Problem (Preparation for Waterloo Math Contests): A number n has sum of digits 100, whilst 44n has sum of digits 800. Find the sum of the digits of 3n.
Read MoreProblem (Preparation for Waterloo Math Contests): Are there more positive integers under a million for which the nearest square is odd or for which it is even?
Read MoreProblem (Preparation for Waterloo Math Contest): Some pairs of towns are connected by a road. At least 3 roads leave each town. Show that there is a cycle containing a number of towns which is not a multiple of 3.
Read MoreProblem: A chooses a positive integer X ≤ 100. B has to find it. B is allowed to ask 7 questions of the form "What is the greatest common divisor of X + m and n?" for positive integers m, n < 100. Show that he can find X.
Read MoreProblem: If \( \, a+b+c=0\, \)and \( \, abc=4,\, \) find \( \,a^3+b^3+c^3.\, \) Originally from the 21st W.J. Blundon Mathematics Contest (2004), problem 7.
Read MoreProblem: A palindrome is a whole number whose digits are the same when read from left to right as from right to left. For example, 565 and 7887 are palindromes. Find the smallest six-digit palindrome divisible by 12.
Read MoreProblem [2023 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge] (COMC): Tanya and Katya made an experiment and obtained two positive real numbers, each of which was between 4 and 100 inclusive. Tanya wrote the two numbers x and y and found their average while Katya wrote the second number twice and took the average of the three numbers x, y, and y. What is the maximum number by which their results may differ?
Read MoreProblem [2023 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge]: A bug moves in the coordinate plane, starting at (0,0). On the first turn, the bug moves one unit up, down, left, or right, each with equal probability. On subsequent turns the bug moves one unit up, down, left, or right, choosing with equal probability among the three directions other than that of its previous move. For example, if the first move was one unit up then the second move has to be either one unit down or one unit left or one unit right.
Read MoreProblem [The 2020 Canadian Junior Mathematical Olympiad]: Ziquan makes a drawing in the plane for art class. He starts by placing his pen at the origin, and draws a series of line segments, such that the \( \, n^{th}\, \) line segment has length \( \, n.\, \) He is not allowed to lift his pen, so that the end of the \( \, n^{th}\, \) segment is the start of the (n + 1)th \( \, (n+1)^{th}\, \). Line segments drawn are allowed to intersect and even overlap previously drawn segments. After drawing a finite number of line segments, Ziquan stops and hands in his drawing to his art teacher. He passes the course if the drawing he hands in is an N by N square, for some positive integer N, and he fails the course otherwise. Is it possible for Ziquan to pass the course?
Read MoreProblem: Find all ordered pairs \( \, (a, b)\, \) such that \( \,a\, \) and \( \,b\, \) are integers and \( \, 3^a +7^b\, \) is a perfect square.
Read MoreProblem: Determine all pairs \( \, (x, y)\, \) of real numbers which satisfy \[ \begin{cases} x^3+y^3 = 7 & \\ xy(x+y)=-2 & \end{cases} \]
Read MoreProblem [China Math Olympiad 2001]: We are given three integers \( \, a, b, \mbox{and}\, c\, \) such that \( \, a, b, c, a+b-c, a+c-b, b+c-a, \mbox{and}\, a+b+c\, \)are seven distinct primes. Let \( \, d\, \) be the difference between the largest and smallest of these seven primes. Suppose that 800 is an element in the set \( \, \{a+b, b+c, c+a\}.\, \) Determine the maximum possible value of \( \,d. \)
Read MoreProblem: Prove that each nonnegative integer can be represented in the form \( \, a^2+b^2-c^2\, \) where \( \, a, b, \mbox{and} \, c\, \) are positive integers with \( \, a Read More
Problem (2020 Canadian Team Mathematics Contest): Maggie graphs the six possible lines of the form \( \, y=mx +b\, \)where \( \, m\, \)is either \( \, 1\, \) or \( \, -2,\, \) and \( \, b\, \)is either \( \, 0, 1\, \) or \( \, 2.\, \) For example, one of the lines is \( \, y= x + 2.\, \) The lines are all graphed on the same axes. There are exactly \( \, n\, \)distinct points, each of which lies on two or more of these lines. What is the value of \( \, n \) ?
