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2024 Pan-African, 1

Find all positive intgers $a,b$ and $c$ such that $\frac{a+b}{a+c}=\frac{b+c}{b+a}$ and $ab+bc+ca$ is a prime number

1983 IMO Longlists, 61

Let $a$ and $b$ be integers. Is it possible to find integers $p$ and $q$ such that the integers $p+na$ and $q +nb$ have no common prime factor no matter how the integer $n$ is chosen ?

2004 AIME Problems, 7

$ABCD$ is a rectangular sheet of paper that has been folded so that corner $B$ is matched with point $B'$ on edge $AD$. The crease is $EF$, where $E$ is on $AB$ and $F$is on $CD$. The dimensions $AE=8$, $BE=17$, and $CF=3$ are given. The perimeter of rectangle $ABCD$ is $m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$. [asy] size(200); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair A=origin, B=(25,0), C=(25,70/3), D=(0,70/3), E=(8,0), F=(22,70/3), Bp=reflect(E,F)*B, Cp=reflect(E,F)*C; draw(F--D--A--E); draw(E--B--C--F, linetype("4 4")); filldraw(E--F--Cp--Bp--cycle, white, black); pair point=( 12.5, 35/3 ); label("$A$", A, dir(point--A)); label("$B$", B, dir(point--B)); label("$C$", C, dir(point--C)); label("$D$", D, dir(point--D)); label("$E$", E, dir(point--E)); label("$F$", F, dir(point--F)); label("$B^\prime$", Bp, dir(point--Bp)); label("$C^\prime$", Cp, dir(point--Cp));[/asy]

2013 India National Olympiad, 2

Find all $m,n\in\mathbb N$ and primes $p\geq 5$ satisfying \[m(4m^2+m+12)=3(p^n-1).\]

the 16th XMO, 3

$m$ is an integer satisfying $m \ge 2024$ , $p$ is the smallest prime factor of $m$ , for an arithmetic sequence $\{a_n\}$ of positive numbers with the common difference $m$ satisfying : for any integer $1 \le i \le \frac{p}{2} $ , there doesn’t exist an integer $x , y \le \max \{a_1 , m\}$ such that $a_i=xy$ Try to proof that there exists a positive real number $c$ such that for any $ 1\le i \le j \le n $ , $gcd(a_i , a_j ) = c \times gcd(i , j)$

1972 IMO Longlists, 16

Consider the set $S$ of all the different odd positive integers that are not multiples of $5$ and that are less than $30m, m$ being a positive integer. What is the smallest integer $k$ such that in any subset of $k$ integers from $S$ there must be two integers one of which divides the other? Prove your result.

2010 Iran Team Selection Test, 1

Let $f:\mathbb N\rightarrow\mathbb N$ be a non-decreasing function and let $n$ be an arbitrary natural number. Suppose that there are prime numbers $p_1,p_2,\dots,p_n$ and natural numbers $s_1,s_2,\dots,s_n$ such that for each $1\leq i\leq n$ the set $\{f(p_ir+s_i)|r=1,2,\dots\}$ is an infinite arithmetic progression. Prove that there is a natural number $a$ such that \[f(a+1), f(a+2), \dots, f(a+n)\] form an arithmetic progression.

1984 Putnam, B5

For each nonnegative integer $k$, let $d(k)$ denote the number of $1$'s in the binary expansion of $k$. Let $m$ be a positive integer. Express $$\sum_{k=0}^{2^m-1}(-1)^{d(k)}k^m$$in the form $(-1)^ma^{f(m)}g(m)!$, where $a$ is an integer and $f$ and $g$ are polynomials.

2017 SG Originals, Q4

Call a rational number $r$ [i]powerful[/i] if $r$ can be expressed in the form $\dfrac{p^k}{q}$ for some relatively prime positive integers $p, q$ and some integer $k >1$. Let $a, b, c$ be positive rational numbers such that $abc = 1$. Suppose there exist positive integers $x, y, z$ such that $a^x + b^y + c^z$ is an integer. Prove that $a, b, c$ are all [i]powerful[/i]. [i]Jeck Lim, Singapore[/i]

1950 Miklós Schweitzer, 5

Prove that for every positive integer $ k$ there exists a sequence of $ k$ consecutive positive integers none of which can be represented as the sum of two squares.

