Let $ p$ be a prime number with $ p>5$. Consider the set $ X \equal{} \left\{p \minus{} n^2 \mid n\in \mathbb{N} ,\ n^2 < p\right\}$. Prove that the set $ X$ has two distinct elements $ x$ and $ y$ such that $ x\neq 1$ and $ x\mid y$. [i]Albania[/i]

Positive integers $a$ and $b$ satisfy the equality $a+d(a)=b^2+2$ where $d(n)$ denotes the number of divisors of $n$. Prove that $a+b$ is even.

Determine the smallest positive integer $A$ with an odd number of digits and this property, that both $A$ and the number $B$ created by removing the middle digit of the number $A$ are divisible by $2018$.

What is the smallest positive integer (in base 10) that has a digit sum of 23 in base 20, and a digit sum of 20 in base 23? (The digit sums are in base 10.) [i]Team #8[/i]

Let $m, n, k$ and $l$ be positive integers with $n \ne 1$ such that $n^k + mn^l + 1$ divides $n^{k+l }- 1$. Prove that either $m = 1$ and $l = 2k$, or $l | k$ and $m =\frac{n^{k-l} - 1}{n^l - 1}$.

Prove that there exists a sequence of unbounded positive integers $a_1\leq a_2\leq a_3\leq\cdots$, such that there exists a positive integer $M$ with the following property: for any integer $n\geq M$, if $n+1$ is not prime, then any prime divisor of $n!+1$ is greater than $n+a_n$.

For each positive integer $n$, let $c(n)$ be the number of digits of $n$. Let $A$ be a set of positive integers with the following property: If $a$ and $b$ are two distinct elements in $A$, then $c(a +b)+2 > c(a)+c(b)$. Find the largest number of elements that $A$ can have. PS. In the original wording: c(n) = ''cantidad de dıgitos''

Find: a) Any quadruple of positive integers $(a, k, l, m)$ such that $a^k = a^l + a^m,$ b) Any quintuple of positive integers $(a, k, l, m, n)$ for which $a^k = a^l + a^m+a^n$

Note that $8^3 - 7^3 = 169 = 13^2$ and $13 = 2^2 + 3^2.$ Prove that if the difference between two consecutive cubes is a square, then it is the square of the sum of two consecutive squares.

Let $Q$ be a set of prime numbers, not necessarily finite. For a positive integer $n$ consider its prime factorization: define $p(n)$ to be the sum of all the exponents and $q(n)$ to be the sum of the exponents corresponding only to primes in $Q$. A positive integer $n$ is called [i]special[/i] if $p(n)+p(n+1)$ and $q(n)+q(n+1)$ are both even integers. Prove that there is a constant $c>0$ independent of the set $Q$ such that for any positive integer $N>100$, the number of special integers in $[1,N]$ is at least $cN$. (For example, if $Q=\{3,7\}$, then $p(42)=3$, $q(42)=2$, $p(63)=3$, $q(63)=3$, $p(2022)=3$, $q(2022)=1$.)

Juanita wrote the numbers from $1$ to $13$ , calculated the sum of all the digits he had written and obtained $$1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+(1+0)+(1+1)+(1+2)+(1+3)=55.$$ His brother Ariel wrote the numbers from $1$ to $100$ and calculated the sum of all the digits written. Find the value of Ariel's sum.

Two positive integers $n,m\ge 2$ are called [i]allies[/i] if when written as a product of primes (not necessarily different): $n=p_1p_2...p_s$ and $m=q_1q_2...q_t$, turns out that: $$p_1 + p_2 + ... + p_s = q_1 + q_2 + ... + q_t$$ (a) Show that the biggest ally of any positive integer has to have only $2$ and $3$ in its prime factorization. (b) Find the biggest number which is allied of $2021$ .

