British Maths Olympiad 2001
- Time Allowed: Three and a half hours
- The use of rulers and compasses is allowed, but
calculators and protractors are forbidden
1 Find all two-digit positive integers N for which the sum
of the digits of 10N-N is divisible by 170.
- 2 Circle S lies inside circle T and touches it at A.
From a point P (distinct from A) on T, chords PQ and PR of T are
drawn touching S at X and Y respectively. Show that angle QAR is
twice the size of angle XAY.
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- 3 A tetromino is a figure made up of four unit squares
connected by common edges.
- (i) If we do not distinguish between the possible rotations of
a tetromino within its plane, prove that there are seven distinct
tetrominoes.
- (ii) Prove or disprove the statement: It is possible to pack
all seven distinct tetrominoes into a 4x7 rectangle without
overlapping.
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- 4 The sequence (an) is defined by
an = n + {
n}
where n is a positive integer and {x} denotes the nearest integer
to x, where halves are rounded up if necessary. Determine the
smallest integer k for which the terms ak,
ak+1, ..., ak+2000 form a sequence of 2001
consecutive integers.
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- 5 A triangle has sides of length a, b, c and its
circumcircle has radius R. Prove that the triangle is right-angled
if and only if
a2+b2+c2=8R2.
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