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1994 Mexico National Olympiad, 2

The $12$ numbers on a clock face are rearranged. Show that we can still find three adjacent numbers whose sum is $21$ or more.

2018 India PRMO, 9

Suppose $a, b$ are integers and $a+b$ is a root of $x^2 +ax+b = 0$. What is the maximum possible value of $b^2$?

2014 India PRMO, 17

Tags: algebra , integer , root , minimum
For a natural number $b$, let $N(b)$ denote the number of natural numbers $a$ for which the equation $x^2 + ax + b = 0$ has integer roots. What is the smallest value of $b$ for which $N(b) = 20$?

1988 Mexico National Olympiad, 4

In how many ways can one select eight integers $a_1,a_2, ... ,a_8$, not necesarily distinct, such that $1 \le a_1 \le ... \le a_8 \le 8$?

2019 Singapore Junior Math Olympiad, 3

Find all positive integers $m, n$ such that $\frac{2m-1}{n}$ and $\frac{2n-1}{m}$ are both integers.

2015 Costa Rica - Final Round, 4

Find all triples of integers $(x, y, z)$ not zero and relative primes in pairs such that $\frac{(y+z-x)^2}{4x}$, $\frac{(z+x-y)^2}{4y}$ and $\frac{(x+y-z)^2}{4z}$ are all integers.

1960 Putnam, B1

Find all integer solutions $(m,n)$ to $m^{n}=n^{m}.$

2002 Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad, Level 3, 1

Determine all pairs $(a, b)$ of positive integers for which $\frac{a^2b+b}{ab^2+9}$ is an integer number.

1986 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 422

Prove that it is impossible to draw a convex quadrangle, with one diagonal equal to doubled another, the angle between them $45$ degrees, on the coordinate plane, so, that all the vertices' coordinates would be integers.

2017 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 4

The sequence $a_0,a_1,a_2,\dots$ is recursively defined by \[ a_0 = 1 \quad \text{and} \quad a_n = a_{n-1} \cdot \left(4-\frac{2}{n} \right) \quad \text{for } n \geq 1. \] Prove for each integer $n \geq 1$: (a) The number $a_n$ is a positive integer. (b) Each prime $p$ with $n < p \leq 2n$ is a divisor of $a_n$. (c) If $n$ is a prime, then $a_n-2$ is divisible by $n$.

2010 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Consider a triangle $XYZ$ and a point $O$ in its interior. Three lines through $O$ are drawn, parallel to the respective sides of the triangle. The intersections with the sides of the triangle determine six line segments from $O$ to the sides of the triangle. The lengths of these segments are integer numbers $a, b, c, d, e$ and $f$ (see figure). Prove that the product $a \cdot b \cdot c\cdot d \cdot e \cdot f$ is a perfect square. [asy] unitsize(1 cm); pair A, B, C, D, E, F, O, X, Y, Z; X = (1,4); Y = (0,0); Z = (5,1.5); O = (1.8,2.2); A = extension(O, O + Z - X, X, Y); B = extension(O, O + Y - Z, X, Y); C = extension(O, O + X - Y, Y, Z); D = extension(O, O + Z - X, Y, Z); E = extension(O, O + Y - Z, Z, X); F = extension(O, O + X - Y, Z, X); draw(X--Y--Z--cycle); draw(A--D); draw(B--E); draw(C--F); dot("$A$", A, NW); dot("$B$", B, NW); dot("$C$", C, SE); dot("$D$", D, SE); dot("$E$", E, NE); dot("$F$", F, NE); dot("$O$", O, S); dot("$X$", X, N); dot("$Y$", Y, SW); dot("$Z$", Z, dir(0)); label("$a$", (A + O)/2, SW); label("$b$", (B + O)/2, SE); label("$c$", (C + O)/2, SE); label("$d$", (D + O)/2, SW); label("$e$", (E + O)/2, SE); label("$f$", (F + O)/2, NW); [/asy]

1969 Kurschak Competition, 1

Show that if $2 + 2\sqrt{28n^2 + 1}$ is an integer, then it is a square (for $n$ an integer).

2017 South East Mathematical Olympiad, 7

Let $m$ be a given positive integer. Define $a_k=\frac{(2km)!}{3^{(k-1)m}},k=1,2,\cdots.$ Prove that there are infinite many integers and infinite many non-integers in the sequence $\{a_k\}$.

2014 Abels Math Contest (Norwegian MO) Final, 4

Find all triples $(a, b, c)$ of positive integers for which $\frac{32a + 3b + 48c}{4abc}$ is also an integer.

2015 India PRMO, 11

$11.$ Let $a,$ $b,$ and $c$ be real numbers such that $a-7b+8c=4.$ and $8a+4b-c=7.$ What is the value of $a^2-b^2+c^2 ?$

1980 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 3

Let $T(n)$ be the number of dissimilar (non-degenerate) triangles with all side lengths integral and $\leq n$. Find $T(n+1)-T(n)$.

2022 SG Originals, Q2

Find all functions $f$ mapping non-empty finite sets of integers, to integers, such that $$f(A+B)=f(A)+f(B)$$ for all non-empty sets of integers $A$ and $B$. $A+B$ is defined as $\{a+b: a \in A, b \in B\}$.

Brazil L2 Finals (OBM) - geometry, 2010.6

The three sides and the area of a triangle are integers. What is the smallest value of the area of this triangle?

2018 Dutch BxMO TST, 2

Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle of which the side lengths are positive integers which are pairwise coprime. The tangent in $A$ to the circumcircle intersects line $BC$ in $D$. Prove that $BD$ is not an integer.

2003 Korea Junior Math Olympiad, 5

Four odd positive intgers $a, b, c, d (a\leq b \leq c\leq d)$ are given. Choose any three numbers among them and divide their sum by the un-chosen number, and you will always get the remainder as $1$. Find all $(a, b, c, d)$ that satisfies this.

2017 India PRMO, 4

Let $a, b$ be integers such that all the roots of the equation $(x^2+ax+20)(x^2+17x+b) = 0$ are negative integers. What is the smallest possible value of $a + b$ ?

2003 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 1

A Pythagorean triangle is a right triangle whose three sides are integers. The best known example is the triangle with rectangular sides $3$ and $4$ and hypotenuse $5$. Determine all Pythagorean triangles whose area is twice the perimeter.

2017 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 6

On the board are written $100$ mutually different positive real numbers, such that for any three different numbers $a, b, c$ is $a^2 + bc$ is an integer. Prove that for any two numbers $x, y$ from the board , number $\frac{x}{y}$ is rational.

2017 QEDMO 15th, 12

Tags: algebra , integer
Let $a$ be a real number such that $\left(a + \frac{1}{a}\right)^2=11$. For which $n\in N$ is $a^n + \frac{1}{a^n}$ an integer? Does this depend on the exact value of $a$?

1985 Brazil National Olympiad, 4

$a, b, c, d$ are integers. Show that $x^2 + ax + b = y^2 + cy + d$ has infinitely many integer solutions iff $a^2 - 4b = c^2 - 4d$.