2023 New Zealand MO, 5

Find all triples $(a, b, n)$ of positive integers such that $a$ and $b$ are both divisors of $n$, and $a+b = \frac{n}{2}$ .

2014 AIME Problems, 15

For any integer $k\ge1$, let $p(k)$ be the smallest prime which does not divide $k$. Define the integer function $X(k)$ to be the product of all primes less than $p(k)$ if $p(k)>2$, and $X(k)=1$ if $p(k)=2$. Let $\{x_n\}$ be the sequence defined by $x_0=1$, and $x_{n+1}X(x_n)=x_np(x_n)$ for $n\ge0$. Find the smallest positive integer, $t$ such that $x_t=2090$.

2022/2023 Tournament of Towns, P2

Does there exist a natural number that can be represented as the product of two numeric palindromes in more than $100{}$ ways?

2020 ABMC, 2020 Oct

[b]p1.[/b] Catherine's teacher thinks of a number and asks her to subtract $5$ and then multiply the result by $6$. Catherine accidentally switches the numbers by subtracting 6 and multiplying by $5$ to get $30$. If Catherine had not swapped the numbers, what would the correct answer be? [b]p2.[/b] At Acton Boxborough Regional High School, desks are arranged in a rectangular grid-like configuration. In order to maintain proper social distancing, desks are required to be at least 6 feet away from all other desks. Assuming that the size of the desks is negligible, what is the maximum number of desks that can fit in a $25$ feet by $25$ feet classroom? [b]p3.[/b] Joshua hates writing essays for homework, but his teacher Mr. Meesh assigns two essays every $3$ weeks. However, Mr. Meesh favors Joshua, so he allows Joshua to skip one essay out of every $4$ that are assigned. How many essays does Joshua have to write in a $24$-week school year? [b]p4.[/b] Libra likes to read, but she is easily distracted. If a page number is even, she reads the page twice. If a page number is an odd multiple of three, she skips it. Otherwise, she reads the page exactly once. If Libra's book is $405$ pages long, how many pages in total does she read if she starts on page $1$? (Reading the same page twice counts as two pages.) [b]p5.[/b] Let the GDP of an integer be its Greatest Divisor that is Prime. For example, the GDP of $14$ is $7$. Find the largest integer less than $100$ that has a GDP of $3$. [b]p6.[/b] As has been proven by countless scientific papers, the Earth is a flat circle. Bob stands at a point on the Earth such that if he walks in a straight line, the maximum possible distance he can travel before he falls off is $7$ miles, and the minimum possible distance he can travel before he falls off is $3$ miles. Then the Earth's area in square miles is $k\pi$ for some integer $k$. Compute $k$. [b]p7.[/b] Edward has $2$ magical eggs. Every minute, each magical egg that Edward has will double itself. But there's a catch. At the end of every minute, Edward's brother Eliot will come outside and smash one egg on his forehead, causing Edward to lose that egg permanently. For example, starting with $2$ eggs, after one minute there will be $3$ eggs, then $5$, $9$, and so on. After $1$ hour, the number of eggs can be expressed as $a^b + c$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $a > 1$, and $a$ and $c$ are as small as possible. Find $a + b + c$. [b]p8.[/b] Define a sequence of real numbers $a_1$, $a_2$, $a_3$, $..$, $a_{2019}$, $a_{2020}$ with the property that $a_n =\frac{a_{n-1} + a_n + a_{n+1}}{3}$ for all $n = 2$, $3$, $4$, $5$,$...$, $2018$, $2019$. Given that $a_1 = 1$ and $a_{1000} = 1999$, find $a_{2020}$. [b]p9.[/b] In $\vartriangle ABC$ with $AB = 10$ and $AC = 12$, points $D$ and $E$ lie on sides $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$, respectively, such that $AD = 4$ and $AE = 5$. If the area of quadrilateral $BCED$ is $40$, find the area of $\vartriangle ADE$. [b]p10.[/b] A positive integer is called powerful if every prime in its prime factorization is raised to a power greater than or equal to $2$. How many positive integers less than 100 are powerful? [b]p11.[/b] Let integers $A,B < 10, 000$ be the populations of Acton and Boxborough, respectively. When $A$ is divided by $B$, the remainder is $1$. When $B$ is divided by $A$, the remainder is $2020$. If the sum of the digits of $A$ is $17$, find the total combined population of Acton and Boxborough. [b]p12.[/b] Let $a_1$, $a_2$, $...$, $a_n$ be an increasing arithmetic sequence of positive integers. Given $a_n - a_1 = 20$ and $a^2_n - a^2_{n-1} = 63$, find the sum of the terms in the arithmetic sequence. [b]p13.[/b] Bob rolls a cubical, an octahedral and a dodecahedral die ($6$, $8$ and $12$ sides respectively) numbered with the integers from $1$ to $6$, $1$ to $8$ and $1$ to $12$ respectively. If the probability that the sum of the numbers on the cubical and octahedral dice equals the number on the dodecahedral die can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m, n$ are relatively prime positive integers, compute $n - m$. [b]p14.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be inscribed in a circle with center $O$ with $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$, $AC = 15$. Let the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to BC be $D$ and let $AO$ intersect $BC$ at $E$. Given the length of $DE$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$, $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m + n$. [b]p15.[/b] The set $S$ consists of the first $10$ positive integers. A collection of $10$ not necessarily distinct integers is chosen from $S$ at random. If a particular number is chosen more than once, all but one of its occurrences are removed. Call the set of remaining numbers $A$. Let $\frac{a}{b}$ be the expected value of the number of the elements in $A$, where $a, b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find the reminder when $a + b$ is divided by $1000$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2022 Thailand Mathematical Olympiad, 8