Read MoreProblem (2022 Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest): The sum of two positive integers is 60 and their least common multiple is 273. What are the two integers? (The least common multiple of two positive integers is the smallest positive integer which is a multiple of these two integers.)
Read MoreProblem (2023 Euclid): The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3, and 6. What is the sum of the positive divisors of 64? Fionn wrote 4 consecutive integers on a whiteboard. Lexi came along and erased one of the integers. Fionn noticed that the sum of the remaining integers was 847. What integer did Lexi erase? An arithmetic sequence with 7 terms has first term \( \, d^2\, \)and common difference \( \, d.\, \) The sum of the 7 terms in the sequence is 756. Determine all possible values of \( \,d. \) (An arithmetic sequence is a sequence in which each term after the first is obtained from the previous term by adding a constant, called the common difference. For example, 3, 5, 7, 9 are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence.)
Read MoreProblem (2022 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge): A palindrome is a whole number whose digits are the same when read from left to right as from right to left. For example, 565 and 7887 are palindromes. Find the smallest six-digit palindrome divisible by 12.
Read MoreProblem (2023 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge): Alice and Bob are playing a game. There are initially n ≥ 1 stones in a pile. Alice and Bob take turns, with Alice going first. On their turn, Alice or Bob roll a die with numbered faces 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, and take at least one and at most that many stones from the pile as the rolled number on the dice. The person who takes the last stone wins.
Read MoreProblem (2023 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge): Ty took a positive number, squared it, then divided it by 3, then cubed it, and finally divided it by 9. In the end he received the same number as he started with. What was the number?
Read More[Waterloo Contest -Fermat Contest Grade 11 - 2024] Three standard six-sided dice are rolled. The sum of the three numbers rolled, S, is determined. The probability that S > 5 is closest to
Read More[Waterloo Contest -Cayley Contest Grade 10 - 2023] Carina is in a tournament in which no game can end in a tie. She continues to play games until she loses 2 games, at which point she is eliminated and plays no more games. The probability of Carina winning the first game is \( \, \frac{1}{2}.\, \) After she wins a game, the probability of Carina winning the next game is \( \, \frac{3}{4}. \) After she loses a game, the probability of Carina winning the next game is \( \, \frac{1}{3}.\, \) The probability that Carina wins 3 games before being eliminated from the tournament equals \( \, \frac{a}{b}, \)where the fraction \( \, frac{a}{b}\, \) is in lowest terms. What is the value of a + b?
Read More[Waterloo Contest -Pascal Contest Grade 9 - 2024] If N is a positive integer between 1 000 000 and 10 000 000, inclusive, what is the maximum possible value for the sum of the digits of 25 × N ?
Read More[Waterloo Contest -Gauss Contest Grade 8 - 2024] A container of ice cream can make 6 cones or it can make 4 sundaes. If 5 such containers of ice cream are used to make 12 cones, what is the greatest number of sundaes that can be made with the ice cream that remains?
Read More[APMO 1998] Show that for any positive integers \( \, a\, \) and\( \, b, \, \) the number \[ (36a + b)(a + 36b) \] cannot be a power of 2.
Read MoreBackwards Trigonometric Substitutions: Integration is not always a simple, straightforward process. Sometimes, similar integrals require different solution strategies. For example, consider the four integrals
Read MoreTrigonometric Integral: Using Pythagorean Identities to set up a substitution.
Read MoreProblem [Russian 1995]: Let \( \, m\, \) and \( \, n\, \) be positive integers such that \[ \mbox{lcm}(m, n) +\gcd(m, n) = m + n. \] Prove that one of two numbers is divisible by the other.
Read MoreProblem [AHSME 1976]: If \( \, p\, \) and \( \, q\, \) are prime and \( \, x^2 - px + q =0\, \) has distinct positive integral roots, find \( \, p\, \) and \( \,q. \)
Read MoreProblem: A positive integer is written on each face of a cube. Each vertex is then assigned the product of the numbers written on the three intersecting the vertex. The sum of the numbers assigned to all the vertices is equal to 1001. Find the sum of the numbers written on the faces of the cube.
