Answer:

Lets try to make it to be on the basis of 3, so that

Note:

(𝑎 + 𝑏)3 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 (𝑎 + 𝑏) = (𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 )(𝑎 + 𝑏) = 𝑎3 + 3𝑎2 𝑏 + 3𝑎𝑏2 + 𝑏3

(𝑎 − 𝑏)2 = 𝑎2 − 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2

A. 311
B. 95 = (32 )5 = 310
C. 274 = (33 )4 = 312
D. (82)3 = (81 + 1)3 = (34 + 1)3 = 312 + [3(38 )(1) + 3(34 )(12 ) + 13 ]
E. (242)2 = (243 − 1)2 = (35 − 1)2 = 310 + [−2(35 )(1) + 12 ]

The bigger the power of a number, the bigger the value, thus D is the answer.

Answer:

We know that 802 = 6400 and 902 = 8100, so that mean for 4-digit perfect square that start
with the digit 7 is lies between 80 and 90, thus
812 = 6561; 822 = 6724; 832 = 6889; 842 = 7056; 852 = 7225; 862 = 7396;
872 = 7569; 882 = 7744; 892 = 7921 . The answer is C.

Answer:
𝑎+8
Given 0 ≤ ≤ 3 and −13 ≤ 𝑏 − 6 ≤ 0, so the smallest possible value of 𝑎 and 𝑏 is
5

𝑎+8
0≤ ≤3
5
0 ≤ 𝑎 + 8 ≤ 15
−8 ≤ 𝑎 ≤ 7

−13 ≤ 𝑏 − 6 ≤ 0
−7 ≤ 𝑏 ≤ 6

We also know that (𝑎3 − 3𝑎2 𝑏 + 3𝑎𝑏2 − 𝑏3 ) = (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 , thus (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 is minimum if (𝑎 − 𝑏) is
minimum. Let say we have 𝑎 and 𝑏 pair so that

(𝑎, 𝑏) ∈ {(−8, −7), (−8, 6), (7, −7), (7, 6)}

Which

• (−8, −7) → (−8 − (−7)) = −1

• (−8, 6) → (−8 − 6) = −14
• (7, −7) → (7 − (−7)) = 14
• (7, 6) → (7 − 6) = 1

So to make (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 minimum, 𝑎 = −8 and 𝑏 = 6, thus (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 = (−14)3 = −2744 𝐷.

Answer:

Basically the question just tells us that

9
99 × 99 × 99 × [𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 9] × 99 = 99

So

9 + 9 + 9 + ⋯ + 9 = 99
9𝑛 = 99
99
𝑛=
9
𝑛 = 98 = (32 )8 = 316 𝐴

Answer:

We need to find n such that 𝑛 ≡ 𝑟(𝑚𝑜𝑑 9); 𝑛 ≡ 𝑟(𝑚𝑜𝑑 15); 𝑛 ≡ 𝑟(𝑚𝑜𝑑 25).

This means that 𝑛 − 𝑟 is a multiple of both 9, 15, and 25. Since the LCM of 9, 15, and 25 is
𝐿𝐶𝑀(9, 15, 25) = 32 ∗ 52 = 225, thus 𝑛 ≡ 𝑟(𝑚𝑜𝑑 225) or 𝑛 = 225𝑡 + 𝑟, where 𝑡 is any integer.

For 𝑛 to be largest 3 digit number, take 𝑡 = 4 such that 𝑛 = 900 + 𝑟.

We know that 900 divisible by 9, 15, and 25. Thus by setting 𝑟 = 8 such that 𝑛 = 908, gives
remainder of 8 when 908 divided by 9, 15, and 25.

Hence the largest 3-digit integer is 908, greater than 900. The answer must be E

Answer:

Just focus on the last digit of 2023, which is 3, thus … 32023 .