Let us consider a matrix $T$ with n rows denoted $1,\ldots,n$ and $p$ columns $1,\ldots,p$. Its entries $a_{ik}~(1\le i\le n,1\le k\le p)$ are integers such that $1\le a_{ik}\le N$, where $N$ is a given natural number. Let $E_i$ be the set of numbers that appear on the $i$-th row. Answer question (a) or (b). (a) Assume $T$ satisfies the following conditions: $(1)$ $E_i$ has exactly $p$ elements for each $i$, and $(2)$ all $E_i$'s are mutually distinct. Let $m$ be the smallest value of $N$ that permits a construction of such an $n\times p$ table $T$. i. Compute $m$ if $n=p+1$. ii. Compute $m$ if $n=10^{30}$ and $p=1998$. iii. Determine $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{m^p}n$, where $p$ is fixed. (b) Assume $T$ satisfies the following conditions instead: $(1)$ $p=n$, $(2)$ whenever $i,k$ are integers with $i+k\le n$, the number $a_{ik}$ is not in the set $E_{i+k}$. i. Prove that all $E_i$'s are mutually distinct. ii. Prove that if $n\ge2^q$ for some integer $q>0$, then $N\ge q+1$. iii. Let $n=2^r-1$ for some integer $r>0$. Prove that $N\ge r$ and show that there is such a table with $N=r$.

For the positive integers $a, b, x_1$ we construct the sequence of numbers $(x_n)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ such that $x_n = ax_{n-1} + b$ for each $n \ge 2$. Specify the conditions for the given numbers $a, b$ and $x_1$ which are necessary and sufficient for all indexes $m, n$ to apply the implication $m | n \Rightarrow x_m | x_n$. (Jaromír Šimša)

[u]Round 5[/u] [b]5.1.[/b] Julia baked a pie for herself to celebrate pi day this year. If Julia bakes anyone pie on pi day, the following year on pi day she bakes a pie for herself with $1/3$ probability, she bakes her friend a pie with $1/6$ probability, and she doesn't bake anyone a pie with $1/2$ probability. However, if Julia doesn't make pie on pi day, the following year on pi day she bakes a pie for herself with $1/2$ probability, she bakes her friend a pie with $1/3$ probability, and she doesn't bake anyone a pie with $1/6$ probability. The probability that Julia bakes at least $2$ pies on pi day in the next $5$ years can be expressed as $p/q$, for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Compute $p + q$. [b]5.2.[/b] Steven is flipping a coin but doesn't want to appear too lucky. If he ips the coin $8$ times, the probability he only gets sequences of consecutive heads or consecutive tails that are of length $4$ or less can be expressed as $p/q$, for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Compute $p + q$. [b]5.3.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square with side length $3$. Further, let $E$ be a point on side$ AD$, such that $AE = 2$ and $DE = 1$, and let $F$ be the point on side $AB$ such that triangle $CEF$ is right with hypotenuse $CF$. The value $CF^2$ can be expressed as $m/n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $m + n$. [u]Round 6[/u] [b]6.1.[/b] Let $P$ be a point outside circle $\omega$ with center $O$. Let $A,B$ be points on circle $\omega$ such that $PB$ is a tangent to $\omega$ and $PA = AB$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$. Given $OM = 1$, $PB = 3$, the value of $AB^2$ can be expressed as $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$. [b]6.2.[/b] Let $a_0, a_1, a_2,...$with each term defined as $a_n = 3a_{n-1} + 5a_{n-2}$ and $a_0 = 0$, $a_1 = 1$. Find the remainder when $a_{2020}$ is divided by $360$. [b]6.3.[/b] James and Charles each randomly pick two points on distinct sides of a square, and they each connect their chosen pair of points with a line segment. The probability that the two line segments intersect can be expressed as $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$. [u]Round 7[/u] [b]7.1.[/b] For some positive integers $x, y$ let $g = gcd (x, y)$ and $\ell = lcm (2x, y)$: Given that the equation $xy+3g+7\ell = 168$ holds, find the largest possible value of $2x + y$. [b]7.2.[/b] Marco writes the polynomials $$f(x) = nx^4 +2x^3 +3x^2 +4x+5$$ and $$g(x) = a(x-1)^4 +b(x-1)^3 +6(x-1)^2 + d(x - 1) + e,$$ where $n, a, b, d, e$ are real numbers. He notices that $g(i) = f(i) - |i|$ for each integer $i$ satisfying $-5 \le i \le -1$. Then $n^2$ can be expressed as $p/q$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$. [b]7.3. [/b]Equilateral $\vartriangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle with center $O$. Points $D$ and $E$ are chosen on minor arcs $AB$ and $BC$, respectively. Segment $\overline{CD}$ intersects $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AE}$ at $Y$ and $X$, respectively. Given that $\vartriangle DXE$ and $\vartriangle AXC$ have equal area, $\vartriangle AXY$ has area $ 1$, and $\vartriangle ABC$ has area $52$, find the area of $\vartriangle BXC$. [u]Round 8[/u] [b]8.[/b] Let $A$ be the number of total webpage visits our website received last month. Let $B$ be the number photos in our photo collection from ABMC onsite 2017. Let $M$ be the mean speed round score. Further, let $C$ be the number of times the letter c appears in our problem bank. Estimate $$A \cdot B + M \cdot C.$$Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input. $$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h2766251p24226451]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