Read MoreProblem [AIME 1986]: What is the largest positive integer \( \, n\, \) for which \( \, n^3 + 100 \, \) is divisible by \( \, n + 10? \)
Read MoreProblem [HMMT 2004]: Given a sequence of six strictly increasing positive integers such that each number (besides the first) is a multiple of the one before it and the sum of all six numbers is 79, what is the largest number in the sequence?
Read MoreProblem [AMC10B 2004]: Let 1, 4, ... and 9, 16, ... be two arithmetic progressions. The set S is the union of the first 2004 terms of each sequence. How many distinct numbers are in S?
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Read MoreThe 2020 Canadian Junior Mathematical Olympiad Problem: A purse contains a finite number of coins, each with distinct positive integer values. Is it possible that there are exactly 2020 ways to use coins from the purse to make the value 2020? Solution: It is possible.
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, p \, \) be a prime number. Show that there are infinitely many positive integers \( \, n\, \) such that \( \, p\, \) divides \( \, 2^n - n. \)
Read MoreProblem: Find, with proof, all nonzero polynomials \( \, f(z)\, \) such that \[ f(z^2)+ f(z)f(z +1) = 0. \]
Read MoreThe AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple choice examination in middle school mathematics designed to promote the development of problem-solving skills. The AMC 8 provides an opportunity for middle school students to develop positive attitudes towards analytical thinking and mathematics that can assist in future careers. The contest is run by the Mathematica Association of America.
Read MoreProblem: If \( \, a \equiv b \pmod{n}, \, \) show that \( \, a^n\equiv b^n \pmod{n^2}.\, \) Is the converse true? Proof: From \( \, a\equiv b \pmod{n} \, \) is follows that \( \, a = b + qn\, \) for some integer \( \, q.\, \) By the binomial theorem we obtain \[ \begin{align} a^n - b^n = & (b + qn)^n - b^n \\ = &\binom{n}{1}b^{n -1} qn + \binom{n}{2}b^{n-2}q^2n^2 + \cdots + \binom{n}{n}q^nn^n \\ = & n^2\Bigl(b^{n -1}q + \binom{n}{2}b^{n -2}q^2 + \cdots + \binom{n}{n}q^nn^{n-2}\Bigr), \end{align} \] implying that \( \, a^n\equiv b^n\pmod{n^2}. \) The converse is not true because, for instance, \( \, 3^4 \equiv 1^4 \pmod{4^2}\, \)but \( \, 3\not\equiv 1 \pmod{4}. \)
Read MoreProblem: Find all positive integers \( \, n\, \) for which \( \, n! + 5\, \)is a perfect cube. Solution: The only answer is \( \, n = 5. \) One checks directly that \( \, n! + 5\, \) is not a perfect cube for \( \, n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9\, \) and that \( \, 5! + 5 \, \)is a perfect cube. If \( \, n! + 5\, \)were a perfect cube for \( \, n> 9,\, \) then, since it is a multiple of \( \, 5, \,\, \, n! + 5\, \) would be a multiple of 125. However, this is not true, since \( \, n!\, \) is a multiple of 125 for \( \, n > 9,\, \) but 5 is not. Thus the only positive integer with the desired property is \( \, n = 5. \)
Read MoreProblem (HMMT 2005): The number 27000001 has exactly four prime factors. Find their sum. Solution:
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, p\, \) be a prime of the form \( \, 3k + 2\, \) that divides \( \, a^2 + ab + b^2\, \) for some integers \( \, a\, \) and \( \, b.\, \)Prove that \( \, a\, \) and \( \, b\, \) are both divisible by \( \, p. \) Proof:
Read MoreProblem (UK 1998): Let \( \, x, y, z \, \) be positive integers such that \[ \frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{z}. \] Let \( \, h\, \) be the greatest common divisor of \( \, x, y, z.\, \)Prove that \( \, hxyz\, \)and \( \, h(y - x)\, \) are perfect squares.
