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k a My Retirement & New Leadership at AoPS
rrusczyk   1571
N Mar 26, 2025 by SmartGroot
I write today to announce my retirement as CEO from Art of Problem Solving. When I founded AoPS 22 years ago, I never imagined that we would reach so many students and families, or that we would find so many channels through which we discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. I am very proud of all we have accomplished and I’m thankful for the many supporters who provided inspiration and encouragement along the way. I'm particularly grateful to all of the wonderful members of the AoPS Community!

I’m delighted to introduce our new leaders - Ben Kornell and Andrew Sutherland. Ben has extensive experience in education and edtech prior to joining AoPS as my successor as CEO, including starting like I did as a classroom teacher. He has a deep understanding of the value of our work because he’s an AoPS parent! Meanwhile, Andrew and I have common roots as founders of education companies; he launched Quizlet at age 15! His journey from founder to MIT to technology and product leader as our Chief Product Officer traces a pathway many of our students will follow in the years to come.

Thank you again for your support for Art of Problem Solving and we look forward to working with millions more wonderful problem solvers in the years to come.

And special thanks to all of the amazing AoPS team members who have helped build AoPS. We’ve come a long way from here:IMAGE
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rrusczyk
Mar 24, 2025
SmartGroot
Mar 26, 2025
k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Mar 2, 2025
March is the month for State MATHCOUNTS competitions! Kudos to everyone who participated in their local chapter competitions and best of luck to all going to State! Join us on March 11th for a Math Jam devoted to our favorite Chapter competition problems! Are you interested in training for MATHCOUNTS? Be sure to check out our AMC 8/MATHCOUNTS Basics and Advanced courses.

Are you ready to level up with Olympiad training? Registration is open with early bird pricing available for our WOOT programs: MathWOOT (Levels 1 and 2), CodeWOOT, PhysicsWOOT, and ChemWOOT. What is WOOT? WOOT stands for Worldwide Online Olympiad Training and is a 7-month high school math Olympiad preparation and testing program that brings together many of the best students from around the world to learn Olympiad problem solving skills. Classes begin in September!

Do you have plans this summer? There are so many options to fit your schedule and goals whether attending a summer camp or taking online classes, it can be a great break from the routine of the school year. Check out our summer courses at AoPS Online, or if you want a math or language arts class that doesn’t have homework, but is an enriching summer experience, our AoPS Virtual Campus summer camps may be just the ticket! We are expanding our locations for our AoPS Academies across the country with 15 locations so far and new campuses opening in Saratoga CA, Johns Creek GA, and the Upper West Side NY. Check out this page for summer camp information.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the following events:
[list][*]March 5th (Wednesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, HCSSiM Math Jam 2025. Amber Verser, Assistant Director of the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, will host an information session about HCSSiM, a summer program for high school students.
[*]March 6th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar on Math Competitions from elementary through high school. Join us for an enlightening session that demystifies the world of math competitions and helps you make informed decisions about your contest journey.
[*]March 11th (Tuesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, 2025 MATHCOUNTS Chapter Discussion MATH JAM. AoPS instructors will discuss some of their favorite problems from the MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition. All are welcome!
[*]March 13th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar about Summer Camps at the Virtual Campus. Transform your summer into an unforgettable learning adventure! From elementary through high school, we offer dynamic summer camps featuring topics in mathematics, language arts, and competition preparation - all designed to fit your schedule and ignite your passion for learning.[/list]
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jlacosta
Mar 2, 2025
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
disjoint subsets
nayel   2
N an hour ago by alexanderhamilton124
Source: Taiwan 2001
Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer and let $A_{1}, A_{2},\dots, A_{n}$ be $n$ distinct subsets of $S=\{1, 2,\dots, n\}$. Show that there exists $x\in S$ such that the n subsets $A_{i}-\{x\}, i=1,2,\dots n$ are also disjoint.

