Found problems: 233
2019 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 5
Find all positive integers $n$ such that the unit segments of an $n \times n$ grid of unit squares can be partitioned into groups of three such that the segments of each group share a common vertex.
2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 20
The polynomial $f(x)=x^3-3x^2-4x+4$ has three real roots $r_1$, $r_2$, and $r_3$. Let $g(x)=x^3+ax^2+bx+c$ be the polynomial which has roots $s_1$, $s_2$, and $s_3$, where $s_1=r_1+r_2z+r_3z^2$, $s_2=r_1z+r_2z^2+r_3$, $s_3=r_1z^2+r_2+r_3z$, and $z=\frac{-1+i\sqrt3}2$. Find the real part of the sum of the coefficients of $g(x)$.
2011 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 1
Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $AB = 7$, and let the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ intersect line $BC$ at $D$. If there exist points $E$ and $F$ on sides $AC$ and $BC$, respectively, such that lines $AD$ and $EF$ are parallel and divide triangle $ABC$ into three parts of equal area, determine the number of possible integral values for $BC$.
2000 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 9
Edward's formula for the stock market predicts correctly that the price of HMMT is directly proportional to a secret quantity $ x$ and inversely proportional to $ y$, the number of hours he slept the night before. If the price of HMMT is $ \$12$ when $ x\equal{}8$ and $ y\equal{}4$, how many dollars does it cost when $ x\equal{}4$ and $ y\equal{}8$?
2019 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 6
Scalene triangle $ABC$ satisfies $\angle A = 60^{\circ}$. Let the circumcenter of $ABC$ be $O$, the orthocenter be $H$, and the incenter be $I$. Let $D$, $T$ be the points where line $BC$ intersects the internal and external angle bisectors of $\angle A$, respectively. Choose point $X$ on the circumcircle of $\triangle IHO$ such that $HX \parallel AI$. Prove that $OD \perp TX$.
2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8
Let $x,y$ be complex numbers such that $\dfrac{x^2+y^2}{x+y}=4$ and $\dfrac{x^4+y^4}{x^3+y^3}=2$. Find all possible values of $\dfrac{x^6+y^6}{x^5+y^5}$.
2008 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 9
([b]7[/b]) Evaluate the limit $ \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}
n^{\minus{}\frac{1}{2}\left(1\plus{}\frac{1}{n}\right)}
\left(1^1\cdot2^2\cdot\cdots\cdot n^n\right)^{\frac{1}{n^2}}$.
2023 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 6
Each cell of a $3 $ × $3$ grid is labeled with a digit in the set {$1, 2, 3, 4, 5$} Then, the maximum entry in
each row and each column is recorded. Compute the number of labelings for which every digit from $1$
to $5$ is recorded at least once.
2011 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 5
Let $f(x) = x^2 + 6x + c$ for all real number s$x$, where $c$ is some real number. For what values of $c$ does $f(f(x))$ have exactly $3$ distinct real roots?
2018 HMNT, 1
What is the largest factor of $130000$ that does not contain the digit $0$ or $5$?
2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 2
The real numbers $x$, $y$, $z$, satisfy $0\leq x \leq y \leq z \leq 4$. If their squares form an arithmetic progression with common difference $2$, determine the minimum possible value of $|x-y|+|y-z|$.
2019 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8
There is a unique function $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(1) > 0$ and such that
\[\sum_{d \mid n} f(d) f\left(\frac{n}{d}\right) = 1\]
for all $n \ge 1$. What is $f(2018^{2019})$?
2016 HMNT, 25-27
25. Chris and Paul each rent a different room of a hotel from rooms $1 - 60$. However, the hotel manager mistakes them for one person and gives ”Chris Paul” a room with Chris’s and Paul’s room concatenated. For example, if Chris had $15$ and Paul had $9$, ”Chris Paul” has $159$. If there are $360$ rooms in the hotel, what is the probability that ”Chris Paul” has a valid room?