Read MoreProblem: Compute the sum of all numbers of the form \( \, \frac{a}{b}\, \), where \( \, a\, \) and \( \, b\, \) are relatively prime positive divisors of 27000. Solution: Because \( \, 27000=2^33^35^3\, \) each \( \, \frac{a}{b}\, \) can be written in the form of \( \, 2^a3^b5^c, \, \) where \( \, a, b, c\, \) are integers in the interval \( \, [-3, 3].\, \) It follows that each \( \, \frac{a}{b}\, \)appears exactly once in the expansion of
Read MoreProblem (AMC 12A 2005): Call a number prime looking if it is composite but not divisible by 2, 3, or 5. The three smallest prime-looking numbers are 49, 77, and 91. There are 168 prime numbers less than 1000. How many prime-looking numbers are there less than 1000? Solution:
Read MoreProblem (Australia 1999): Solve the following system of equations: \[ \begin{align} x + \lfloor y \rfloor + \{z\} = 200.0,\\ \{x\} + y + \lfloor z \rfloor = 190.1,\\ \lfloor x\rfloor + \{y\} + z = 178.8. \end{align} \] Solution: Because \( \, x = \lfloor x\rfloor + \{x\}\, \) for all real numbers \( \, x\, \) adding the three equations gives
Read MoreProblem (Euclid 2020): (a) For each positive real number x, define f(x) to be the number of prime numbers p that satisfy x ≤ p ≤ x + 10. What is the value of f(f(20))? (b) Determine all triples (x, y, z) of real numbers that satisfy the following system of equations: \[ (x - 1)(y -2) = 0\\ (x - 3)((z + 2) = 0 \\ x + yz = 0 \]
Read MoreProblem (Euclid Contest 2022): (a) Find the three ordered pairs of integers (a, b) with 1 < a < b and ab = 2022. (b) Suppose that c and d are integers with c>0 and d>0 and \( \, \frac{2c + 1}{2d + 1} = \frac{1}{17}.\, \) What is the smallest possible value of d? (c) Suppose that p, r and t are real numbers for which (px+r)(x+5) = x2 +3x+t \( \, (px + r)(x + 5) = x^2 + 3x + t \) is true for all real numbers x. Determine the value of t.
Read MoreProblem: Conor has a summer lawn-mowing business. Based on experience, Conor knows that \( \, P = -5x^2 + 200x - 1500\, \) models his profit, P, in dollars, where x is the amount, in dollars, charged per lawn. a) How much does he need to charge if he wants to break even? b) Howmuchdoesheneedtochargeifhewantstohaveaprofit of $500?
Read MoreProblem: Solve the equation \[ \sin x \cos y + \sin y\cos z + \sin z \cos x =\frac{3}{2} \] Solution: The equation is equivalent to
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Read MoreProblem: Find \( \, n\, \) such that \( \, 2^n ||3^{1024} - 1. \) Solution: Note that \( \, 2^{10} = 1024 \, \) and \( \, x^2 - y^2 = ( x - y)(x+ y).\, \) We have
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Read MoreProblem (ARML 2003): Find the largest divisor of 1001001001 that does not exceed 10000. Solution: We have \[ 1001001001 = 1001\times 10^6 + 1001 = 1001\times (10^6 +1)= 7\times 11\times13\times(10^6 +1). \]
Read MoreProblem (Romania 1983): Let \( \, 0 Read More
Problem (HMMT 2002): Compute \[ \gcd(2002 + 2, 2002^2 +2, 2002^3 + 2, \ldots). \] Solution: Let \( \, g\, \) denote the desired greatest common divisor. Note that \( \, 2002^2 + 2 = 2002(2000 + 2) + 2 = 2000(2002 + 2) + 6. \, \) By Euclidean algorithm, we have
Read MoreProblem (Russia 2001): Find all primes \( \, p\, \) and \( \, q\, \) such that \( \, p + q = (p - q)^3. \) Solution: The only such primes are \( \, p = 5\, \) and \( q = 3. \) Because \( \, (p -q)^3 = P + q \ne 0, \,\, p \, \) and \( \, q\, \) are distinct and hence relatively prime.