what i have is this
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nayel
Apr 18, 2007
alexanderhamilton124
an hour ago
USAMO Scores Release Date
CrunchyCucumber   0
an hour ago
Does anyone know when individual scores, and medal+MOP cutoffs on the USAMO will be officially released? The website says 2-3 weeks, but I’ve heard it takes much longer in previous year.
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CrunchyCucumber
an hour ago
0 replies
Modular Arithmetic and Integers
steven_zhang123   2
N an hour ago by GreekIdiot
Integers \( n, a, b \in \mathbb{Z}^+ \) satisfies \( n + a + b = 30 \). If \( \alpha < b, \alpha \in \mathbb{Z^+} \), find the maximum possible value of $\sum_{k=1}^{\alpha} \left \lfloor \frac{kn^2 \bmod a }{b-k}  \right \rfloor $.
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steven_zhang123
Mar 28, 2025
GreekIdiot
an hour ago
f(x+y)f(z)=f(xz)+f(yz)
dangerousliri   30
N an hour ago by GreekIdiot
Source: Own
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that for all irrational numbers $x, y$ and $z$,
$$f(x+y)f(z)=f(xz)+f(yz)$$
Some stories about this problem. This problem it is proposed by me (Dorlir Ahmeti) and Valmir Krasniqi. We did proposed this problem for IMO twice, on 2018 and on 2019 from Kosovo. None of these years it wasn't accepted and I was very surprised that it wasn't selected at least for shortlist since I think it has a very good potential. Anyway I hope you will like the problem and you are welcomed to give your thoughts about the problem if it did worth to put on shortlist or not.
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dangerousliri
Jun 25, 2020
GreekIdiot
an hour ago
Unsolved NT, 3rd time posting
GreekIdiot   6
N an hour ago by GreekIdiot
Source: own
Solve $5^x-2^y=z^3$ where $x,y,z \in \mathbb Z$
Hint
6 replies
GreekIdiot
Mar 26, 2025
GreekIdiot
an hour ago
Need hint:''(
Buh_-1235   0
an hour ago
Source: Canada Winter mock 2015
Recall that for any positive integer m, φ(m) denotes the number of positive integers less than m which are relatively
prime to m. Let n be an odd positive integer such that both φ(n) and φ(n + 1) are powers of two. Prove n + 1 is power
of two or n = 5.
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Buh_-1235
an hour ago
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Berkeley mini Math Tournament Solutions Released
BerkeleyMathTournament   5
N an hour ago by fake123
BmMT Solutions Leaked :oops_sign: https://berkeley.mt/relaysolutions
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BerkeleyMathTournament
3 hours ago
fake123
an hour ago
CMIMC 2025
Allen31415   4
N an hour ago by vincentwant
Hi everyone,

CMIMC's annual math competition will take place on March 15, 2025. Registration is now open, and there is no registration fee, so make sure to sign up! Please see the flyer below for details. Email us at cmimc.info@gmail.com, or put any questions in this thread.
4 replies
Allen31415
Nov 21, 2024
vincentwant
an hour ago
Gut inequality
giangtruong13   1
N 2 hours ago by arqady
Let $a,b,c>0$ satisfy that $a+b+c=3$. Find the minimum $$\sum_{cyc} \sqrt[4]{\frac{a^3}{b+c}}$$
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giangtruong13
4 hours ago
arqady
2 hours ago
Minimize Expression Over Permutation
amuthup   37
N 2 hours ago by mananaban
Source: 2021 ISL A3
For each integer $n\ge 1,$ compute the smallest possible value of \[\sum_{k=1}^{n}\left\lfloor\frac{a_k}{k}\right\rfloor\]over all permutations $(a_1,\dots,a_n)$ of $\{1,\dots,n\}.$

Proposed by Shahjalal Shohag, Bangladesh
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amuthup
Jul 12, 2022
mananaban
2 hours ago
Let's Invert Some
Shweta_16   8
N 2 hours ago by ihategeo_1969
Source: STEMS 2020 Math Category B/P4 Subjective
In triangle $\triangle{ABC}$ with incenter $I$, the incircle $\omega$ touches sides $AC$ and $AB$ at points $E$ and $F$, respectively. A circle passing through $B$ and $C$ touches $\omega$ at point $K$. The circumcircle of $\triangle{KEC}$ meets $BC$ at $Q \neq C$. Prove that $FQ$ is parallel to $BI$.

