a) Prove that in any football team there are two players who were born on the same day of the week.
b) Prove that in the population of London, which is almost 9 million, there will be ten thousand people who celebrate their birthday on the same day.
On Easter Island, people ask each other questions, to which only “yes” or “no” can be answered. In this case, each of them belongs exactly to one of the tribes either A or B. People from tribe A ask only those questions to which the correct answer is “yes”, and from tribe B – those questions to which the correct answer is “no.” In one house lived a couple Ethan and Violet Russell. When Inspector Krugg approached the house, the owner met him on the doorstep with the words: “Tell me, do Violet and I belong to tribe B?”. The inspector thought and gave the right answer. What was the right answer?
A toddler has \(25\) lego pieces in a box:
In how many ways are there to choose three pieces to play with?
In how many ways can he choose three pieces for the foundation, main walls and roof? Note that the order is important.
Doctor Smith gave out 2006 miracle tablets to four sick animals. The rhinoceros received one more tablet than the crocodile. The hippopotamus got one more tablet than the rhino. The elephant got one more tablet than the hippo. How many tablets did the elephant have to eat?
There are two numbers \(x\) and \(y\) being added together. The number \(x\) is less than the sum \(x+y\) by 2000. The sum \(x+y\) is bigger than \(y\) by 6. What are the values of \(x\) and \(y\)?
On Brennan’s birthday, the postman Daniel wants to find out how old Brennan is. Sarah says that Brennan is over 11 years old, and Matt claims that he is more than 10 years old. How old is Brennan, if it is known that exactly one of them was mistaken? Justify your answer.
The digits of a 3 digit number \(A\) were written in reverse order and this is the number \(B\). Is it possible to find a value of \(A\) such that the sum of \(A\) and \(B\) has only odd numbers as its digits?
Let \(x\) be a 2 digit number. Let \(A\), \(B\) be the first (tens) and second (units) digits of \(x\), respectively. Suppose \(A\) is twice as large as \(B\). If we add the square of \(A\) to \(x\) then we get the square of a certain whole number. Find the value of \(x\).
The bank of the Nile was approached by a group of six people: three Bedouins, each with his wife. At the shore is a boat with oars, which can withstand only two people at a time. A Bedouin can not allow his wife to be without him whilst in the company of another man. Can the whole group cross to the other side?
Solve problem number 108736 for the inscription \(A\), \(BC\), \(DEF\), \(CGH\), \(CBE\), \(EKG\).