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Problems Methods Algebraic methods Counting in two ways Extremal principle Extremal principle (other) Pigeonhole principle Pigeonhole principle (other)

12–14 3.0

One term a school ran 20 sessions of an after-school Astronomy Club. Exactly five pupils attended each session and no two students encountered one another over all of the sessions more than once. Prove that no fewer than 20 pupils attended the Astronomy Club at some point during the term.

Problem #PRU-32132

Problems Methods Extremal principle Extremal principle (other) Discrete Mathematics Set theory and logic Order relations Algebraic methods Proof by exhaustion

13–15 3.0

The order of books on a shelf is called wrong if no three adjacent books are arranged in order of height (either increasing or decreasing). How many wrong orders is it possible to construct from \(n\) books of different heights, if: a) \(n = 4\); b) \(n = 5\)?

Problem #PRU-32884

Problems Methods Extremal principle Extremal principle (other) Mathematical induction Mathematical induction (other) Algebra Polynomials Polynomial remainder theorem (little Bezout's theorem). Factorisation. Polynomials with integer coefficients and integer values Proof by contradiction Calculus Real numbers Rational and irrational numbers

12–12 3.0

Prove that if the irreducible rational fraction \(p/q\) is a root of the polynomial \(P (x)\) with integer coefficients, then \(P (x) = (qx - p) Q (x)\), where the polynomial \(Q (x)\) also has integer coefficients.