Found problems: 25757
2009 Princeton University Math Competition, 8
Consider $\triangle ABC$ and a point $M$ in its interior so that $\angle MAB = 10^\circ$, $\angle MBA = 20^\circ$, $\angle MCA = 30^\circ$ and $\angle MAC = 40^\circ$. What is $\angle MBC$?
2020 Malaysia IMONST 1, Primary
International Mathematical Olympiad National Selection Test
Malaysia 2020 Round 1 Primary
Time: 2.5 hours [hide=Rules]
$\bullet$ For each problem you have to submit the answer only. The answer to each problem is a non-negative integer.
$\bullet$ No mark is deducted for a wrong answer.
$\bullet$ The maximum number of points is (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) x 5 = 50 points.[/hide]
[b]Part A[/b] (1 point each)
p1. Annie asks his brother four questions, "What is $20$ plus $20$? What is $20$ minus $20$? What is $20$ times $20$? What is $20$ divided by $20$?". His brother adds the answers to these four questions, and then takes the (positive) square root of the result. What number does he get?
p2. A broken watch moves slower than a regular watch. In every $7$ hours, the broken watch lags behind a regular watch by $10$ minutes. In one week, how many hours does the broken watch lags behind a regular watch?
p3. Given a square $ABCD$. A point $P$ is chosen outside the square so that triangle $BCP$ is equilateral. Find $\angle APC$, in degrees.
p4. Hussein throws 4 dice simultaneously, and then adds the number of dots facing up on all $4$ dice. How many possible sums can Hussein get?
Note: For example, he can get sum $14$, by throwing $4$, $6$, $3$, and $ 1$. Assume these are regular dice, with $1$ to $6$ dots on the faces.
p5. Mrs. Sheila says, "I have $5$ children. They were born one by one every $3$ years. The age of my oldest child is $7$ times the age of my youngest child." What is the age of her third child?
[b]Part B [/b](2 points each)
p6. The number $N$ is the smallest positive integer with the sum of its digits equal to $2020$. What is the first (leftmost) digit of $N$?
p7. At a food stall, the price of $16$ banana fritters is $k$ RM , and the price of $k$ banana fritters is $ 1$ RM . What is the price of one banana fritter, in sen?
Note: $1$ RM is equal to $100$ sen.
p8. Given a trapezium $ABCD$ with $AD \parallel$ to $BC$, and $\angle A = \angle B = 90^o$. It is known that the area of the trapezium is 3 times the area of $\vartriangle ABD$. Find$$\frac{area \,\, of \,\, \vartriangle ABC}{area \,\, of \,\, \vartriangle ABD}.$$
p9. Each $\vartriangle$ symbol in the expression below can be substituted either with $+$ or $-$:$$\vartriangle 1 \vartriangle 2 \vartriangle 3 \vartriangle 4.$$How many possible values are there for the resulting arithmetic expression?
Note: One possible value is $-2$, which equals $-1 - 2 - 3 + 4$.
p10. How many $3$-digit numbers have its sum of digits equal to $4$?
[b]Part C[/b] (3 points each)
p11. Find the value of$$+1 + 2 + 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 +... - 2020$$where the sign alternates between $+$ and $-$ after every three numbers.
p12. If Natalie cuts a round pizza with $4$ straight cuts, what is the maximum number of pieces that she can get?
Note: Assume that all the cuts are vertical (perpendicular to the surface of the pizza). She cannot move the pizza pieces until she finishes cutting.
p13. Given a square with area $ A$. A circle lies inside the square, such that the circle touches all sides of the square. Another square with area $ B$ lies inside the circle, such that all its vertices lie on the circle. Find the value of $A/B$.
p14. This sequence lists the perfect squares in increasing order:$$0, 1, 4, 9, 16, ... ,a, 10^8, b, ...$$Determine the value of $b - a$.
p15. Determine the last digit of $5^5 + 6^6 + 7^7 + 8^8 + 9^9$
[b]Part D[/b] (4 points each)
p16. Find the sum of all integers between $-\sqrt{1442}$ and $\sqrt{2020}$.
p17. Three brothers own a painting company called Tiga Abdul Enterprise. They are hired to paint a building.
Wahab says, "I can paint this building in $3$ months if I work alone". Wahib says, "I can paint this building in $2$ months if I work alone". Wahub says, "I can paint this building in $k$ months if I work alone". If they work together, they can finish painting the building in $1$ month only. What is $k$?
p18. Given a rectangle $ABCD$ with a point $P$ inside it. It is known that $PA = 17$, $PB = 15$, and $PC = 6$. What is the length of $PD$?
p19. What is the smallest positive multiple of $225$ that can be written using digits $0$ and $ 1$ only?
p20. Given positive integers $a, b$, and $c$ with $a + b + c = 20$. Determine the number of possible integer values for $\frac{a + b}{c}$.