Proposed by Anant Mudgal
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Shweta_16
Jan 26, 2020
ihategeo_1969
2 hours ago
very cute geo
rafaello   2
N 2 hours ago by ihategeo_1969
Source: MODSMO 2021 July Contest P7
Consider a triangle $ABC$ with incircle $\omega$. Let $S$ be the point on $\omega$ such that the circumcircle of $BSC$ is tangent to $\omega$ and let the $A$-excircle be tangent to $BC$ at $A_1$. Prove that the tangent from $S$ to $\omega$ and the tangent from $A_1$ to $\omega$ (distinct from $BC$) meet on the line parallel to $BC$ and passing through $A$.
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rafaello
Oct 26, 2021
ihategeo_1969
2 hours ago
Inspired by old results
sqing   3
N 2 hours ago by xytunghoanh
Source: Own
Let $ a, b,c\geq 0 $ and $ a+2b+3c= 2(\sqrt{6}-1).$ Prove that
$$a+ab+abc\leq 3$$Let $ a, b,c\geq 0 $ and $ a+2b+3c= 2\sqrt{6}-1.$ Prove that
$$a+ab+abc\leq \frac{25}{8}+\sqrt{ \frac{3}{2}}$$Let $ a, b,c\geq 0 $ and $ a+2b+3c= 2\sqrt{3}-1.$ Prove that
$$a+ab+abc\leq \frac{13}{8}+\frac{\sqrt{ 3}}{2}$$
3 replies
sqing
5 hours ago
xytunghoanh
2 hours ago
Square Root Equality
djmathman   67
N 5 hours ago by vincentwant
Source: 2013 USAJMO #6/USAMO #4
Find all real numbers $x,y,z\geq 1$ satisfying \[\min(\sqrt{x+xyz},\sqrt{y+xyz},\sqrt{z+xyz})=\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{y-1}+\sqrt{z-1}.\]
67 replies
djmathman
May 1, 2013
vincentwant
5 hours ago
Practice AMC 10A
freddyfazbear   59
N Mar 30, 2025 by Andrew2019
Practice AMC 10A

1. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 1 + 7/18 + 49/324 + …
A - 36/11, B - 9/22, C - 18/11, D - 18/7, E - 9/14

2. What is the first digit after the decimal point in the square root of 420?
A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4, E - 5

3. Caden’s calculator is broken and two of the digits are swapped for some reason. When he entered in 9 + 10, he got 21. What is the sum of the two digits that got swapped?
A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 5, E - 6

4. Two circles with radiuses 47 and 96 intersect at two points A and B. Let P be the point 82% of the way from A to B. A line is drawn through P that intersects both circles twice. Let the four intersection points, from left to right be W, X, Y, and Z. Find (PW/PX)*(PY/PZ).
A - 50/5863, B - 47/96, C - 1, D - 96/47, E - 5863/50

5. Two dice are rolled, and the two numbers shown are a and b. How many possible values of ab are there?
A - 17, B - 18, C - 19, D - 20, E - 21

6. What is the largest positive integer that cannot be expressed in the form 6a + 9b + 4 + 20d, where a, b, and d are positive integers?
A - 29, B - 38, C - 43, D - 76, E - 82

7. What is the absolute difference of the probabilities of getting at least 6/10 on a 10-question true or false test and at least 3/5 on a 5-question true or false test?
A - 63/1024, B - 63/512, C - 63/256, D - 63/128, E - 0

8. How many arrangements of the letters in the word “sensor” are there such that the two vowels have an even number of letters (remember 0 is even) between them (including the original “sensor”)?
A - 72, B - 108, C - 144, D - 216, E - 432

9. Find the value of 0.9 * 0.97 + 0.5 * 0.1 * (0.5 * 0.97 + 0.5 * 0.2) rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A - 89.9%, B - 90.0%, C - 90.1%, D - 90.2%, E - 90.3%

10. Two painters are painting a room. Painter 1 takes 52:36 to paint the room, and painter 2 takes 26:18 to paint the room. With these two painters working together, how long should the job take?
A - 9:16, B - 10:52, C - 17:32, D - 35:02, E - 39:44

11. Suppose that on the coordinate grid, the x-axis represents climate, and the y-axis represents landscape, where -1 <= x, y <= 1 and a higher number for either coordinate represents better conditions along that particular axis. Accordingly, the points (0, 0), (1, 1), (-1, 1), (-1, -1), and (1, -1) represent cities, plains, desert, snowy lands, and mountains, respectively. An area is classified as whichever point it is closest to. Suppose a theoretical new area is selected by picking a random point within the square bounded by plains, desert, snowy lands, and mountains as its vertices. What is the probability that it is a plains?
A - 1 - (1/4)pi, B - 1/5, C - (1/16)pi, D - 1/4, E - 1/8

12. Statistics show that people who work out n days a week have a (1/10)(n+2) chance of getting a 6-pack, and the number of people who exercise n days a week is directly proportional to 8 - n (Note that n can only be an integer from 0 to 7, inclusive). A random person is selected. Find the probability that they have a 6-pack.
A - 13/30, B - 17/30, C - 19/30, D - 23/30, E - 29/30