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, p\, \) be a prime number. Prove that \( \, p\, \)divides \( \, ab^p - ba^p\, \) for all integers \( \, a \, \) and \( \, b. \)
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Read MoreProblem: Determine the limit of the following sequence. \[ \sqrt{3}. \sqrt{3\sqrt{3}}, \sqrt{3\sqrt{3{\sqrt{3}}}}, \sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3}}}}, \sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3\sqrt{3}}}}}\ldots \] Solution:
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Read MoreProblem: Solve the equation \[ \sqrt{x + a} + \sqrt{x + b} + \sqrt{x + c} = \sqrt{x + a + b -c}, \] where \( \, a, b, c\, \) are real numbers. Discuss the equation in terms of the values of the parameters. Solution: We distinguish two cases: 1) \( \, b = c.\, \) The equation becomes
Read MoreProblem: Solve the equation \[ \sqrt{x + \sqrt{4x + \sqrt{16x + \sqrt{\ldots + \sqrt{4^n x +3}}}}} =\sqrt{x} = 1. \] Solution: The equation is equivalent to
Read MoreProblem: Find the real solution to the following equation \[ (x + y)^2 = (x + 1)(y -1). \] Solution: Setting \( \, X = x +1 \, \) and \( \, Y = y -1 \, \) yields
Read MoreProblem: Solve the following equation in real numbers. \[ \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y} + 2\sqrt{z - 2} + \sqrt{u} + \sqrt{v} = x + y + z + u + v. \] Solution: We can rewrite the equation in the following form
Read MoreProblem: Solve the following equation in complex numbers. \[ (x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3)^2(x + 4)(x + 5) = 360. \] Solution: Equation \( (x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3)^2(x + 4)(x + 5) = 360. \) is equivalent to
Read MoreProblem: A mechanic is reboring a 6-in-deep cylinder to fit a new piston. The machine they are using increases the cylinder’s radius one-three thousandth of an inch every minute. How rapidly is the cylinder volume increasing when the bore diameter is 3.8 inches?
Read MoreProblem: Sove the inequality \( \, x^3 - 2x^2 + 5x + 20 \ge 2x^2 + 14 x -16. \)
Read MoreProblem: If a 75-foot flagpole casts a shadow 43 ft long, to the nearest 10 minutes what is the angle of elevation of the sum from the tip of the shadow?
Read MoreProblem: An air conditioner is being purchased for the room shown below. The room has an open ceiling that follows the roof trusses. According to the US Department of Energy, to determine the cooling requirement of a room, use 2.5 BTUs per cubic foot of air space. To this value, add an additional 1000 for each window in the room. This room has 4 windows. Determine the number of BTUs needed to cool this room.
Read MoreProblem: Evaluate \( \, i^{2009}. \) Solution: We start by experimenting with smaller powers of \( \, i, \, \) to find a pattern.
Read MoreProblem: If \( \, \angle C = 26^{\circ}\, \) and \( \, r = 19, \, \) find \( \, x. \)
Read MoreProblem: A man climbs 213 meters up the side of a pyramid. Find that the angle of depression to his starting point is \( \, 52.6^{\circ}\, \) How high off of the ground is he?
Read MoreProblem: A ladder 25 feet long is leaning against the wall of a house. The base of the ladder is pulled away from the wall at a rate of 2 feet/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder moving down the wall when the base of the ladder is 7, 15, and 24 feet from the wall?
Read MoreProblem: San Luis Obispo, California is 12 miles due north of Grover Beach. If Arroyo Grande is 4.6 miles due east of Grover Beach, what is the bearing of San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande? Solution:
Read MoreProblem: The length of the shadow of a building 34.09 m tall is 37.62 m. Find the angle of the elevation of the sun. Solution:
Read MoreProblem: Knowing that \( \, 2^{29}\, \)is a nine-digit number all of whose digits are distinct, without computing the actual number determine which of the ten digits is missing. Justify your answer.
Read MoreProblem: Compute the sum of all numbers of the form \( \, \frac{a}{b},\, \) where \( \, a\, \) and \( \, b\, \) are relatively prime positive divisors of 27000.
Read MoreProblem : Prove that each nonnegative integer can be represented in the form \( \, a^2 + b^2 - c^2, \, \) where \( \, a, b, and \,\, c\, \) are positive integers with \( \, a < b < c. \)
Read MoreProblem: The Ferry wheel has a 250 feet diameter and 14 feet above the ground. If \( \, \theta \, \) is the central angle formed as a rider moves from position \( \, P_0\, \) to position \( \, P_1\, \), find the rider’s height above the ground h when \( \, \theta \, \) is \( \, 45^{\circ}. \)
Read MoreProblem: A person standing at point A notices that the angle of elevation to the top of the antenna is \( \, 47^{\circ}30'.\, \) A second person standing 33.0 feet farther from the antenna than the person at A finds the angle of elevation to the top of the antenna to be \( \, 42^{\circ}10'.\, \) How far is the person at A from the base of the antenna?