PS. Problems 6-20 were also used in [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4h2675966p23194287]Juniors [/url]as 1-15. Problems 11-20 were also used in Seniors 1-10.
2008 Princeton University Math Competition, A8
In four-dimensional space, the $24$-cell of sidelength $\sqrt{2}$ is the convex hull of (smallest convex set containing) the $24$ points $(\pm 1, \pm 1, 0, 0)$ and its permutations. Find the four-dimensional volume of this region.
1986 Tournament Of Towns, (107) 1
Through vertices $A$ and $B$ of triangle $ABC$ are constructed two lines which divide the triangle into four regions (three triangles and one quadrilateral). It is known that three of them have equal area. Prove that one of these three regions is the quadrilateral .
(G . Galperin , A . Savin, Moscow)
2024 Indonesia TST, 3
Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with circumcircle $\omega$ and circumcentre $O$. Points $D\neq B$ and $E\neq C$ lie on $\omega$ such that $BD\perp AC$ and $CE\perp AB$. Let $CO$ meet $AB$ at $X$, and $BO$ meet $AC$ at $Y$.
Prove that the circumcircles of triangles $BXD$ and $CYE$ have an intersection lie on line $AO$.
[i]Ivan Chan Kai Chin, Malaysia[/i]
2017 Mid-Michigan MO, 5-6
[b]p1.[/b] Replace $*$’s by an arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) to obtain true equality $$2*0*1*6*7=1.$$
[b]p2.[/b] The interval of length $88$ cm is divided into three unequal parts. The distance between middle points of the left and right parts is $46$ cm. Find the length of the middle part.
[b]p3.[/b] A $5\times 6$ rectangle is drawn on a square grid. Paint some cells of the rectangle in such a way that every $3\times 2$ sub‐rectangle has exactly two cells painted.
[b]p4.[/b] There are $8$ similar coins. $5$ of them are counterfeit. A detector can analyze any set of coins and show if there are counterfeit coins in this set. The detector neither determines which coins nare counterfeit nor how many counterfeit coins are there. How to run the detector twice to find for sure at least one counterfeit coin?
[b]p5.[/b] There is a set of $20$ weights of masses $1, 2, 3,...$ and $20$ grams. Can one divide this set into three groups of equal total masses?
[b]p6.[/b] Replace letters $A,B,C,D,E,F,G$ by the digits $0,1,...,9$ to get true equality $AB+CD=EF * EG$ (different letters correspond to different digits, same letter means the same digit, $AB$, $CD$, $EF$, and $EG$ are two‐digit numbers).
PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].
2010 Contests, 1
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $AB // CD$, $2|AB| = |CD|$ and $BD \perp BC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $CD$ and let $E$ be the intersection $BC$ and $AD$. Let $O$ be the intersection of $AM$ and $BD$. Let $N$ be the intersection of $OE$ and $AB$.
(a) Prove that $ABMD$ is a rhombus.
(b) Prove that the line $DN$ passes through the midpoint of the line segment $BE$.
Geometry Mathley 2011-12, 13.2
In a triangle $ABC$, the nine-point circle $(N)$ is tangent to the incircle $(I)$ and three excircles $(I_a), (I_b), (I_c)$ at the Feuerbach points $F, F_a, F_b, F_c$. Tangents of $(N)$ at $F, F_a, F_b, F_c$ bound a quadrangle $PQRS$. Show that the Euler line of $ABC$ is a Newton line of $PQRS$.
Luis González
2002 HKIMO Preliminary Selection Contest, 14
In $\triangle ABC$, $\angle ACB=3\angle BAC$, $BC=5$, $AB=11$. Find $AC$
Maryland University HSMC part II, 1997
[b]p1.[/b] Prove that for every point inside a regular polygon, the average of the distances to the sides equals the radius of the inscribed circle. The distance to a side means the shortest distance from the point to the line obtained by extending the side.
[b]p2.[/b] Suppose we are given positive (not necessarily distinct) integers $a_1, a_2,..., a_{1997}$ . Show that it is possible to choose some numbers from this list such that their sum is a multiple of $1997$.
[b]p3.[/b] You have Blue blocks, Green blocks and Red blocks. Blue blocks and green blocks are $2$ inches thick. Red blocks are $1$ inch thick. In how many ways can you stack the blocks into a vertical column that is exactly $12$ inches high? (For example, for height $3$ there are $5$ ways: RRR, RG, GR, RB, BR.)
[b]p4.[/b] There are $1997$ nonzero real numbers written on the blackboard. An operation consists of choosing any two of these numbers, $a$ and $b$, erasing them, and writing $a+b/2$ and $b-a/2$ instead of them. Prove that if a sequence of such operations is performed, one can never end up with the initial collection of numbers.