We know that 31 = 3, 32 = 9, 33 = … 7, 34 = … 1, 35 = … 3, 36 = … 9, and so on. And we also

know that the last digit of 3 with the power of x is repeatable after 4 times. Because

2023
= 505 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 3
4
Thus the last digit of 20232023 = … 7. That mean the last digit of the product of

20232023 × 20232023 = … 7 × … 7 = … 9 𝐴

Answer:

First we look at the GCD of 300 and 400, because it must contain the factor of both number.

𝐺𝐶𝐷(300,400) = 21 × 31 × 52 = 150

The factor of 150 is {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150}, there are 6 2-digit positive integer C
Answer:

Did you notice that the sequence can be written as

1, (1 + 2), (1 + 22 ), (1 + 23 ), (1 + 24 ), … , (1 + 29 ), (1 + 210 )

So the formula of 𝑎𝑛 with 𝑛 > 1 is

𝑎𝑛 = 1 + 2𝑛−1

First we want to know how many number in that sequence,

𝑎𝑛 = 1025
1 + 2𝑛−1 = 1025
2𝑛−1 = 1024
2𝑛−1 = 210
𝑛 − 1 = 10
𝑛 = 11

So there are 11 number in that sequence. Thus the value of the following sum is
11

𝑆11 = 1 + ∑ 1 + 2𝑛−1
𝑛=2
11

= 1 + 10(1) + ∑ 2𝑛−1 (𝑏𝑦 𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠)

𝑛=2
22−1 (210
− 1)
= 1 + 10(1) + [ ]
2−1
= 1 + 10(1) + 2(1023)
= 11 + 2046
= 2057 𝐵
Answer:

We know that (𝑛3 − 𝑛) = 𝑛(𝑛2 − 1) = 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)(𝑛 + 1) is divisible by 5

That mean for any integer n,

𝑛(𝑛 − 1)(𝑛 + 1) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 5 𝑖𝑓 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 5

Supppose n is divisible by 5.

2-digit positive integer range from 10 to 99 that is divisible by 5 are

10, 15, 20, … , 95

So the total number of 2-digit positive integer range from 10 to 99 that is divisible by 5, let say x,
is

𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 − 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 95 − 10 85

𝑥= +1= +1= + 1 = 17 + 1 = 18
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 5 5

Because the total of 2-digit integer range from 10 to 99 is 99 − 10 + 1 = 90, thus the probability
is

18 1
=
90 5
1 1
For other part like n – 1 and n + 1, using the same way we got the probability respectively 5 and 5.

Thus the total probability is

1 1 1 3
+ + = 𝐶
5 5 5 5
Answer:

If 2𝑋5𝑌16 is divisible by 33, then 2𝑋5𝑌16 is also divisible by 3 and 11 (Factor of 33).

If some number is divisible by 3, by divisibility rule of 3 sum of all its digit is multiple of 3, then

2 + 𝑋 + 5 + 𝑦 + 1 + 6 | 3 → 14 + (𝑋 + 𝑌) | 3

If some number is divisible by 11, by divisibility rule of 11 difference between the sum of its
digits in odd places and the sum of the digits in even places is either 0 or a multiple of 11, then

(2 + 5 + 1)𝑜𝑑𝑑 − (𝑋 + 𝑌 + 6)𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 = 0 𝑜𝑟 (2 + 5 + 1)𝑜𝑑𝑑 − (𝑋 + 𝑌 + 6)𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 | 11

8 − 6 − (𝑋 + 𝑌) = 0 𝑜𝑟 8 − 6 − (𝑋 + 𝑌) | 11

2 − (𝑋 + 𝑌) = 0 𝑜𝑟 2 − (𝑋 + 𝑌) | 11

First try look at 2 − (𝑋 + 𝑌) = 0, that mean 𝑋 + 𝑌 = 2, but 14 + 2 = 16 isnt multiple of 3, thus

fisrt condition cannot be used.

