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There are \(n\) integers. Prove that among them either there are several numbers whose sum is divisible by \(n\) or there is one number divisible by \(n\) itself.

In Mongolia there are in circulation coins of 3 and 5 tugriks. An entrance ticket to the central park costs 4 tugriks. One day before the opening of the park, a line of 200 visitors queued up in front of the ticket booth. Each of them, as well as the cashier, has exactly 22 tugriks. Prove that all of the visitors will be able to buy a ticket in the order of the queue.

Kai has a piece of ice in the shape of a “corner” (see the figure). The Snow Queen demanded that Kai cut it into four equal parts. How can he do this?

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The king made a test for the future groom of his daughter. He put the princess in one of three rooms, a tiger in the other, and left the last room empty. It is known that the sign on the door where the princess is sitting is true, where the tiger is – it is false, and nothing is known about the sign on the third room. The tablets are as follows:

1 – room 3 is empty

2 – the tiger is in room 1

3 – this room is empty

Can the prince correctly guess the room with the princess?

a) A 1 or a 0 is placed on each vertex of a cube. The sum of the 4 adjacent vertices is written on each face of the cube. Is it possible for each of the numbers written on the faces to be different?

b) The same question, but if 1 and \(-1\) are used instead.

a) In the construction in the figure, move two matches so that there are five identical squares created. b) From the new figure, remove 3 matches so that only 3 squares remain.

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Gerard says: the day before yesterday I was 10 years old, and next year I will turn 13. Can this be?

We call a natural number “amazing” if it has the form \(a^b + b^a\) (where \(a\) and \(b\) are natural numbers). For example, the number 57 is amazing, since \(57 = 2^5 + 5^2\). Is the number 2006 amazing?

Homework. Cut a hole in an exercise book of a size so that you yourself can climb through it.