Let $m>1$ be an integer. Find the smallest positive integer $n$, such that for any integers $a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_n; b_1,b_2,\ldots ,b_n$ there exists integers $x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n$ satisfying the following two conditions: i) There exists $i\in \{1,2,\ldots ,n\}$ such that $x_i$ and $m$ are coprime ii) $\sum^n_{i=1} a_ix_i \equiv \sum^n_{i=1} b_ix_i \equiv 0 \pmod m$

[b](i)[/b] Show that there cannot exists three peime numbers, each greater than $3$, which are in arithmetic progression with a common difference less than $5$. [b](ii)[/b] Let $k > 3$ be an integer. Show that it is not possible for $k$ prime numbers, each greater than $k$, to be in an arithmetic progression with a common difference less than or equal to $k+1$.

Find all natural numbers $N$ consisting of exactly $1112$ digits (in decimal notation) such that: (a) The sum of the digits of $N$ is divisible by $2000$; (b) The sum of the digits of $N+1$ is divisible by $2000$; (c) $1$ is a digit of $N$.

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] The temperature inside is $28^o$ F. After the temperature is increased by $5^o$ C, what will the new temperature in Fahrenheit be? [b]p2.[/b] Find the least positive integer value of $n$ such that $\sqrt{2021+n}$ is a perfect square. [b]p3.[/b] A heart consists of a square with two semicircles attached by their diameters as shown in the diagram. Given that one of the semicircles has a diameter of length $10$, then the area of the heart can be written as $a +b\pi$ where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers. Find $a +b$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/7/b/d277d9ebad76f288504f0d5273e19df568bc44.png[/img] [u]Round 2[/u] [b]p4.[/b] An $L$-shaped tromino is a group of $3$ blocks (where blocks are squares) arranged in a $L$ shape, as pictured below to the left. How many ways are there to fill a $12$ by $2$ rectangle of blocks (pictured below to the right) with $L$-shaped trominos if the trominos can be rotated or reflected? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/c/cf37cdf9703ae0cd31c38af23b6874fddb3c12.png[/img] [b]p5.[/b] How many permutations of the word $PIKACHU$ are there such that no two vowels are next to each other? [b]p6.[/b] Find the number of primes $n$ such that there exists another prime $p$ such that both $n +p$ and $n-p$ are also prime numbers. [u]Round 3[/u] [b]p7.[/b] Maisy the Bear is at the origin of the Cartesian Plane. WhenMaisy is on the point $(m,n)$ then it can jump to either $(m,n +1)$ or $(m+1,n)$. Let $L(x, y)$ be the number of jumps it takes forMaisy to reach point (x, y). The sum of $L(x, y)$ over all lattice points $(x, y)$ with both coordinates between $0$ and $2020$, inclusive, is denoted as $S$. Find $\frac{S}{2020}$ . [b]p8.[/b] A circle with center $O$ and radius $2$ and a circle with center $P$ and radius $3$ are externally tangent at $A$. Points $B$ and $C$ are on the circle with center $O$ such that $\vartriangle ABC$ is equilateral. Segment $AB$ extends past $B$ to point $D$ and $AC$ extends past $C$ to point $E$ such that $BD = CE = \sqrt3$. The area of $\vartriangle DEP$ can be written as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are integers such that $b$ is squarefree and $gcd (a,c) = 1$. Find $a +b +c$. [b]p9.[/b] Find the number of trailing zeroes at the end of $$\prod^{2021}_{i=1}(2021+i -1) = (2021)(2022)...(4041).$$ [u]Round 4[/u] [b]p10.[/b] Let $a, b$, and $c$ be side lengths of a rectangular prism with space diagonal $10$. Find the value of $$(a +b)^2 +(b +c)^2 +(c +a)^2 -(a +b +c)^2.$$ [b]p11.[/b] In a regular heptagon $ABCDEFG$, $\ell$ is a line through $E$ perpendicular to $DE$. There is a point $P$ on $\ell$ outside the heptagon such that $PA = BC$. Find the measure of $\angle EPA$. [b]p12.[/b] Dunan is being "$SUS$". The word "$SUS$" is a palindrome. Find the number of palindromes that can be written using some subset of the letters $\{S, U, S, S, Y, B, A, K, A\}$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 5-8 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166494p28814284]here [/url] and 9-12 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166500p28814367]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

How many integers $n$ are there those satisfy the following inequality $n^4 - n^3 - 3n^2 - 3n - 17 < 0$? A. $4$ B. $6$ C. $8$ D. $10$ E. $12$

The natural numbers $X$ and $Y$ are obtained from each other by permuting the digits. Prove that the sums of the digits of the numbers $5X$ and $5Y$ coincide.

