Olympiad problems

2015 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 2

On a $1000\times 1000$-board we put dominoes, in such a way that each domino covers exactly two squares on the board. Moreover, two dominoes are not allowed to be adjacent, but are allowed to touch in a vertex. Determine the maximum number of dominoes that we can put on the board in this way. [i]Attention: you have to really prove that a greater number of dominoes is impossible. [/i]

2017 India PRMO, 15

Tags: maximum , average , arithmetic mean , algebra

Integers $1, 2, 3, ... ,n$, where $n > 2$, are written on a board. Two numbers $m, k$ such that $1 < m < n, 1 < k < n$ are removed and the average of the remaining numbers is found to be $17$. What is the maximum sum of the two removed numbers?

2004 Mexico National Olympiad, 6

Tags: combinatorics , maximum

What is the maximum number of possible change of directions in a path traveling on the edges of a rectangular array of $2004 \times 2004$, if the path does not cross the same place twice?.

2012 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 2

Tags: geometry , area of a triangle , maximum , median

Find out the maximum possible area of the triangle $ABC$ whose medians have lengths satisfying inequalities $m_a \le 2, m_b \le 3, m_c \le 4$.

2014 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 6

Tags: minimum , maximum , min , max , algebra , inequalities

Determine the largest and smallest fractions $F = \frac{y-x}{x+4y}$ if the real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy the equation $x^2y^2 + xy + 1 = 3y^2$.