Read MoreProblem: From a given point on the ground, the angle of elevation to the top of a tree is \( \, 36.7^{\circ}.\, \) From a second point, 50 feet back, the angle of elevation to the top of the tree is \( \, 22.2^{\circ}.\, \) Find the height of the tree to the nearest foot.
Read MoreProblem: A circle has its centre at C and a radius of 18 inches. If triangle ADC is a right triangle and \( \, \angle A = 35^{\circ}\, \). Find x, the distance from A to B.
Read MoreProblem: In the right triangle ABC, \( \, \angle A = 40^{\circ}\, \) and c = 12 cm. Find a, b, and \( \, \angle B. \) Solution:
Read MoreProblem: a) A 25-kg box is located 8 metres up a ramp inclined at an angle of 18°to the horizontal. Determine the work done by the force of gravity as the box slides to the bottom of the ramp. b) Determine the minimum force, acting at an angle of 40° to the horizontal, required to slide the box back up the ramp. (Ignore friction)
Read MoreProblem: Find the area of the triangle with vertices P(7, 2, -5), Q(9, -1, -6) and R(7, 3, -3). Solution: Start by finding the vectors that form two sides of this triangle. The area of the triangle is half of the area of the parallelogram having these vectors as sides.
Read MoreProblem (APMO 1998): Show that for any positive integers \( \, a \, \) and \( \, b, \, \) the number \[ (36a + b)(a + 36b) \] cannot be a power of 2.
Read MoreProblem: Find all real numbers \( \, x\, \) such that \[ \frac{8^x + 27^x}{12^x + 18^x}=\frac{7}{6}. \]
Read MoreProblem: Solve the system of equations: \[ \begin{align*} \\& x + \frac{3x -y}{x^2 + y^2}=3 \\& y - \frac{x + 3y}{x^2 + y^2} = 0. \end{align*} \] Solution: We multiply the second equation by \( \, i\, \) and add it to the first equation
Read MoreProblem(ARML 1997): Find a triple of rational numbers \( \, (a, b, c)\, \) such that \[ \sqrt[3]{\sqrt[3]{2} -1} = \sqrt[3]{a} + \sqrt[3]{b} + \sqrt[3]{c} \]
Read MoreProblem: A water tank has the shape of an inverted circular cone with base radius 2m and height 4m. If water is being pumped into the tank at a rate of 2 m3/min, find the rate at which the water level is rising when the water is 3 m deep.
Read MoreProblem (UK 1998): Let \( \, x, y, z\, \) be positive integers such that
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Read MoreProblem (UK 1998): Let \( \, x, y, z\, \) be positive integers such that \[ \frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{z}. \] Let \( \, h\, \)be the greatest common divisor of \( \, x, y, z.\, \)Prove that \( \, hxyz\, \) and \( \, h(y - x)\, \) are perfect squares.
Read MoreProblem (AIME 1995): Let \( \, n =2^{31}3^{19}.\, \) How many positive integer divisors of \( \, n^2\, \) are less than \( \, n\, \) but do not divide \( \, n? \)
Read MoreProblem (Russia 1995): Let \( \, m\, \) and \( \, n\, \) be positive integers such that \[ lcm (m, n) +\gcd(m, n)= m + n. \] Prove that one of the two numbers is divisible by the other.
Read MoreProblem (AIME 1986): What is the largest positive integer \( \, n\, \) for which \( \, n^3 + 100 \, \) is divisible by \( \, n + 10? \)
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, 1\le \alpha <\beta \, \) are real numbers. Show that there are integers \( \, m, n >1\, \) such that \( \, \alpha < \sqrt[n]{m} < \beta. \)
Read MoreProblem: Prove that \[ (4\cos^2 9^{\circ} - 3)(4\cos^2 27^{\circ} - 3) = \tan 9^{\circ}. \]
Read MoreProblem (AMC 10B 2004): Let 1, 4, ... and 9, 16, ... be two arithmetic progressions. The set S is the union of the first 2004 terms of each sequence. How many distinct numbers are in S?
