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2019 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 10

For any positive integer $n$, let $r_n$ denote the greatest odd divisor of $n$. Compute $T =r_{100}+ r_{101} + r_{102}+...+r_{200}$

1997 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 3

Tags: number theory , odd
Let $A$ and $B$ be integers with an odd sum. Show that every integer can be written in the form $x^2 -y^2 +Ax+By$, where $x,y$ are integers.

1987 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 448

Given two closed broken lines in the plane with odd numbers of edges. All the lines, containing those edges are different, and not a triple of them intersects in one point. Prove that it is possible to chose one edge from each line such, that the chosen edges will be the opposite sides of a convex quadrangle.

2016 Saudi Arabia Pre-TST, 1.3

Let $a, b$ be two positive integers such that $b + 1|a^2 + 1$,$ a + 1|b^2 + 1$. Prove that $a, b$ are odd numbers.

1996 Singapore Senior Math Olympiad, 3

Tags: number theory , odd
Prove that for any positive even integer $n$ larger than $38$, $n$ can be written as $a\times b+c\times d$ where $a, b, c, d$ are odd integers larger than $1$.

1981 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 1

A sequence $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots $ is defined as follows: $a_1$ is a positive integer and $$a_{n+1} = \left\lfloor \frac{3}{2} a_n \right\rfloor +1$$ for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Can $a_1$ be chosen in such a way that the first $100000$ terms of the sequence are even, but the $100001$-th term is odd?

1999 Estonia National Olympiad, 1

Prove that if $p$ is an odd prime, then $p^2(p^2 -1999)$ is divisible by $6$ but not by $12$.

2010 Bosnia And Herzegovina - Regional Olympiad, 3

Let $n$ be an odd positive integer bigger than $1$. Prove that $3^n+1$ is not divisible with $n$

1989 Austrian-Polish Competition, 9

Find the smallest odd natural number $N$ such that $N^2$ is the sum of an odd number (greater than $1$) of squares of adjacent positive integers.

2013 Costa Rica - Final Round, 2

Determine all even positive integers that can be written as the sum of odd composite positive integers.

2017 May Olympiad, 1

Tags: number theory , digit , odd
To each three-digit number, Matías added the number obtained by inverting its digits. For example, he added $729$ to the number $927$. Calculate in how many cases the result of the sum of Matías is a number with all its digits odd.

2017 Puerto Rico Team Selection Test, 5

Tags: number theory , odd , prime
Find a pair prime numbers $(p, q)$, $p> q$ of , if any, such that $\frac{p^2 - q^2}{4}$ is an odd integer.

1931 Eotvos Mathematical Competition, 2

Let $a^2_1+ a^2_2+ a^2_3+ a^2_4+ a^2_5= b^2$, where $a_1$, $a_2$, $a_3$, $a_4$, $a_5$, and $b$ are integers. Prove that not all of these numbers can be odd.

2017 Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 4

Show that there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that the number of distinct odd prime factors of $n(n + 3)$ is a multiple of $3$. (For instance, $180 = 2^2 \cdot 3^2 \cdot 5$ has two distinct odd prime factors and $840 = 2^3 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \cdot 7$ has three.)

2019 Nigerian Senior MO Round 4, 4

We consider the real sequence ($x_n$) defined by $x_0=0, x_1=1$ and $x_{n+2}=3x_{n+1}-2 x_{n}$ for $n=0,1,2,...$ We define the sequence ($y_n$) by $y_n=x^2_n+2^{n+2}$ for every nonnegative integer $n$. Prove that for every $n>0, y_n$ is the square of an odd integer.

1997 ITAMO, 2

Let a real function $f$ defined on the real numbers satisfy the following conditions: (i) $f(10+x) = f(10- x)$ (ii) $f(20+x) = - f(20- x)$ for all $x$. Prove that f is odd and periodic.

2006 MOP Homework, 3

For positive integer $k$, let $p(k)$ denote the greatest odd divisor of $k$. Prove that for every positive integer $n$, $$\frac{2n}{3} < \frac{p(1)}{1}+ \frac{p(2)}{2}+... +\frac{ p(n)}{n}<\frac{2(n + 1)}{3}$$

2010 Belarus Team Selection Test, 4.3

a) Prove that there are infinitely many pairs $(m, n)$ of positive integers satisfying the following equality $[(4 + 2\sqrt3)m] = [(4 -2\sqrt3)n]$ b) Prove that if $(m, n)$ satisfies the equality, then the number $(n + m)$ is odd. (I. Voronovich)

2016 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 4

Tags: number theory , odd , game
A box contains answer $4032$ scripts out of which exactly half have odd number of marks. We choose 2 scripts randomly and, if the scores on both of them are odd number, we add one mark to one of them, put the script back in the box and keep the other script outside. If both scripts have even scores, we put back one of the scripts and keep the other outside. If there is one script with even score and the other with odd score, we put back the script with the odd score and keep the other script outside. After following this procedure a number of times, there are 3 scripts left among which there is at least one script each with odd and even scores. Find, with proof, the number of scripts with odd scores among the three left.

2019 Auckland Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Tags: odd , number theory
Let $x$ be the smallest positive integer that cannot be expressed in the form $\frac{2^a - 2^b}{2^c - 2^d}$, where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are non-negative integers. Prove that $x$ is odd.

2015 Brazil Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: function , odd , even , periodic , algebra
Let's call a function $f : R \to R$ [i]cool[/i] if there are real numbers $a$ and $b$ such that $f(x + a)$ is an even function and $f(x + b)$ is an odd function. (a) Prove that every cool function is periodic. (b) Give an example of a periodic function that is not cool.

1975 Chisinau City MO, 113

Prove that any integer $n$ satisfying the inequality $n <(44 + \sqrt{1975})^100 <n + 1$ is odd.

2017 Balkan MO Shortlist, N5

Given a positive odd integer $n$, show that the arithmetic mean of fractional parts $\{\frac{k^{2n}}{p}\}, k=1,..., \frac{p-1}{2}$ is the same for infinitely many primes $p$ .

1976 Chisinau City MO, 121

Prove that the polynomial $P (x)$ with integer coefficients, taking odd values for $x = 0$ and $x= 1$, has no integer roots.

2015 Gulf Math Olympiad, 1

a) Suppose that $n$ is an odd integer. Prove that $k(n-k)$ is divisible by $2$ for all positive integers $k$. b) Find an integer $k$ such that $k(100-k)$ is not divisible by $11$. c) Suppose that $p$ is an odd prime, and $n$ is an integer. Prove that there is an integer $k$ such that $k(n-k)$ is not divisible by $p$. d) Suppose that $p,q$ are two different odd primes, and $n$ is an integer. Prove that there is an integer $k$ such that $k(n-k)$ is not divisible by any of $p,q$.