Found problems: 698
2014 Contests, 1
Prove that every nonzero coefficient of the Taylor series of $(1-x+x^2)e^x$ about $x=0$ is a rational number whose numerator (in lowest terms) is either $1$ or a prime number.
2011 USA TSTST, 3
Prove that there exists a real constant $c$ such that for any pair $(x,y)$ of real numbers, there exist relatively prime integers $m$ and $n$ satisfying the relation
\[
\sqrt{(x-m)^2 + (y-n)^2} < c\log (x^2 + y^2 + 2).
\]
2005 Taiwan TST Round 2, 2
Starting from a positive integer $n$, we can replace the current number with a multiple of the current number or by deleting one or more zeroes from the decimal representation of the current number. Prove that for all values of $n$, it is possible to obtain a single-digit number by applying the above algorithm a finite number of times.
There is a nice solution to this...
2008 Vietnam National Olympiad, 3
Let $ m \equal{} 2007^{2008}$, how many natural numbers n are there such that $ n < m$ and $ n(2n \plus{} 1)(5n \plus{} 2)$ is divisible by $ m$ (which means that $ m \mid n(2n \plus{} 1)(5n \plus{} 2)$) ?
2010 AIME Problems, 1
Maya lists all the positive divisors of $ 2010^2$. She then randomly selects two distinct divisors from this list. Let $ p$ be the probability that exactly one of the selected divisors is a perfect square. The probability $ p$ can be expressed in the form $ \frac{m}{n}$, where $ m$ and $ n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $ m \plus{} n$.
PEN A Problems, 113
Find all triples $(l, m, n)$ of distinct positive integers satisfying \[{\gcd(l, m)}^{2}= l+m, \;{\gcd(m, n)}^{2}= m+n, \; \text{and}\;\;{\gcd(n, l)}^{2}= n+l.\]
2014 Online Math Open Problems, 3
Suppose that $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers with $A = \tfrac mn$, where
\[ A = \frac{2+4+6+\dots+2014}{1+3+5+\dots+2013} - \frac{1+3+5+\dots+2013}{2+4+6+\dots+2014}. \] Find $m$. In other words, find the numerator of $A$ when $A$ is written as a fraction in simplest form.
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
2021 Purple Comet Problems, 23
The sum $$\sum_{k=3}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k(k^4-5k^2+4)^2}$$ is equal to $\frac{m^2}{2n^2}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.
2004 Korea National Olympiad, 2
$x$ and $y$ are positive and relatively prime and $z$ is an integer. They satisfy $(5z-4x)(5z-4y)=25xy$. Show that at least one of $10z+x+y$ or quotient of this number divided by $3$ is a square number (i.e. prove that $10z+x+y$ or integer part of $\frac{10z+x+y}{3}$ is a square number).
2014 ELMO Shortlist, 4
Let $r$ and $b$ be positive integers. The game of [i]Monis[/i], a variant of Tetris, consists of a single column of red and blue blocks. If two blocks of the same color ever touch each other, they both vanish immediately. A red block falls onto the top of the column exactly once every $r$ years, while a blue block falls exactly once every $b$ years.
(a) Suppose that $r$ and $b$ are odd, and moreover the cycles are offset in such a way that no two blocks ever fall at exactly the same time. Consider a period of $rb$ years in which the column is initially empty. Determine, in terms of $r$ and $b$, the number of blocks in the column at the end.
(b) Now suppose $r$ and $b$ are relatively prime and $r+b$ is odd. At time $t=0$, the column is initially empty. Suppose a red block falls at times $t = r, 2r, \dots, (b-1)r$ years, while a blue block falls at times $t = b, 2b, \dots, (r-1)b$ years. Prove that at time $t=rb$, the number of blocks in the column is $\left\lvert 1+2(r-1)(b+r)-8S \right\rvert$, where \[ S = \left\lfloor \frac{2r}{r+b} \right\rfloor
+ \left\lfloor \frac{4r}{r+b} \right\rfloor
+ ...
+ \left\lfloor \frac{(r+b-1)r}{r+b} \right\rfloor
. \]
[i]Proposed by Sammy Luo[/i]
2000 All-Russian Olympiad, 8
One hundred natural numbers whose greatest common divisor is $1$ are arranged around a circle. An allowed operation is to add to a number the greatest common divisor of its two neighhbors. Prove that we can make all the numbers pairwise copirme in a finite number of moves.