Determine all possible values of $a_1$ for which there exists a sequence $a_1, a_2, \dots$ of rational numbers satisfying $$a_{n+1}^2-a_{n+1}=a_n$$ for all positive integers $n$.

2016 Bulgaria JBMO TST, 3

On the board the number 1 is written. If on the board there is n, write $ n^2 $ or $ (n+1)^2 $ or $ (n+2)^2 $. Can we arrive at a number, devisible by 2015?

2018 Pan-African Shortlist, N6

Prove that there are infinitely many integers $n$ such that both the arithmetic mean of its divisors and the geometric mean of its divisors are integers. (Recall that for $k$ positive real numbers, $a_1, a_2, \dotsc, a_k$, the arithmetic mean is $\frac{a_1 +a_2 +\dotsb +a_k}{k}$, and the geometric mean is $\sqrt[k]{a_1 a_2\dotsb a_k}$.)

2005 Slovenia National Olympiad, Problem 2

Find all prime numbers $p$ for which the number $p^2+11$ has less than $11$ divisors.

KoMaL A Problems 2024/2025, A. 892

Given two integers, $k$ and $d$ such that $d$ divides $k^3 - 2$. Show that there exists integers $a$, $b$, $c$ satisfying $d = a^3 + 2b^3 + 4c^3 - 6abc$. [i]Proposed by Csongor Beke and László Bence Simon, Cambridge[/i]

2022 Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad, 6

A sequence of numbers is [i]platense[/i] if the first number is greater than $1$, and $a_{n+1}=\frac{a_n}{p_n}$ which $p_n$ is the least prime divisor of $a_n$, and the sequence ends if $a_n=1$. For instance, the sequences $864, 432,216,108,54,27,9,3,1$ and $2022,1011,337,1$ are both sequence platense. A sequence platense is [i]cuboso[/i] if some term is a perfect cube greater than $1$. For instance, the sequence $864$ is cuboso, because $27=3^3$, and the sequence $2022$ is not cuboso, because there is no perfect cube. Determine the number of sequences cuboso which the initial term is less than $2022$.

2023 Princeton University Math Competition, 15

15. Let $a_{n}$ denote the number of ternary strings of length $n$ so that there does not exist a $k<n$ such that the first $k$ digits of the string equals the last $k$ digits. What is the largest integer $m$ such that $3^{m} \mid a_{2023}$ ?

