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    This document provides instructions for the homework and final exam for the VCSMS PRIME Program for Inducing Mathematical Excellence in Week 6. Students are to complete 4 sets of problems (Sets A-D) for homework due on October 27th. On October 27th, students will take a practice qualifying exam, followed by the actual final exam, and then have lunch and closing. The document also provides 5 additional practice problems and information on resources for preparation.

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    VCSMS PRIME

    Program for Inducing Mathematical Excellence


    Week 6 Homework
    Due October 27, 2017

    Homework
    Due on Friday, October 27. Along with your usual two sets, you will submit responses to a practice test,
    instructions below. On Friday, we will have a short session followed by the final exam, then lunch and closing.

    Set A (11) S3: Ad hoc 1–2; Factors 1–4; Divisibility 1; Diophantine equations 1–2; Modulo 1–2.

    Set B (10) S3: Ad hoc 4; Factors 5–7; Divisibility 2, 5; Diophantine equations 3–5; Modulo 3.
    Set C (11) S3: Ad hoc 3, 6–7; Factors 8, 11; Divisibility 3; Diophantine equations 7–8; Modulo 4–6.
    Set D (11) S3: Ad hoc 5, 8; Factors 9–10, 12; Divisibility 4, 6; Diophantine equations 6, 9; Modulo 7.
    S4: Ad hoc 9.

    Practice qualifying stage


    Due on Friday, October 27. The test itself is on our Facebook group.

    • The test follows the qualifying stage format, which means the time limit is two hours. These should be
    continuous; do not work for one hour on one day and then one hour on another day.
    • No aids except scratch paper, ruler, and compass are permitted. No graph paper, protractors, calculators,
    computers, or mobile phones are allowed. Do not leave the testing area for the duration of the exam.
    • Write your answers legibly on a clean sheet of short bond paper, with your name.

    • Do not discuss the problems before Friday, October 27, when they are due.

    Additional problems
    1. (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?

    2. (AIME II 2003/2) What is the greatest multiple of 8 with no two digits the same?
    3. (AIME 1985/7, also MMC) Suppose a, b, c, d are positive integers such that a5 = b4 , c3 = d2 and
    c − a = 19. Determine d − b.
    4. (Stevens1 ) Let f (m) be the number of integers 7 < n < m such that n7 is divisible by 12. What is the
    

    limit of f (m)/m as m goes to infinity?

    5. (BMO) How many prime numbers are in the sequence 10001, 100010001, 1000100010001, . . .?

    Additional resources
    • Previous qualifying stages are on http://pmo.ph/downloads/. They are also on our Facebook group.
    • The qualifying stage is roughly post-2000 AMC12 level. The problem statements and coverage are
    usually more terse and typical of older AIMEs. Past AMC12 and AIME tests are on AoPS at
    https://aops.com/community/c3415 and https://aops.com/community/c3416.

    1 Olympiad Number Theory through Challenging Problems, https://aops.com/community/c6h547759

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