13. A factory must produce 3,000 items today. The manager of the factory initially calls over 25 employees, each producing 5 items per hour starting at 9 AM. However, he needs all of the items to be produced by 9 PM, and realizes that he must speed up the process. At 12 PM, the manager then encourages his employees to work faster by increasing their pay, in which they then all speed up to 6 items per hour. At 1 PM, the manager calls in 15 more employees which make 5 items per hour each. Unfortunately, at 3 PM, the AC stops working and the hot sun starts taking its toll, which slows every employee down by 2 items per hour. At 4 PM, the technician fixes the AC, and all employees return to producing 5 items per hour. At 5 PM, the manager calls in 30 more employees, which again make 5 items per hour. At 6 PM, he calls in 30 more employees. At 7 PM, he rewards all the pickers again, speeding them up to 6 items per hour. But at 8 PM, n employees suddenly crash out and stop working due to fatigue, and the rest all slow back down to 5 items per hour because they are tired. The manager does not have any more employees, so if too many of them drop out, he is screwed and will have to go overtime. Find the maximum value of n such that all of the items can still be produced on time, done no later than 9 PM.
A - 51, B - 52, C - 53, D - 54, E - 55

14. Find the number of positive integers n less than 69 such that the average of all the squares from 1^2 to n^2, inclusive, is an integer.
A - 11, B - 12, C - 23, D - 24, E - 48

15. Find the number of ordered pairs (a, b) of integers such that (a - b)^2 = 625 - 2ab.
A - 6, B - 10, C - 12, D - 16, E - 20

16. What is the 420th digit after the decimal point in the decimal expansion of 1/13?
A - 4, B - 5, C - 6, D - 7, E - 8

17. Two congruent right rectangular prisms stand near each other. Both have the same orientation and altitude. A plane that cuts both prisms into two pieces passes through the vertical axes of symmetry of both prisms and does not cross the bottom or top faces of either prism. Let the point that the plane crosses the axis of symmetry of the first prism be A, and the point that the plane crosses the axis of symmetry of the second prism be B. A is 81% of the way from the bottom face to the top face of the first prism, and B is 69% of the way from the bottom face to the top face of the second prism. What percent of the total volume of both prisms combined is above the plane?
A - 19%, B - 25%, C - 50%, D - 75%, E - 81%

18. What is the greatest number of positive integer factors an integer from 1 to 100 can have?
A - 10, B - 12, C - 14, D - 15, E - 16

19. On an analog clock, the minute hand makes one full revolution every hour, and the hour hand makes one full revolution every 12 hours. Both hands move at a constant rate. During which of the following time periods does the minute hand pass the hour hand?
A - 7:35 - 7:36, B - 7:36 - 7:37, C - 7:37 - 7:38, D - 7:38 - 7:39, E - 7:39 - 7:40

20. Find the smallest positive integer that is a leg in three different Pythagorean triples.
A - 12, B - 14, C - 15, D - 20, E - 21

21. How many axes of symmetry does the graph of (x^2)(y^2) = 69 have?
A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 5, E - 6

22. Real numbers a, b, and c are chosen uniformly and at random from 0 to 3. Find the probability that a + b + c is less than 2.
A - 4/81, B - 8/81, C - 4/27, D - 8/27, E - 2/3

23. Let f(n) be the sum of the positive integer divisors of n. Find the sum of the digits of the smallest odd positive integer n such that f(n) is greater than 2n.
A - 15, B - 18, C - 21, D - 24, E - 27

24. Find the last three digits of 24^10.
A - 376, B - 576, C - 626, D - 876, E - 926

25. A basketball has a diameter of 9 inches, and the hoop has a diameter of 18 inches. Peter decides to pick up the basketball and make a throw. Given that Peter has a 1/4 chance of accidentally hitting the backboard and missing the shot, but if he doesn’t, he is guaranteed that the frontmost point of the basketball will be within 18 inches of the center of the hoop at the moment when a great circle of the basketball crosses the plane containing the rim. No part of the ball will extend behind the backboard at any point during the throw, and the rim is attached directly to the backboard. What is the probability that Peter makes the shot?
A - 3/128, B - 3/64, C - 3/32, D - 3/16, E - 3/8
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Mar 24, 2025
Andrew2019
Mar 30, 2025
Practice AMC 10A
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