26. Find the number of ways to choose two nonempty subsets $X$ and $Y$ of $\{1, 2, \ldots , 2001\}$, such that
$|Y| = 1001$ and the smallest element of $Y$ is equal to the largest element of $X$.
27. Let $r_1, r_2, r_3, r_4$ be the four roots of the polynomial $x^4 - 4x^3 + 8x^2 - 7x + 3$. Find the value of $$\frac{r_1^2}{r_2^2+r_3^2+r_4^2}+\frac{r_2^2}{r_1^2+r_3^2+r_4^2}+\frac{r_3^2}{r_1^2+r_2^2+r_4^2}+\frac{r_4^2}{r_1^2+r_2^2+r_3^2}$$
2011 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 2
Let $a \star b = ab + a + b$ for all integers $a$ and $b$. Evaluate $1 \star ( 2 \star ( 3 \star (4 \star \ldots ( 99 \star 100 ) \ldots )))$.
2019 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8
In triangle $ABC$ with $AB < AC$, let $H$ be the orthocenter and $O$ be the circumcenter. Given that the midpoint of $OH$ lies on $BC$, $BC = 1$, and the perimeter of $ABC$ is 6, find the area of $ABC$.
2012 AIME Problems, 14
In a group of nine people each person shakes hands with exactly two of the other people from the group. Let N be the number of ways this handshaking can occur. Consider two handshaking arrangements different if and only if at least two people who shake hands under one arrangement do not shake hands under the other arrangement. Find the remainder when N is divided by 1000.
2016 HMNT, 3
The three points $A, B, C$ form a triangle. $AB=4, BC=5, AC=6$. Let the angle bisector of $\angle A$ intersect side $BC$ at $D$. Let the foot of the perpendicular from $B$ to the angle bisector of $\angle A$ be $E$. Let the line through $E$ parallel to $AC$ meet $BC$ at $F$. Compute $DF$.
2016 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 4
A positive integer is written on each corner of a square such that numbers on opposite vertices are relatively prime while numbers on adjacent vertices are not relatively prime. What is the smallest possible value of the sum of these $4$ numbers?
2016 HMNT, 5
Let the sequence $\{a_i\}^\infty_{i=0}$ be defined by $a_0 =\frac12$ and $a_n = 1 + (a_{n-1} - 1)^2$. Find the product $$\prod_{i=0}^\infty a_i=a_0a_1a_2\ldots$$
2016 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8
Let $S = \{1, 2, \ldots, 2016\}$, and let $f$ be a randomly chosen bijection from $S$ to itself. Let $n$ be the smallest
positive integer such that $f^{(n)}(1) = 1$, where $f^{(i)}(x) = f(f^{(i-1)}(x))$. What is the expected value of $n$?
2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 29
Let $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_m$ be finite sets of size $2012$ and let $B_1,B_2,\ldots,B_m$ be finite sets of size $2013$ such that $A_i\cap B_j=\emptyset$ if and only if $i=j$. Find the maximum value of $m$.
2019 HMNT, 3
The coefficients of the polynomial $P(x)$ are nonnegative integers, each less than 100. Given that $P(10) = 331633$ and $P(-10) = 273373$, compute $P(1)$.
2019 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 9
How many ways can you fill a $3 \times 3$ square grid with nonnegative integers such that no [i]nonzero[/i] integer appears more than once in the same row or column and the sum of the numbers in every row and column equals 7?
2012 AMC 10, 23
A solid tetrahedron is sliced off a solid wooden unit cube by a plane passing through two nonadjacent vertices on one face and one vertex on the opposite face not adjacent to either of the first two vertices. The tetrahedron is discarded and the remaining portion of the cube is placed on a table with the cut surface face down. What is the height of this object?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{3}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac{2\sqrt{2}}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt{2} $
2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 26
Triangle $ABC$ has perimeter $1$. Its three altitudes form the side lengths of a triangle. Find the set of all possible values of $\min(AB,BC,CA)$.