A grid of cells is tiled with dominoes such that every cell is covered by exactly one domino. A subset $S$ of dominoes is chosen. Is it true that at least one of the following 2 statements is false? (1) There are $2022$ more horizontal dominoes than vertical dominoes in $S$. (2) The cells covered by the dominoes in $S$ can be tiled completely and exactly by $L$-shaped tetrominoes.

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid, where $AB$ and $CD$ are parallel. Let $P$ be a point on the side $BC$. Show that the parallels to $AP$ and $PD$ intersect through $C$ and $B$ to $DA$, respectively.

Find all real numbers for which $3^x+4^x=5^x$.

For a positive integer $n>1$, let $g(n)$ denote the largest positive proper divisor of $n$ and $f(n)=n-g(n)$. For example, $g(10)=5, f(10)=5$ and $g(13)=1,f(13)=12$. Let $N$ be the smallest positive integer such that $f(f(f(N)))=97$. Find the largest integer not exceeding $\sqrt{N}$

Alpha and Beta are playing a game on a $10\times 100$ grid of squares. At each turn, they can fold the grid along any of the interior horizontal or vertical gridlines, which creates a smaller (folded) grid of squares (on the first move, they can choose one of $9$ horizontal or $99$ vertical gridlines). The person who makes the last fold wins. If both players play optimally and Alpha starts, determine with proof who wins.

Prove that for every real number $M$ there exists an infinite arithmetic progression such that: - each term is a positive integer and the common difference is not divisible by 10 - the sum of the digits of each term (in decimal representation) exceeds $M$.

Let $f(n)$ be number of numbers $x \in \{1,2,\cdots ,n\}$, $n\in\mathbb{N}$, such that $gcd(x, n)$ is either $1$ or prime. Prove $$\sum_{d|n} f(d) + \varphi(n) \geq 2n$$ For which $n$ does equality hold?

Find all prime numbers $p$ for which $p^3- p + 1$ is a perfect square .

Let $\sigma (n)$ shows the number of positive divisors of $n$. Let $s(n)$ be the number of positive divisors of $n+1$ such that for every divisor $a$, $a-1$ is also a divisor of $n$. Find the maximum value of $2s(n)- \sigma (n) $.

Let $M=\{(x,y)||xy|=1,x>0\},N=\{(x,y)|\arctan x+\arctan y=\pi\}$. Which one is right? $\text{(A)}M\cup N=\{(x,y)||xy|=1\}\qquad\text{(B)}M\cup N=M$ $\text{(C)}M\cup N=N\qquad\text{(D)}M\cup N=\{(x,y)||xy|=1,x,y\text{ cannot be negative the same time}\}$

Prove that the following inequality holds for each natural number $ n$. \[ \int_0^{\frac {\pi}{2}} \sum_{k \equal{} 1}^n \left(\frac {\sin kx}{k}\right)^2dx < \frac {61}{144}\pi\]

Lucía multiplies some positive one-digit numbers (not necessarily distinct) and obtains a number $n$ greater than 10. Then, she multiplies all the digits of $n$ and obtains an odd number. Find all possible values of the units digit of $n$. $\textit{Proposed by Pablo Serrano, Ecuador}$

It is given that n is a positive integer such that both numbers $2n + 1$ and $3n + 1$ are complete squares. Is it true that $n$ must be divisible by $40$ ? Justify your answer.

Let $P(t) = t^3+27t^2+199t+432$. Suppose $a$, $b$, $c$, and $x$ are distinct positive reals such that $P(-a)=P(-b)=P(-c)=0$, and \[ \sqrt{\frac{a+b+c}{x}} = \sqrt{\frac{b+c+x}{a}} + \sqrt{\frac{c+a+x}{b}} + \sqrt{\frac{a+b+x}{c}}. \] If $x=\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$, compute $m+n$. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]

For an ${n\times n}$ matrix $A$, let $X_{i}$ be the set of entries in row $i$, and $Y_{j}$ the set of entries in column $j$, ${1\leq i,j\leq n}$. We say that $A$ is [i]golden[/i] if ${X_{1},\dots ,X_{n},Y_{1},\dots ,Y_{n}}$ are distinct sets. Find the least integer $n$ such that there exists a ${2004\times 2004}$ golden matrix with entries in the set ${\{1,2,\dots ,n\}}$.

In the $xyz$ space, consider a right circular cylinder with radius of base 2, altitude 4 such that \[\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} x^2+y^2\leq 4 &\quad \\ 0\leq z\leq 4 &\quad \end{array} \right.\] Let $V$ be the solid formed by the points $(x,\ y,\ z)$ in the circular cylinder satisfying \[\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} z\leq (x-2)^2 &\quad \\ z\leq y^2 &\quad \end{array} \right.\] Find the volume of the solid $V$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $M_n$ be the set of invertible matrices with integer entries and size $n \times n$. (a) Find the largest possible value of $n$ such that there exists a symmetric matrix $A \in M_n$ satisfying \[ \det(A^{20} + A^{24}) < 2024. \] (b) Prove that for every $n$, there exists a matrix $B \in M_n$ such that \[ \det(B^{20} + B^{24}) < 2024. \]

Let $ABCDE$ be a convex pentagon such that $BC \parallel AE,$ $AB = BC + AE,$ and $\angle ABC = \angle CDE.$ Let $M$ be the midpoint of $CE,$ and let $O$ be the circumcenter of triangle $BCD.$ Given that $\angle DMO = 90^{\circ},$ prove that $2 \angle BDA = \angle CDE.$ [i]Proposed by Nazar Serdyuk, Ukraine[/i]

We divide a natural number $N$, that has $k$ digits, by $19$ and get a residue of $10^{k-2} -Q$, where $Q$ is the quotient and $Q < 101$. Also, $10^{k-2}-Q$ is larger than $0$. How many possible values of $N$ are there?

Let $G$ be a finite group and $a\in G$ a fixed element. Define the set $$S_a=\{g\in G\mid ga\neq ag, \,ga^2=a^2g\}.$$ Show that: [list=a] [*] if $g\in S_a$, then $ag^{-1}\in S_a$; [*] $|S_a|$ is divisible by $4$.

Let \(a\), \(b\), and \(n\) be positive integers. A lemonade stand owns \(n\) cups, all of which are initially empty. The lemonade stand has a [i]filling machine[/i] and an [i]emptying machine[/i], which operate according to the following rules: [list] [*]If at any moment, \(a\) completely empty cups are available, the filling machine spends the next \(a\) minutes filling those \(a\) cups simultaneously and doing nothing else. [*]If at any moment, \(b\) completely full cups are available, the emptying machine spends the next \(b\) minutes emptying those \(b\) cups simultaneously and doing nothing else. [/list] Suppose that after a sufficiently long time has passed, both the filling machine and emptying machine work without pausing. Find, in terms of \(a\) and \(b\), the least possible value of \(n\). [i]Proposed by Raymond Feng[/i]

Does there exist positive integers $a, b, c$ such that $4(ab - a - c^2) = b$?

Establish if there exists a finite set $M$ of points in space, not all situated in the same plane, so that for any straight line $d$ which contains at least two points from M there exists another straight line $d'$, parallel with $d,$ but distinct from $d$, which also contains at least two points from $M$.

Characterise all numbers that cannot be written as a sum of $1$ or more consecutive odd numbers.

Prove that if the sum of two irreducible fractions is an integer then the two fractions have the same denominator.