We have a number $n$ for which we can find 5 consecutive numbers, none of which is divisible by $n$, but their product is. Show that we can find 4 consecutive numbers, none of which is divisible by $n$, but their product is.

Let $p \geq 5$ be a prime. (a) Show that exists a prime $q \neq p$ such that $q| (p-1)^{p}+1$ (b) Factoring in prime numbers $(p-1)^{p}+1 = \prod_{i=1}^{n}p_{i}^{a_{i}}$ show that: \[\sum_{i=1}^{n}p_{i}a_{i}\geq \frac{p^{2}}2 \]

All the species of plants existing in Russia are catalogued (numbered by integers from $2$ to $2000$ ; one after another, without omissions or repetitions). For any pair of species the gcd of their catalogue numbers was calculated and recorded but the catalogue numbers themselves were lost. Is it possible to restore the catalogue numbers from the data in hand?

Prove that the number $$\bigg\lfloor\frac{2024}{1}\bigg\rfloor+\bigg\lfloor\frac{2023}{2}\bigg\rfloor+\bigg\lfloor\frac{2022}{3}\bigg\rfloor+\dots +\bigg\lfloor\frac{1013}{1012}\bigg\rfloor$$ is even.

Find all positive integers $n$ and $b$ with $0 < b < 10$ such that if $a_n$ is the positive integer with $n$ digits, all of them $1$, then $a_{2n} - b a_n$ is a square.

How many positive integers $n<2024$ are divisible by $\lfloor \sqrt{n}\rfloor-1$?

Find all pairs $(a,b)$ of positive integers such that $a!+b$ and $b!+a$ are both powers of $5$. [i]Nikola Velov, North Macedonia[/i]

For each positive integer $n,$ let $\sigma(n)$ denote the sum of the positive integer divisors of $n.$ How many positive integers $n \leq 2021$ satisfy $$\sigma(3n) \geq \sigma(n)+\sigma(2n)?$$ [i]Proposed by Kyle Lee[/i]