Find all $n>1$ and integers $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$ satisfying the following three conditions: (i) $2<a_1\le a_2\le \cdots\le a_n$ (ii) $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$ are divisors of $15^{25}+1$. (iii) $2-\frac{2}{15^{25}+1}=\left(1-\frac{2}{a_1}\right)+\left(1-\frac{2}{a_2}\right)+\cdots+\left(1-\frac{2}{a_n}\right)$

Determine whether it is possible to place the integers $1, 2,...,2012$ in a circle in such a way that the $2012$ products of adjacent pairs of numbers leave pairwise distinct remainders when divided by $2013$.

Let $n\ge  2$ be a positive integer and $p $ a prime such that $n|p-1$ and $p | n^3-1$. Show $ 4p-3$ is a square.

A sequence of positive integer numbers $a_1,...,a_{100}$ such is that $a_1=1$, and for all $n=1, 2,...,100$ number $(a_1+...+a_n) \left ( \frac{1}{a_1}+...+\frac{1}{a_n} \right )$ is integer. What is the maximum value that can take $ a_{100}$? [i] M. Turevskii [/i]

A positive integer $N$ is written on a board. In a step, the last digit $c$ of the number on the board is erased, and after this, the remaining number $m$ is erased and replaced with $|m-3c|$ (for example, if the number $1204$ is on the board, after one step, we will replace it with $120 - 3 \cdot 4 = 108$). We repeat this until the number on the board has only one digit. Find all positive integers $N$ such that after a finite number of steps, the remaining one-digit number is $0$.

Let $a$ and $n$ be two integers greater than $1$. Prove that if $n$ divides $(a-1)^k$ for some integer $k\geq 2$, then $n$ also divides $a^{n-1}+a^{n-2}+\cdots+a+1$.

[u]Round 5[/u] [b]p13.[/b] Jason flips a coin repeatedly. The probability that he flips $15$ heads before flipping $4$ tails can be expressed as $\frac{a}{2^b}$ where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers and $a$ is odd. Find $a +b$. [b]p14.[/b] Triangle $ABC$ has side lengths $AB = 3$, $BC = 3$, and $AC = 4$. Let D be the intersection of the angle bisector of $\angle B AC$ and segment $BC$. Let the circumcircle of $\vartriangle B AD$ intersect segment $AC$ at a point $E$ distinct from $A$. The length of $AE$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a +b$. [b]p15.[/b] The sum of the squares of all values of $x$ such that $\{(x -2)(x -3)\} = \{(x -1)(x -6)\}$ and $\lfloor x^2 -6x +6 \rfloor= 9$ can be written as $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a +b$. Note: $\{a\}$ is the fractional part function, and returns $a -\lfloor a \rfloor$ . [u]Round 6[/u] [b]p16.[/b] Maisy the Polar Bear is at the origin of the Polar Plane ($r = 0, \theta = 0$). Maisy’s location can be expressed as $(r,\theta)$, meaning it is a distance of $r$ away from the origin and at a angle of $\theta$ degrees counterclockwise from the $x$-axis. When Maisy is on the point $(m,n)$ then it can jump to either $(m,n +1)$ or $(m+1,n)$. Maisy cannot jump to any point it has been to before. Let $L(r,\theta)$ be the number of paths Maisy can take to reach point $(r,\theta)$. The sum of $L(r,\theta)$ over all points where $r$ is an integer between $1$ and $2020$ and $\theta$ is an integer between $0$ and $359$ can be written as $\frac{n^k-1}{m}$ for some minimum value of $n$, such that $n$, $k$, and $m$ are all positive integers. Find $n +k +m$. [b]p17.[/b] A circle with center $O$ and radius $2$ and a circle with center $P$ and radius $3$ are externally tangent at $A$. Points $B$ and $C$ are on the circle with center $O$ such that $\vartriangle ABC$ is equilateral. Segment $AB$ extends past $B$ to point $D$ and $AC$ extends past $C$ to point $E$ such that $BD = CE = \sqrt3$. A line through $D$ is tangent to circle $P$ at $F$. Find $DF^2$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/2/7/0ee8716cebd6701fcae6544d9e39e68fff35f5.png[/img] [b]p18.[/b] Find the number of trailing zeroes at the end of $$\prod^{2021}_{i=1} (2021i -1) = (2020)(4041)...(2021^2 -1).$$ [u]Round 7[/u] [b]p19.[/b] A function $f (n)$ is defined as follows: $$f (n) = \begin{cases} \frac{n}{3} \,\,\, if \,\,\, n \equiv 0 (mod \, 3) \\ n^2 +4n -5 \,\,\,if \,\,\,n \equiv 1 (mod \, 3) \\ n^2 +n -2 \,\,\, if \,\,\,n \equiv 2 (mod \, 3) \end{cases}$$ Find the number of integer values of $n$ between $2$ and $1000$ inclusive such that $f ( f (... f (n))) = 1$ for some number of applications of $f (n)$. [b]p20.[/b] In the diagram below, the larger circle with diameter $AW$ has radius $16$. $ABCD$ and $WXY Z$ are rhombi where $\angle B AD = \angle XWZ = 60^o$ and $AC = CY = YW$. $M$ is the midpoint of minor arc $AW$, as shown. Let $I$ be the center of the circle with diameter $OM$. Circles with center $P$ and $G$ are tangent to lines $AD$ and $WZ$, respectively, and also tangent to the circle with center $I$ . Given that $IP \perp AD$ and $IG \perp WZ$, the area of $\vartriangle PIG$ can be written as $a +b\sqrt{c}$ where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers and $c$ is not divisible by the square of a prime. Find $a +b +c$. [b]p21.[/b] In a list of increasing consecutive positive integers, the first item is divisible by $1$, the second item is divisible by $4$, the third item is divisible by $7$, and this pattern increases up to the seventh item being divisible by $19$. Find the remainder when the least possible value of the first item in the list is divided by $100$. [u]Round 8[/u] [b]p22.[/b] Let the answer to Problem $24$ be $C$. Jacob never drinks more than $C$ cups of coffee in a day. He always drinks a positive integer number of cups. The probability that he drinks $C +1-X$ cups is $X$ times the probability he drinks $C$ cups of coffee for any positive number $X$ from $1$ to $C$ inclusive. Find the expected number of cups of coffee he drinks. [b]p23.[/b] Let the answer to Problem $22$ be $A$. Three lines are drawn intersecting the interior of a triangle with side lengths $26$, $28$, and $30$ such that each line is parallel and a distance A away from a respective side. The perimeter of the triangle formed by the three new lines can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively prime integers $a$ and $b$. Find $a +b$. [b]p24.[/b] Let the answer to Problem $23$ be $B$. Given that $ab-c = bc-a = ca-b$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2 = B +2$, find the sum of all possible values of $|a +b +c|$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166489p28814241]here [/url] and 9-12 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166500p28814367]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $a$ be the smallest and $A$ the largest of $n$ distinct positive integers. Prove that the least common multiple of these numbers is greater than or equal to $n a$ and that the greatest common divisor is less than or equal to $\frac{A}{n}$