Read MoreProblem: Evaluate the sum \[ S_n =\sum_{k = 1}^{n-1}\sin kx \cos(n - k)x. \]
Read MoreProblem: Prove that \[ \cos^2\frac{x}{3} + \cos^2\frac{x + 2\pi}{3} + \cos^2\frac{x + 4\pi}{3} = \frac{3}{4}\cos x \] for all \( \, x\in \mathbb{R}. \)
Read MoreProblem (AHSME 1976): If \( \, p\, \) and \( \, q\, \) are primes and \( \, x^2 -px + q = 0\, \)has distinct positive integral roots, find \( \, p\, \) and \( \, q. \)
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, k\, \)be a integer. Prove that \( \, 3^{2^k} + 1\, \) is divisible by 2, but is not divisible by 4.
Read MoreProblem: Prove that \[ 3^{4^5} + 4^{5^6} \] is a product of two integers, each of which is larger than \( \, 10^{2002}. \)
Read MoreProblem: How many seven digit numbers that do not start nor end with 3 are there?
Read MoreProblem: Sole the next equation in real numbers. \[ \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y} + 2\sqrt{z - 2} + \sqrt{u} + \sqrt{v} = x + y + z + u + v. \]
Read MoreProblem: Suppose that\( \, a, b, c, d \, \) are complex numbers such that \( \, a + b + c + d = 0.\, \) Prove that \[ a^3 + b^3 + c^3 +d^3 = 3(abc + bcd + cda + dab). \]
Read MoreProblem: Prove that if \( \, x, y, z, \, \)are nonzero real numbers with \( \, x + y + z =0, \, \) then \[ \frac{x^2 + y^2}{x + y} + \frac{y^2 + z^2}{y + z} + \frac{z^2 + x^2}{z + x} = \frac{x^3}{yz}+\frac{y^3}{xz}+\frac{z^3}{xy} \qquad (*) \]
Read MoreProblem: Given that the two vectors \( \, 8\overrightarrow{u} - \overrightarrow{v}, \quad 4\overrightarrow{u} + 3\overrightarrow{v}\, \)are perpendicular and \( \, |\overrightarrow{v}| = 2|\overrightarrow{u}|. \, \)Find the angle between the vectors \( \, \overrightarrow{u} \, \)and \( \, \overrightarrow{v}. \)
Read MoreProblem: Let , , and be positive integers with such that and . What is ? Solution: By adding the two equations we have \( \, 2a^2 + 2b^2 + 2c^2 – 2ab – 2ac – 2bc = 14. \) We can rearrange and factor it, \[ \begin{align*}(a^2 -2ab + b^2) + ( a^2 – 2ac + c^2) […]
Read MoreProblem (2015 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 18): The zeros of the function \( \, f(x) = x^2 - ax + 2a\, \) are integers. What is the sum of the possible values of ?
Read MoreProblem: In the diagram, ABCD is a trapezoid with BC parallel to AD and AB = CD. Point E is on AD so that BE is perpendicular to AD and point F is the point of intersection of AC with BE. If AF = FB and \( \, \angle (AFE) = 50^{\circ},\, \) what is the measure of \( \, \angle{ADC} ? \)
Read MoreProblem: In the diagram, triangle ABC is right-angled at B. MT is the perpendicular bisector of BC with M on BC and T on AC. If AT = AB, what is the size of \( \, \angle ABC? \)
Read MoreProblem: Evaluate \[ \frac{3}{1! + 2! + 3!} + \frac{4}{2! + 3! + 4!} + \ldots + \frac{2001}{1999! + 2000! + 2001!} \] Solution: Note that
Read MoreProblem: Suppose a store owner wants to make a 100 pound mixture of peanuts and cashews to sell for $4.30 per pound. If peanuts sell for $2.50 per pound and cashews sell for $7.00 per pound, how many pounds of each should be used?
