[b]p1.[/b] Evaluate $6^4 +5^4 +3^4 +2^4$. [b]p2.[/b] What digit is most frequent between $1$ and $1000$ inclusive? [b]p3.[/b] Let $n = gcd \, (2^2 \cdot 3^3 \cdot 4^4,2^4 \cdot 3^3 \cdot 4^2)$. Find the number of positive integer factors of $n$. [b]p4.[/b] Suppose $p$ and $q$ are prime numbers such that $13p +5q = 91$. Find $p +q$. [b]p5.[/b] Let $x = (5^3 -5)(4^3 -4)(3^3 -3)(2^3 -2)(1^3 -1)$. Evaluate $2018^x$ . [b]p6.[/b] Liszt the lister lists all $24$ four-digit integers that contain each of the digits $1,2,3,4$ exactly once in increasing order. What is the sum of the $20$th and $18$th numbers on Liszt’s list? [b]p7.[/b] Square $ABCD$ has center $O$. Suppose $M$ is the midpoint of $AB$ and $OM +1 =OA$. Find the area of square $ABCD$. [b]p8.[/b] How many positive $4$-digit integers have at most $3$ distinct digits? [b]p9.[/b] Find the sumof all distinct integers obtained by placing $+$ and $-$ signs in the following spaces $$2\_3\_4\_5$$ [b]p10.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, $\angle A = 2\angle B$. Let $I$ be the intersection of the angle bisectors of $B$ and $C$. Given that $AB = 12$, $BC = 14$,and $C A = 9$, find $AI$ . [b]p11.[/b] You have a $3\times 3\times 3$ cube in front of you. You are given a knife to cut the cube and you are allowed to move the pieces after each cut before cutting it again. What is the minimumnumber of cuts you need tomake in order to cut the cube into $27$ $1\times 1\times 1$ cubes? p12. How many ways can you choose $3$ distinct numbers fromthe set $\{1,2,3,...,20\}$ to create a geometric sequence? [b]p13.[/b] Find the sum of all multiples of $12$ that are less than $10^4$ and contain only $0$ and $4$ as digits. [b]p14.[/b] What is the smallest positive integer that has a different number of digits in each base from $2$ to $5$? [b]p15.[/b] Given $3$ real numbers $(a,b,c)$ such that $$\frac{a}{b +c}=\frac{b}{3a+3c}=\frac{c}{a+3b},$$ find all possible values of $\frac{a +b}{c}$. [b]p16.[/b] Let S be the set of lattice points $(x, y, z)$ in $R^3$ satisfying $0 \le x, y, z \le 2$. How many distinct triangles exist with all three vertices in $S$? [b]p17.[/b] Let $\oplus$ be an operator such that for any $2$ real numbers $a$ and $b$, $a \oplus b = 20ab -4a -4b +1$. Evaluate $$\frac{1}{10} \oplus \frac19 \oplus \frac18 \oplus \frac17 \oplus \frac16 \oplus \frac15 \oplus \frac14 \oplus \frac13 \oplus \frac12 \oplus 1.$$ [b]p18.[/b] A function $f :N \to N$ satisfies $f ( f (x)) = x$ and $f (2f (2x +16)) = f \left(\frac{1}{x+8} \right)$ for all positive integers $x$. Find $f (2018)$. [b]p19.[/b] There exists an integer divisor $d$ of $240100490001$ such that $490000 < d < 491000$. Find $d$. [b]p20.[/b] Let $a$ and $b$ be not necessarily distinct positive integers chosen independently and uniformly at random from the set $\{1,2, 3, ... ,511,512\}$. Let $x = \frac{a}{b}$ . Find the probability that $(-1)^x$ is a real number. [b]p21[/b]. In $\vartriangle ABC$ we have $AB = 4$, $BC = 6$, and $\angle ABC = 135^o$. $\angle ABC$ is trisected by rays $B_1$ and $B_2$. Ray $B_1$ intersects side $C A$ at point $F$, and ray $B_2$ intersects side $C A$ at point $G$. What is the area of $\vartriangle BFG$? [b]p22.[/b] A level number is a number which can be expressed as $x \cdot \lfloor x \rfloor \cdot \lceil x \rceil$ where $x$ is a real number. Find the number of positive integers less than or equal to $1000$ which are also level numbers. [b]p23.[/b] Triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ has sidelengths $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$, $C A = 15$ and circumcenter $O$. Let $D$ be the intersection of $AO$ and $BC$. Compute $BD/DC$. [b]p24.[/b] Let $f (x) = x^4 -3x^3 +2x^2 +5x -4$ be a quartic polynomial with roots $a,b,c,d$. Compute $$\left(a+1 +\frac{1}{a} \right)\left(b+1 +\frac{1}{b} \right)\left(c+1 +\frac{1}{c} \right)\left(d+1 +\frac{1}{d} \right).$$ [b]p25.[/b] Triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ has centroid $G$ and circumcenter $O$. Let $D$ be the foot of the altitude from $A$ to $BC$. If $AD = 2018$, $BD =20$, and $CD = 18$, find the area of triangle $\vartriangle DOG$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Determine the real numbers $x$, $y$, $z > 0$ for which $xyz \leq \min\left\{4(x - \frac{1}{y}), 4(y - \frac{1}{z}), 4(z - \frac{1}{x})\right\}$

