\(20\) birds fly into a photographer’s studio: \(8\) starlings, \(7\) wagtails and \(5\) woodpeckers. Each time the photographer presses the shutter to take a photograph, one of the birds flies away and does not come back. How many photographs can the photographer take to be sure that at the end there will be no fewer than \(5\) birds of one species and no less than 3 of another species remaining in the studio.
In every group of \(9\) randomly chosen crayons from Jamie’s drawer, some \(3\) will have the same colour. Show that if Jamie chooses \(25\) crayons at random, some \(7\) will have the same colour.
Suppose \(n \ge 2\) cricket teams play in a tournament. If no two teams play each other more than once, prove that some two teams have to play the same number of games.
An ice cream machine distributes ice cream randomly. There are 5 flavours in the machine and you would like to have any one available flavour at least 3 times. How many total samples do you need to obtain to ensure that?
Prove that among \(11\) different infinite decimal fractions, you can choose two fractions which coincide in an infinite number of digits.
A convex polygon on the plane contains at least \(m^2+1\) points with integer coordinates. Prove that it contains \(m+1\) points with integers coordinates that lie on the same line.
Suppose a football team scores at least one goal in each of the \(20\) consecutive games. If it scores a total of \(30\) goals in those \(20\) games, prove that in some sequence of consecutive games it scores exactly \(9\) goals total.
On a \(10\times 10\) board, a bacterium sits in one of the cells. In one move, the bacterium shifts to a cell adjacent to the side (i.e. not diagonal) and divides into two bacteria (both remain in the same new cell). Then, again, one of the bacteria sitting on the board shifts to a new adjacent cell, either horizontally or vertically, and divides into two, and so on. Is it possible for there to be an equal number of bacteria in all cells after several such moves?