EMCC Guts Rounds, 2019

[u]Round 5[/u] [b]p13.[/b] Given a (not necessarily simplified) fraction $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m, n > 6$ are positive integers, when $6$ is subtracted from both the numerator and denominator, the resulting fraction is equal to $\frac45$ of the original fraction. How many possible ordered pairs $(m, n)$ are there? [b]p14.[/b] Jamesu's favorite anime show has $3$ seasons, with $12$ episodes each. For $8$ days, Jamesu does the following: on the $n^{th}$ day, he chooses $n$ consecutive episodes of exactly one season, and watches them in order. How many ways are there for Jamesu to finish all $3$ seasons by the end of these $8$ days? (For example, on the first day, he could watch episode $5$ of the first season; on the second day, he could watch episodes $11$ and $12$ of the third season, etc.) [b]p15.[/b] Let $O$ be the center of regular octagon $ABCDEFGH$ with side length $6$. Let the altitude from $O$ meet side $AB$ at $M$, and let $BH$ meet $OM$ at $K$. Find the value of $BH \cdot BK$. [u]Round 6[/u] [b]p16.[/b] Fhomas writes the ordered pair $(2, 4)$ on a chalkboard. Every minute, he erases the two numbers $(a, b)$, and replaces them with the pair $(a^2 + b^2, 2ab)$. What is the largest number on the board after $10$ minutes have passed? [b]p17.[/b] Triangle $BAC$ has a right angle at $A$. Point $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$, and $P$ is the midpoint of $BM$. Point $D$ is the point where the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ meets $BC$. If $\angle BPA = 90^o$, what is $\frac{PD}{DM}$? [b]p18.[/b] A square is called legendary if there exist two different positive integers $a, b$ such that the square can be tiled by an equal number of non-overlapping $a$ by $a$ squares and $b$ by $b$ squares. What is the smallest positive integer $n$ such that an $n$ by $n$ square is legendary? [u]Round 7[/u] [b]p19.[/b] Let $S(n)$ be the sum of the digits of a positive integer $n$. Let $a_1 = 2019!$, and $a_n = S(a_{n-1})$. Given that $a_3$ is even, find the smallest integer $n \ge 2$ such that $a_n = an_1$. [b]p20.[/b] The local EMCC bakery sells one cookie for $p$ dollars ($p$ is not necessarily an integer), but has a special offer, where any non-zero purchase of cookies will come with one additional free cookie. With $\$27:50$, Max is able to buy a whole number of cookies (including the free cookie) with a single purchase and no change leftover. If the price of each cookie were $3$ dollars lower, however, he would be able to buy double the number of cookies as before in a single purchase (again counting the free cookie) with no change leftover. What is the value of $p$? [b]p21.[/b] Let circle $\omega$ be inscribed in rhombus $ABCD$, with $\angle ABC < 90^o$. Let the midpoint of side $AB$ be labeled $M$, and let $\omega$ be tangent to side $AB$ at $E$. Let the line tangent to $\omega$ passing through $M$ other than line $AB$ intersect segment $BC$ at $F$. If $AE = 3$ and $BE = 12$, what is the area of $\vartriangle MFB$? [u]Round 8[/u] [b]p22.[/b] Find the remainder when $1010 \cdot 1009! + 1011 \cdot 1008! + ... + 2018 \cdot 1!$ is divided by $2019$. [b]p23.[/b] Two circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ have radii $1$ and $2$, respectively and are externally tangent to one another. Circle $\omega_3$ is externally tangent to both $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$. Let $M$ be the common external tangent of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_3$ that doesn't intersect $\omega_2$. Similarly, let $N$ be the common external tangent of $\omega_2$ and $\omega_3$ that doesn't intersect $\omega_1$. Given that $M$ and N are parallel, find the radius of $\omega_3$. [b]p24.[/b] Mana is standing in the plane at $(0, 0)$, and wants to go to the EMCCiffel Tower at $(6, 6)$. At any point in time, Mana can attempt to move $1$ unit to an adjacent lattice point, or to make a knight's move, moving diagonally to a lattice point $\sqrt5$ units away. However, Mana is deathly afraid of negative numbers, so she will make sure never to decrease her $x$ or $y$ values. How many distinct paths can Mana take to her destination? PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h2949411p26408196]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2012 Mathcenter Contest + Longlist, 1

Prove without using modulo that there are no integers $a,b,c$ such that $$a^2+b^2-8c = 6$$ [i](Metamorphosis)[/i]

2014 Purple Comet Problems, 2

$\tfrac11+\tfrac13+\tfrac15=\tfrac12+\tfrac14+\tfrac16+\tfrac m n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