Let $x_1, x_2, \cdots , x_n$ be positive numbers. Prove that \[\frac{x_1^2}{x_1^2+x_2x_3} + \frac{x_2^2}{x_2^2+x_3x_4} + \cdots +\frac{x_{n-1}^2}{x_{n-1}^2+x_nx_1} +\frac{x_n^2}{x_n^2+x_1x_2} \leq n-1\]

Line segments drawn from the vertex opposite the hypotenuse of a right triangle to the points trisecting the hypotenuse have lengths $\sin x$ and $\cos x$, where $x$ is a real number such that $0<x<\frac{\pi}2$. The length of the hypotenuse is $\text{(A)} \ \frac 43 \qquad \text{(B)} \ \frac 32 \qquad \text{(C)} \ \frac{3\sqrt{5}}{5} \qquad \text{(D)} \ \frac{2\sqrt{5}}{3} \qquad \text{(E)} \ \text{not uniquely determined}$

Let $a$ be real number. A circle $C$ touches the line $y=-x$ at the point $(a, -a)$ and passes through the point $(0,\ 1).$ Denote by $P$ the center of $C$. When $a$ moves, find the area of the figure enclosed by the locus of $P$ and the line $y=1$.

Given an $n$-tuple of numbers $(x_1,x_2,\dots ,x_n)$ where each $x_i=+1$ or $-1$, form a new $n$-tuple $$(x_1x_2,x_2x_3,x_3x_4,\dots ,x_nx_1),$$ and continue to repeat this operation. Show that if $n=2^k$ for some integer $k\ge 1$, then after a certain number of repetitions of the operation, we obtain the $n$-tuple $$(1,1,1,\dots ,1).$$

An infinite number of participants gathered for the Olympiad, who were registered under the numbers $1, 2,\ldots$. It turns out that for every $n = 1, 2,\ldots$ a participant with number $n{}$ has at least $n{}$ friends among the remaining participants (note: friendship is mutual). There is a hotel with an infinite number of double rooms. Prove that the participants can be accommodated in double rooms so that there is a couple of friends in each room. [i]Proposed by V. Bragin, P. Kozhevnikov[/i]

If $N=\lfloor \frac{2}{5} \rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^2}{5} \rfloor +\dots \lfloor \frac{2^{2009}}{5} \rfloor$, what is the remainder when $2^{2010}$ is divided by $N$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 5034 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5032 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5031 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5028 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5024 $

Prove that for any polynomial $f(x)$ (with real coefficients) there exist polynomials $g(x)$ and $h(x)$ (with real coefficients) such that $f(x) = g(h(x)) - h(g(x))$.