[b]p5.[/b] An $m\times n$ checkerboard (m and n are positive integers) is covered by nonoverlapping tiles of sizes $2\times 2$ and $1\times 4$. One $2\times 2$ tile is removed and replaced by a $1\times 4$ tile. Is it possible to rearrange the tiles so that they cover the checkerboard?
PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].
2018 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 21
In the plane a line $l$ and a point $A$ outside it are given. Find the locus of the incenters of acute-angled triangles having a vertex $A$ and an opposite side lying on $l$.
2015 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, P10
The diagonals of a convex quadrilateral divide it into four similar triangles. Prove that is possible to inscribe a circle into this quadrilateral
2008 CentroAmerican, 4
Five girls have a little store that opens from Monday through Friday. Since two people are always enough for taking care of it, they decide to do a work plan for the week, specifying who will work each day, and fulfilling the following conditions:
a) Each girl will work exactly two days a week
b) The 5 assigned couples for the week must be different
In how many ways can the girls do the work plan?
Champions Tournament Seniors - geometry, 2003.1
Consider the triangle $ABC$, in which $AB > AC$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be the feet of the perpendiculars dropped from the vertices $B$ and $C$ on the bisector of the angle $BAC$, respectively. On the line $BC$ note point $B$ such that $AD \perp AP.$ Prove that the lines $BQ, PC$ and $AD$ intersect at one point.
PEN R Problems, 7
Show that the number $r(n)$ of representations of $n$ as a sum of two squares has $\pi$ as arithmetic mean, that is \[\lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum^{n}_{m=1}r(m) = \pi.\]
KoMaL A Problems 2020/2021, A. 793
In the $43$ dimension Euclidean space the convex hull of finite set $S$ contains polyhedron $P$. We know that $P$ has $47$ vertices. Prove that it is possible to choose at most $2021$ points in $S$ such that the convex hull of these points also contain $P$, and this is sharp.
2015 ITAMO, 5
Let $AB$ be a chord of a circle $\Gamma$ and let $C$ be a point on the segment $AB$. Let $r$ be a line through $C$ which intersects $\Gamma$ at the points $D,E$; suppose that $D,E$ lie on different sides with respect to the perpendicular bisector of $AB$.
Let $\Gamma_D$ be the circumference which is externally tangent to $\Gamma$ at $D$ and touches the line $AB$ at $F$. Let $\Gamma_E$ be the circumference which is externally tangent to $\Gamma$ at $E$ and touches the line $AB$ at $G$.
Prove that $CA=CB$ if and only if $CF=CG$.
2018 Auckland Mathematical Olympiad, 3
A rectangular sheet of paper whose dimensions are $12 \times 18$ is folded along a diagonal, creating the $M$-shaped region drawn in the picture (see below). Find the area of the shaded region.
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2017 BMT Spring, 13
Two points are located $10$ units apart, and a circle is drawn with radius $ r$ centered at one of the points. A tangent line to the circle is drawn from the other point. What value of $ r$ maximizes the area of the triangle formed by the two points and the point of tangency?
2003 China Team Selection Test, 2
In triangle $ABC$, the medians and bisectors corresponding to sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ are $m_a$, $m_b$, $m_c$ and $w_a$, $w_b$, $w_c$ respectively. $P=w_a \cap m_b$, $Q=w_b \cap m_c$, $R=w_c \cap m_a$. Denote the areas of triangle $ABC$ and $PQR$ by $F_1$ and $F_2$ respectively. Find the least positive constant $m$ such that $\frac{F_1}{F_2}<m$ holds for any $\triangle{ABC}$.
Denmark (Mohr) - geometry, 2000.4
A rectangular floor is covered by a certain number of equally large quadratic tiles. The tiles along the edge are red, and the rest are white. There are equally many red and white tiles. How many tiles can there be?
2022 Puerto Rico Team Selection Test, 3
In the figure, $ABC$ and $CDE$ are right-angled and isosceles triangles. Segments $AD$ and $BC$ intersect at $P$, and segments $CD$ and $BE$ intersect at $Q$.
(a) Show that segment$ PQ$ is parallel to segment $AE$.
(b) If $BP = 4$ and $DQ = 9$, find the measure of segment $BD$.
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Ukraine Correspondence MO - geometry, 2007.9
In triangle $ABC$, the lengths of all sides are integers, $\angle B=2 \angle A$ and $\angle C> 90^o$. Find the smallest possible perimeter of this triangle.
2016 Serbia National Math Olympiad, 4
Let $ABC $be a triangle, and $I $ the incenter, $M $ midpoint of $ BC $, $ D $ the touch point of incircle and $ BC $. Prove that perpendiculars from $M, D, A $ to $AI, IM, BC $ respectively are concurrent
2001 Portugal MO, 2
The trapezium $[ABCD]$ has bases $[AB]$ and $[CD]$ (with $[AB]$ being the largest base). Knowing that $BC = 2 DA$ and that $\angle DAB + \angle ABC =120^o$ , determines the measure of $\angle DAB$.