomial , quadratics , algebra unsolved

The trinomial $f(x)$ is such that $(f(x))^3-f(x)=0$ has three real roots. Find the y-coordinate of the vertex of $f(x)$.

May Olympiad L2 - geometry, 2023.4

Tags: geometry , rectangle , paper , folding

Matías has a rectangular sheet of paper $ABCD$, with $AB<AD$.Initially, he folds the sheet along a straight line $AE$, where $E$ is a point on the side $DC$ , so that vertex $D$ is located on side $BC$, as shown in the figure. Then folds the sheet again along a straight line $AF$, where $F$ is a point on side $BC$, so that vertex $B$ lies on the line $AE$; and finally folds the sheet along the line $EF$. Matías observed that the vertices $B$ and $C$ were located on the same point of segment $AE$ after making the folds. Calculate the measure of the angle $\angle DAE$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/0/9/b9ab717e1806c6503a9310ee923f20109da31a.png[/img]

1986 Miklós Schweitzer, 5

Tags: Miklos Schweitzer , college contests , group theory , abstract algebra

Prove that existence of a constant $c$ with the following property: for every composite integer $n$, there exists a group whose order is divisible by $n$ and is less than $n^c$, and that contains no element of order $n$. [P. P. Palfy]

2015 Paraguay Juniors, 4

Tags: number theory

We have that $(a+b)^3=216$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers such that $a>b$. What are the possible values of $a^2-b^2$?

1967 AMC 12/AHSME, 19

Tags: geometry , rectangle , AMC

The area of a rectangle remains unchanged when it is made $2 \frac{1}{2}$ inches longer and $\frac{2}{3}$ inch narrower, or when it is made $2 \frac{1}{2}$ inches shorter and $\frac{4}{3}$ inch wider. Its area, in square inches, is: $\textbf{(A)}\ 30\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{80}{3}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 24\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{45}{2}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 20$

2004 District Olympiad, 2

Tags: analytic geometry , geometry , circumcircle

Find the possible coordinates of the vertices of a triangle of which we know that the coordinates of its orthocenter are $ (-3,10), $ those of its circumcenter is $ (-2,-3), $ and those of the midpoint of some side is $ (1,3). $