[b]p1.[/b] Suppose that Yunseo wants to order a pizza that is cut into $4$ identical slices. For each slice, there are $2$ toppings to choose from: pineapples and apples. Each slice must have exactly one topping. How many distinct pizzas can Yunseo order? Pizzas that can be obtained by rotating one pizza are considered the same. [b]p2.[/b] How many triples of distinct positive integers $(E, M, C)$ are there such that $E = MC^2$ and $E \le 50$? [b]p3.[/b] Given that the cubic polynomial $p(x)$ has leading coefficient $1$ and satisfies $p(0) = 0$, $p(1) = 1$, and $p(2) = 2$. Find $p(3)$. [b]p4.[/b] Olaf asks Anna to guess a two-digit number and tells her that it’s a multiple of $7$ with two distinct digits. Anna makes her first guess. Olaf says one digit is right but in the wrong place. Anna adjusts her guess based on Olaf’s comment, but Olaf answers with the same comment again. Anna now knows what the number is. What is the sum of all the numbers that Olaf could have picked? [b]p5.[/b] Vincent the Bug draws all the diagonals of a regular hexagon with area $720$, splitting it into many pieces. Compute the area of the smallest piece. [b]p6.[/b] Given that $y - \frac{1}{y} = 7 + \frac{1}{7}$, compute the least integer greater than $y^4 + \frac{1}{y^4}$. [b]p7.[/b] At $9:00$ A.M., Joe sees three clouds in the sky. Each hour afterwards, a new cloud appears in the sky, while each old cloud has a $40\%$ chance of disappearing. Given that the expected number of clouds that Joe will see right after $1:00$ P.M. can be written in the form $p/q$ , where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers, what is $p + q$? [b]p8.[/b] Compute the unique three-digit integer with the largest number of divisors. [b]p9.[/b] Jo has a collection of $101$ books, which she reads one each evening for $101$ evenings in a predetermined order. In the morning of each day that Jo reads a book, Amy chooses a random book from Jo’s collection and burns one page in it. What is the expected number of pages that Jo misses? [b]p10.[/b] Given that $x, y, z$ are positive real numbers satisfying $2x + y = 14 - xy$, $3y + 2z = 30 - yz$, and $z + 3x = 69 - zx$, the expression $x + y + z$ can be written as $p\sqrt{q} - r$, where $p, q, r$ are positive integers and $q$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Compute $p + q + r$. [b]p11.[/b] In rectangle $TRIG$, points $A$ and $L$ lie on sides $TG$ and $TR$ respectively such that $TA = AG$ and $TL = 2LR$. Diagonal $GR$ intersects segments $IL$ and $IA$ at $B$ and $E$ respectively. Suppose that the area of the convex pentagon with vertices $TABLE$ is equal to $21$. What is the area of $TRIG$? [b]p12.[/b] Call a number nice if it can be written in the form $2^m \cdot 3^n$, where $m$ and $n$ are nonnegative integers. Vincent the Bug fills in a $3$ by $3$ grid with distinct nice numbers, such that the product of the numbers in each row and each column are the same. What is the smallest possible value of the largest number Vincent wrote? [b]p13.[/b] Let $s(n)$ denote the sum of digits of positive integer $n$ and define $f(n) = s(202n) - s(22n)$. Given that $M$ is the greatest possible value of $f(n)$ for $0 < n < 350$ and $N$ is the least value such that $f(N) = M$, compute $M + N$. [b]p14.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, let M be the midpoint of $BC$ and let $E, F$ be points on $AB, AC$, respectively, such that $\angle MEF = 30^o$ and $\angle MFE = 60^o$. Given that $\angle A = 60^o$, $AE = 10$, and $EB = 6$,compute $AB + AC$. [b]p15.[/b] A unit cube moves on top of a $6 \times 6$ checkerboard whose squares are unit squares. Beginning in the bottom left corner, the cube is allowed to roll up or right, rolling about its bottom edges to travel from square to square, until it reaches the top right corner. Given that the side of the cube facing upwards in the beginning is also facing upwards after the cube reaches the top right corner, how many total paths are possible? PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Anna took a number \(N\), which is written in base 10 and has fewer than 9 digits, and duplicated it by writing another \(N\) to its left, creating a new number with twice as many digits. Bob computed the sum of all integers from 1 to \(N\). It turned out that Anna's new number is 7 times as large as the sum computed by Bob. Determine \(N\). [i]Proposed by Bachana Kutsia, Georgia [/i]