Let $AX,BY,CZ$ be three cevians concurrent at an interior point $D$ of a triangle $ABC$. Prove that if two of the quadrangles $DY AZ,DZBX,DXCY$ are circumscribable, so is the third.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Circle $\Gamma$ passes through $A$, meets segments $AB$ and $AC$ again at points $D$ and $E$ respectively, and intersects segment $BC$ at $F$ and $G$ such that $F$ lies between $B$ and $G$. The tangent to circle $BDF$ at $F$ and the tangent to circle $CEG$ at $G$ meet at point $T$. Suppose that points $A$ and $T$ are distinct. Prove that line $AT$ is parallel to $BC$. (Nigeria)

Find the value of $\left\lfloor \frac{1}{6}\right\rfloor+\left\lfloor\frac{4}{6}\right\rfloor+\left\lfloor\frac{9}{6}\right\rfloor+\dots+\left\lfloor\frac{1296}{6}\right\rfloor$. [i]Proposed by Zachary Perry[/i]

Find the number of functions $f:\mathbb{Z}\mapsto\mathbb{Z}$ for which $f(h+k)+f(hk)=f(h)f(k)+1$, for all integers $h$ and $k$.

It is known that from these five segments it is possible to form four different right triangles. Find the ratio of the largest segment to the smallest.

Given a circle and a segment $ MN $. Find a point $ C $ on the circle such that the triangle $ ABC $, where $ A $ and $ B $ are the intersection points of the lines $ MC $ and $ NC $ with the circle, is similar to the triangle $ MNC $.

Given big enough sheet of cross-lined paper with the side of the squares equal to $1$. We are allowed to cut it along the lines only. Prove that for every $m>12$ we can cut out a rectangle of the greater than $m$ area such, that it is impossible to cut out a rectangle of $m$ area from it.

$\lim_{x\to0}x\left\lfloor\frac1x\right\rfloor=?$

Determine all ordered triples of positive integers $(x, y, z)$ such that $\gcd(x+y, y+z, z+x) > \gcd(x, y, z)$.

Consider a pyramid with a regular $n$-gon as its base. We colour all the segments connecting two of the vertices of the pyramid except for the sides of the base either red or blue. Show that if $n=9$ then for each such colouring there are three vertices of the pyramid connecting by three segments of the same colour, and that this is not necessarily the case if $n=8$.

Given a positive, monotone function $ F(x)$ on $ (0, \infty)$ such that $ F(x)/x$ is monotone nondecreasing and $ F(x)/x^{1+d}$ is monotone nonincreasing for some positive $ d$, let $ \lambda_n >0$ and $ a_n \geq 0 , \;n \geq 1$. Prove that if \[ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \lambda_n F \left( a_n \sum _{k=1}^n \frac{\lambda_k}{\lambda_n} \right) < \infty,\] or \[ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \lambda_n F \left( \sum _{k=1}^n a_k \frac{\lambda_k}{\lambda_n} \right) < \infty,\] then $ \sum_{n=1}^ {\infty} a_n$ is convergent. [i]L. Leindler[/i]

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$. Let $E$ and $F$ be points on the line segments $AC$ and $AB$ respectively such that $AEHF$ is a parallelogram. Prove that $\vert OE \vert = \vert OF \vert$.

A tetrahedron $ABCD$ satisfies the following conditions: the edges $AB,AC$ and $AD$ are pairwise orthogonal, $AB=3$ and $CD=\sqrt2$. Find the minimum possible value of $$BC^6+BD^6-AC^6-AD^6.$$

The line $\ell$ passes through vertex$ B$ and the interior of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$. If the distances from $\ell$ to the vertices $A$ and $C$ are $7$ and $4$, respectively, compute the area of hexagon $ABCDEF$.

Find all $ x,y,z\in\mathbb{N}_{0}$ such that $ 7^{x} \plus{} 1 \equal{} 3^{y} \plus{} 5^{z}$. [i]Alternative formulation:[/i] Solve the equation $ 1\plus{}7^{x}\equal{}3^{y}\plus{}5^{z}$ in nonnegative integers $ x$, $ y$, $ z$.

Find all natural numbers $n>3$, such that $2^{2000}$ is divisible by $1+C^1_n+C^2_n+C^3_n$.