AMO.
2024
AUSTRALIAN
MATHEMATICAL
AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIAD OLYMPIAD
MATHEMATICAL
2024
Day 1
Tuesday 6 February 2024
Time allowed: 4 hours
No calculators are to be used.
Each question is worth seven points.
1. Determine all triples (k, m, n) of positive integers satisfying
k! + m! = k! × n! .
(If n is a positive integer, then n! = 1 × 2 × 3 × · · · × (n − 1) × n.)
2. Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. Point P is on line CB such that CP = CA
and B lies between C and P . Point Q is on line CD such that CQ = CA and D lies
between C and Q.
Prove that the incentre of triangle ABD lies on line P Q.
(The incentre of a triangle is the point where its angle bisectors intersect.)
3. Let a1 , a2 , . . . , an be positive real numbers, where n ≥ 2. For each permutation
(b1 , b2 , . . . , bn ) of (a1 , a2 , . . . , an ), define its score to be
b21 b22 b2
+ + · · · + n−1 .
b2 b3 bn
Show that there exist two permutations of (a1 , a2 , . . . , an ) whose scores differ by at
least 3|a1 − an |.
4. Consider a 2024 × 2024 grid of unit squares. Two distinct unit squares are adjacent
if they share a common side. Each unit square is to be coloured either black or white.
Such a colouring is called evenish if every unit square in the grid is adjacent to an
even number of black unit squares.
Determine the number of evenish colourings.
This program is supported by the Australian Government
Department of Industry, Science and Resources through the Science
Competitions: Mathematics and Informatics Olympiads grant opportunity.
© 2024 Australian Mathematics Trust
AMO.
2024
AUSTRALIAN
MATHEMATICAL
AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIAD OLYMPIAD
MATHEMATICAL
2024
Day 2
Wednesday 7 February 2024
Time allowed: 4 hours
No calculators are to be used.
Each question is worth seven points.
5. The sequence of positive integers a1 , a2 , . . . , a2025 is defined as follows:
a1 = 22024 + 1
for each n = 1, 2, . . . , 2024, define an+1 to be the largest prime divisor of a2n − 1.
Determine the value of a2024 + a2025 .
6. In a school, there are 1000 students in each year level, from Year 1 to Year 12. The
school has 12 000 lockers, numbered from 1 to 12 000. The school principal requests
that each student is assigned their own locker, so that the following condition is
satisfied:
For every pair of students in the same year level, the difference between
their locker numbers must be divisible by their year-level number.
Can the principal’s request be satisfied?
7. Let ABCD be a square and let P be a point on side AB. The point Q lies outside
the square such that ∠ABQ = ∠ADP and ∠AQB = 90◦ . The point R lies on the
side BC such that ∠BAR = ∠ADQ.
Prove that the lines AR, CQ and DP pass through a common point.
8. Let r = 0.d0 d1 d2 . . . be a real number (written in decimal form) where d0 , d1 , d2 , . . .
is an infinite sequence of digits.
For each integer n ≥ 0, let
en = 10n dn + 10n−1 dn−1 + · · · + 10d1 + d0
be the number formed by writing the digits dn , dn−1 , . . . , d1 , d0 in order from left to
right. (Leading zeros are permitted.)
Suppose that d0 = 6 and, for each integer n ≥ 0, the number en is equal to the
number formed by the rightmost n + 1 digits of e2n .
Prove that r is irrational.
This program is supported by the Australian Government
Department of Industry, Science and Resources through the Science
Competitions: Mathematics and Informatics Olympiads grant opportunity.
© 2024 Australian Mathematics Trust