1996 AMC 12/AHSME, 30
A hexagon inscribed in a circle has three consecutive sides each of length $3$ and three consecutive sides each of length $5$. The chord of the circle that divides the hexagon into two trapezoids, one with three sides each of length $3$ and the other with three sides each of length $5$, has length equal to $\frac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
$\text{(A)}\ 309 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 349 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 369 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 389\qquad \text{(E)}\ 409$
2023 Korea Summer Program Practice Test, P8
$n$ is a natural number larger than $3$ and denote all positive coprime numbers with $n$ as $1= b_1 < b_2 < \cdots b_k$. For a positive integer $m$ which is larger than $3$ and is coprime with $n$, let $A$ be the set of tuples $(a_1,a_2, \cdots a_k)$ satisfying the condition.
$$\textbf{Condition}: \text{For all integers } i, 0 \le a_i < m \text{ and } a_1b_1 + a_2b_2 + \cdots a_kb_k \text{ is a mutiple of } n$$
For elements of $A$, show that the difference of number of elements such that $a_1 = 1$ and the number of elements such that $a_2 = 2$ maximum $1$
2007 Germany Team Selection Test, 3
Let $ a > b > 1$ be relatively prime positive integers. Define the weight of an integer $ c$, denoted by $ w(c)$ to be the minimal possible value of $ |x| \plus{} |y|$ taken over all pairs of integers $ x$ and $ y$ such that \[ax \plus{} by \equal{} c.\] An integer $ c$ is called a [i]local champion [/i]if $ w(c) \geq w(c \pm a)$ and $ w(c) \geq w(c \pm b)$.
Find all local champions and determine their number.
[i]Proposed by Zoran Sunic, USA[/i]
2005 Korea National Olympiad, 1
For two positive integers a and b, which are relatively prime, find all integer that can be the great common divisor of $a+b$ and $\frac{a^{2005}+b^{2005}}{a+b}$.
2013 NIMO Problems, 2
If $\frac{2+4+6}{1+3+5}-\frac{1+3+5}{2+4+6} = \frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime integers $m$ and $n$, compute $100m+n$.
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
2014 AIME Problems, 3
Find the number of rational numbers $r$, $0<r<1$, such that when $r$ is written as a fraction in lowest terms, the numerator and denominator have a sum of $1000$.
2008 Purple Comet Problems, 13
If you roll six fair dice, let $\mathsf{ p}$ be the probability that exactly five different numbers appear on the upper faces of the six dice. If $\mathsf{p} = \frac{m}{n}$ where $ m $ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n.$
2013 Online Math Open Problems, 50
Let $S$ denote the set of words $W = w_1w_2\ldots w_n$ of any length $n\ge0$ (including the empty string $\lambda$), with each letter $w_i$ from the set $\{x,y,z\}$. Call two words $U,V$ [i]similar[/i] if we can insert a string $s\in\{xyz,yzx,zxy\}$ of three consecutive letters somewhere in $U$ (possibly at one of the ends) to obtain $V$ or somewhere in $V$ (again, possibly at one of the ends) to obtain $U$, and say a word $W$ is [i]trivial[/i] if for some nonnegative integer $m$, there exists a sequence $W_0,W_1,\ldots,W_m$ such that $W_0=\lambda$ is the empty string, $W_m=W$, and $W_i,W_{i+1}$ are similar for $i=0,1,\ldots,m-1$. Given that for two relatively prime positive integers $p,q$ we have
\[\frac{p}{q} = \sum_{n\ge0} f(n)\left(\frac{225}{8192}\right)^n,\]where $f(n)$ denotes the number of trivial words in $S$ of length $3n$ (in particular, $f(0)=1$), find $p+q$.
[i]Victor Wang[/i]
2008 ITest, 49
Wendy takes Honors Biology at school, a smallish class with only fourteen students (including Wendy) who sit around a circular table. Wendy's friends Lucy, Starling, and Erin are also in that class. Last Monday none of the fourteen students were absent from class. Before the teacher arrived, Lucy and Starling stretched out a blue piece of yarn between them. Then Wendy and Erin stretched out a red piece of yarn between them at about the same height so that the yarn would intersect if possible. If all possible positions of the students around the table are equally likely, let $m/n$ be the probability that the yarns intersect, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $m+n$.
2014 Contests, 1
Let $k,n\ge 1$ be relatively prime integers. All positive integers not greater than $k+n$ are written in some order on the blackboard. We can swap two numbers that differ by $k$ or $n$ as many times as we want. Prove that it is possible to obtain the order $1,2,\dots,k+n-1, k+n$.
PEN H Problems, 81
Find a pair of relatively prime four digit natural numbers $A$ and $B$ such that for all natural numbers $m$ and $n$, $\vert A^m -B^n \vert \ge 400$.
2019 Durer Math Competition Finals, 3
For each integer $n$ ($n \ge 2$), let $f(n)$ denote the sum of all positive integers that are at most $n$ and not relatively prime to $n$.
Prove that $f(n+p) \neq f(n)$ for each such $n$ and every prime $p$.
2008 ITest, 44
Now Wendy wanders over and joins Dr. Lisi and her younger siblings. Thinking she knows everything there is about how to work with arithmetic series, she nearly turns right around to walk back home when Dr. Lisi poses a more challenging problem. "Suppose I select two distinct terms at random from the $2008$ term sequence. What's the probability that their product is positive?" If $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers such that $a/b$ is the probability that the product of the two terms is positive, find the value of $a+b$.
PEN H Problems, 12
Find all $(x,y,z) \in {\mathbb{N}}^3$ such that $x^{4}-y^{4}=z^{2}$.