Three legendary knights are fighting against a multiheaded dragon. Whenever the first knight attacks, he cuts off half of the current number of heads plus one more. Whenever the second knight attacks, he cuts off one third of the current number of heads plus two more. Whenever the third knight attacks, he cuts off one fourth of the current number of heads plus three more. They repeatedly attack in an arbitrary order so that at each step an integer number of heads is being cut off. If all the knights cannot attack as the number of heads would become non-integer, the dragon eats them. Will the knights be able to cut off all the dragon’s heads if it has $41!$ heads? Alexey Zaslavsky

Find all functions $f:\mathbb N\to\mathbb N$ satisfying $$x+f^{f(x)}(y)\mid2(x+y)$$for all $x,y\in\mathbb N$.

Let $n, m, k$ and $l$ be positive integers with $n \neq 1$ such that $n^k + mn^l + 1$ divides $n^{k+l} - 1$. Prove that [list] [*]$m = 1$ and $l = 2k$; or [*]$l|k$ and $m = \frac{n^{k-l}-1}{n^l-1}$. [/list]

Determine all integers $m \geq 2$ such that every $n$ with $\frac{m}{3} \leq n \leq \frac{m}{2}$ divides the binomial coefficient $\binom{n}{m-2n}$.

$N$ in natural. There are natural numbers from $N^3$ to $N^3+N$ on the board. $a$ numbers was colored in red, $b$ numbers was colored in blue. Sum of red numbers in divisible by sum of blue numbers. Prove, that $b|a$

Decide whether there exist infinitely many triples $(a,b,c)$ of positive integers such that all prime factors of $a!+b!+c!$ are smaller than $2020$. [i]Pitchayut Saengrungkongka, Thailand[/i]

Find all polynomials $p$ with real coefficients that if for a real $a$,$p(a)$ is integer then $a$ is integer.

Determine all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients which satisfies $P(n)\mid n!+2$ for all postive integer $n$.

Find all pairs of natural numbers $(a, b)$ that fulfill $a^b=(a+b)^a$.

Show that for any $i=1,2,3$, there exist infinity many positive integer $n$, such that among $n$, $n+2$ and $n+28$, there are exactly $i$ terms that can be expressed as the sum of the cubes of three positive integers.

Determine all positive integers $n > 1$ for which $n + D(n)$ is a power of $10$, where $D(n)$ denotes the largest integer divisor of $n$ satisfying $D(n) < n$.