Read MoreProblem: Find all complex numbers \( \, z\, \) such that \[ (3z + 1)(4z + 1)(6z +1)(12z + 1) = 2. \]
Read MoreProblem (AIME 1986): The polynomial \[ 1 - x + x^2 - x^3 + \ldots + x^{16} - x^{17} \] may be written in the form \[ a_0 + a_1y + a_2y^2 + \ldots + a_{16}y^{16} + a_{17}y^{17}, \] where \( \, y = x +1 \, \) and \( \, a_i \)s are constants. Find \( \, a_2. \)
Read MoreProblem (Canadian Mathematical Olympiad 2019): Let\( \, a\, \) and \( \, b\, \) be positive integers such that \( \, a + b^3\, \) is divisible by \( \, a^2 + 3ab + 3b^2 -1.\, \) Prove that \( \, a^2 + 3ab + 3b^2 -1\, \) is divisible by the cube of an integer greater than 1.
Read MoreProblem (39th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad): Suppose that \( \, f\, \) is a real-valued function for which \[ f(xy) + f(y - x) \ge f(y + x) \] for all real numbers \( \, x \, \) and \( \, y. \) (a) Give a non constant polynomial that satisfies the condition. (b) Prove that \( \, f(x)\ge 0 \, \) for all real \( \, x. \) Solution:
Read MoreProblem: Find the real zeros of the polynomial \[ P_a(x) = (x^2 + 1)(x - 1)^2 - ax^2, \] where \( \, a \, \) is a given real number. Solution: We have
Read MoreProblem (IMO 1996): Let \( \, a, \, b, \, \) and \( \, c \, \) be positive real numbers such that \( \, abc =1. \) Prove that \[ \frac{ab}{a^5 + b^5 +ab} + \frac{bc}{b^5 + c^5 +bc} + \frac{ca}{c^5 + a^5 + ca} \le 1. \]
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, m\, \) be a given real number. Find all complex numbers \( \, x \, \) such that \[ \Big(\frac{x}{x +1}\Big)^2 + \Big(\frac{x}{x -1}\Big)^2= m^2 + m. \]
Read MoreProblem (China 1992): Prove that \[ 16 < \sum_{k=1}^{80}\frac{1}{\sqrt{k}}< 17. \]
Read MoreProblem: A circle has its center at \( \, C\, \) and a radius of 18 inches. If triangle \( \, ADC\, \) is a right triangle and \( \, A = 35^{\circ}. \, \) Find \( \, x, \, \) the distance from \( \,A\, \) to \( \, B. \)
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, a \, \) be an irrational number and let \( \, n \, \) be an integer greater than 1. Prove that \[ \Big(a + \sqrt{a^2 - 1}\Big)^{\frac{1}{n}} + \Big(a - \sqrt{a^2 -1}\Big)^{\frac{1}{n}} \] is an irrational number.
Read MoreProblem (Related Rate Problems, Grade 12 Calculus): Air is being pumped into a spherical balloon so that its volume increases at a rate of \( \, 100 \, cm^3/s . \, \) How fast is the radius of the balloon increasing when the diameter is 50 cm?
Read MoreProblem: Solve the equation: \[ \sqrt{x^2 + 4x + 4} = x^2 + 3x -6 \] Solution:
Read MoreProblem: Solve the equation \[ 2(2^x -1)x^2 + (2^{x^2} -2)x = 2^{x +1} -2 \] for real numbers \( \, x. \)
Read MoreProblem (Korean Mathematics competition 2001): Let \[ f(x) = \frac{2}{4^x + 2} \] for real numbers \( \, x.\, \) Evaluate \[ f\Big(\frac{1}{2001}\Big) + f\Big(\frac{2}{2001}\Big) + \dots + f\Big(\frac{2000}{2001}\Big). \]
Read MoreProblem (Korean Mathematics competition): Find all real numbers \( \, x \, \) satisfying the equation \[ 2^x + 3^x - 4^x + 6^x -9^x = 1. \]
Read MoreProblem: Let \( \, a, b, \, \) and \( \, c \, \)be distinct nonzero numbers such that \[ a + \frac{1}{b} = b + \frac{1}{c} = c + \frac{1}{a}. \] Prove that \( \, |abc| = 1. \)
Read MoreSummer camp at Pi School runs from July 4 to September 2, 2022.
Read MorePi School is an after school program that offers curricular and extra curricular enriched courses in math and science for students in grades 5 – 12. The purpose of our program is to develop and expand students’ understanding of Math and Science. We nurture students’ development by challenging them to be creative, critical and persistent problem solvers. We seek to develop an appreciation for the subject and promote joyful and effective education in mathematics and science.
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