2019 BmMT, Ind. Round

[b]p1.[/b] If Clark wants to divide $100$ pizzas among $25$ people so that each person receives the same number of pizzas, how many pizzas should each person receive? [b]p2.[/b] In a group of $3$ people, every pair of people shakes hands once. How many handshakes occur? [b]p3.[/b] Dylan and Joey have $14$ costumes in total. Dylan gives Joey $4$ costumes, and Joey now has the number of costumes that Dylan had before giving Joey any costumes. How many costumes does Dylan have now? [b]p4.[/b] At Banjo Borger, a burger costs $7$ dollars, a soda costs $2$ dollars, and a cookie costs $3$ dollars. Alex, Connor, and Tony each spent $11$ dollars on their order, but none of them got the same order. If Connor bought the most cookies, how many cookies did Connor buy? [b]p5.[/b] Joey, James, and Austin stand on a large, flat field. If the distance from Joey to James is $30$ and the distance from Austin to James is $18$, what is the minimal possible distance from Joey to Austin? [b]p6.[/b] If the first and third terms of a five-term arithmetic sequence are $3$ and $8$, respectively, what is the sum of all $5$ terms in the sequence? [b]p7.[/b] What is the area of the $S$-shaped figure below, which has constant vertical height $5$ and width $10$? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/3/c/5bbe638472c8ea8289b63d128cd6b449440244.png[/img] [b]p8.[/b] If the side length of square $A$ is $4$, what is the perimeter of square $B$, formed by connecting the midpoints of the sides of $A$? [b]p9.[/b] The Chan Shun Auditorium at UC Berkeley has room number $2050$. The number of seats in the auditorium is a factor of the room number, and there are between $150$ and $431$ seats, inclusive. What is the sum of all of the possible numbers of seats in Chan Shun Auditorium? [b]p10.[/b] Krishna has a positive integer $x$. He notices that $x^2$ has the same last digit as $x$. If Krishna knows that $x$ is a prime number less than $50$, how many possible values of $x$ are there? [b]p11.[/b] Jing Jing the Kangaroo starts on the number $1$. If she is at a positive integer $n$, she can either jump to $2n$ or to the sum of the digits of $n$. What is the smallest positive integer she cannot reach no matter how she jumps? [b]p12.[/b] Sylvia is $3$ units directly east of Druv and runs twice as fast as Druv. When a whistle blows, Druv runs directly north, and Sylvia runs along a straight line. If they meet at a point a distance $d$ units away from Druv's original location, what is the value of $d$? [b]p13.[/b] If $x$ is a real number such that $\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{10} = \sqrt{x + 20}$, compute $x$. [b]p14.[/b] Compute the number of rearrangments of the letters in $LATEX$ such that the letter $T$ comes before the letter $E$ and the letter $E$ comes before the letter $X$. For example, $TLEAX$ is a valid rearrangment, but $LAETX$ is not. [b]p15.[/b] How many integers $n$ greater than $2$ are there such that the degree measure of each interior angle of a regular $n$-gon is an even integer? [b]p16.[/b] Students are being assigned to faculty mentors in the Berkeley Math Department. If there are $7$ students and $3$ mentors and each student has exactly one mentor, in how many ways can students be assigned to mentors given that each mentor has at least one student? [b]p17.[/b] Karthik has a paper square of side length $2$. He folds the square along a crease that connects the midpoints of two opposite sides (as shown in the left diagram, where the dotted line indicates the fold). He takes the resulting rectangle and folds it such that one of its vertices lands on the vertex that is diagonally opposite. Find the area of Karthik's final figure. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/1/e/01aa386f6616cafeed5f95ababb27bf24657f6.png[/img] [b]p18.[/b] Sally is inside a pen consisting of points $(a, b)$ such that $0 \le a, b \le 4$. If she is currently on the point $(x, y)$, she can move to either $(x, y + 1)$, $(x, y - 1)$, or $(x + 1, y)$. Given that she cannot revisit any point she has visited before, find the number of ways she can reach $(4, 4)$ from $(0, 0)$. [b]p19.[/b] An ant sits on the circumference of the circular base of a party hat (a cone without a circular base for the ant to walk on) of radius $2$ and height $\sqrt{5}$. If the ant wants to reach a point diametrically opposite of its current location on the hat, what is the minimum possible distance the ant needs to travel? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/3/4/6a7810b9862fd47106c3c275c96337ef6d23c2.png[/img] [b]p20.[/b] If $$f(x) = \frac{2^{19}x + 2^{20}}{ x^2 + 2^{20}x + 2^{20}}.$$ find the value of $f(1) + f(2) + f(4) + f(8) + ... + f(220)$. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].