Then look at 2 − (𝑋 + 𝑌) | 11, try straight guessing that −11 is divisible by 11, thus

2 − (𝑋 + 𝑌) = −11 → (𝑋 + 𝑌) = 13

When we try to substitute to 14 + (𝑋 + 𝑌) | 3, it is satisfy the condition because 14 + 13 = 27 is

divisible by 3. Thus the answer is B
Answer:

We have

127
5 sin2 𝑥 + 2 sin 𝑥 + cos2 𝑥 =
36
2 2
127
5 sin 𝑥 + 2 sin 𝑥 + 1 − sin 𝑥 =
36
127
4 sin2 𝑥 + 2 sin 𝑥 + 1 − =0
36
91
4 sin2 𝑥 + 2 sin 𝑥 − =0
36
144 sin2 𝑥 + 72 sin 𝑥 − 91 = 0

Suppose 𝑎 = sin 𝑥, then the quadratic equation is

−72 ± √722 − 4(144)(−91)

𝑎1,2 =
2(144)
−72 ± √5184 + 52416
=
288
−72 ± √57600
=
288
−72 ± 240
=
288
𝜋
Since 𝑎 = sin 𝑥 and 𝑥 is in 0 < 𝑥 < 2 , thus 𝑎 must be positive, so that

−72 + 240 168 7

𝑎= = =
288 288 12
Now we know

7
60 sin 𝑥 = 60 × = 35 𝐶
12
Answer:

We know that

250125 ∗ 4128 = (53 ∗ 2)125 ∗ (22 )128

= 5375 ∗ 2125 ∗ 2256
= 5375 ∗ 2381
= (5375 ∗ 2375 ) ∗ 26
= 10375 ∗ 64
= 6400 … 000

Sum of that digit is 6+4+0+0+0+…+0=10 (C)

Answer:

We know that

So that

Thus

𝐿𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 = 𝐿𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒 − 𝐿2 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒

= 𝜋(56)2 − 2𝜋(28)2
22 22
= ∗ 56 ∗ 56 − 2 ∗ ∗ 28 ∗ 28
7 7
= 9856 − 4928
= 4928 (𝐷)
Answer:

Ariana, Brenda, Caleb, and Derrick whose last names are Lim, Lee, Wong, and Goh

Gender Rank
• Male: Caleb, Derrick, [Goh], [Lim] • Lee could have ranked higher
• Female: Ariana, Brenda, [Lee], • Brenda > Derrick > [Goh] or Brenda >
[Wong] Derrick > Caleb
• [Wong]’s teacher proud of her result
• [Lim] > Ariana or Derrick > Ariana
• Caleb isn’t third

From Gender section, if [Lee] and [Wong] is female, then [Goh] and [Lim] must be male.

From Rank section, if Derrick ranked higher than [Goh], that mean Derrick’s last name is [Lim],
and Caleb’s last name is [Goh], thus Brenda > Derrick > Caleb.
Now we have Brenda > Derrick > Caleb, Derrick > Ariana, and Caleb isn’t third rank. So we can
say that Brenda > Derrick > Ariana > Caleb.

Because [Wong]’s teacher is proud of her result, that must be Brenda, thus Ariana’s last name
must be [Lee] B

Answer:

Tebak-tebak. Jawaban D

Answer:

The key is to have smallest integer, so 1 is one of the answer. The rest of it can be determined by
2023’s factor, which comes in pairs like {(1, 2023), (7, 289), (17, 119)}. The smallest addition
among those three is (17, 119), thus

2023 = 1 × 17 × 119 → 1 + 17 + 119 = 137

Answer:

We know that

𝑚 + 𝑛−1
= 16
𝑚−1 + 𝑛
1
𝑚+𝑛
= 16
1
+ 𝑛
𝑚
𝑚𝑛 + 1
𝑛 = 16
𝑚𝑛 + 1
𝑚
𝑚𝑛 + 1 𝑚
× = 16
𝑛 𝑚𝑛 + 1
𝑚
= 16
𝑛
𝑚 = 16𝑛

If m and n are positive integers, and 𝑚 + 𝑛 < 2023, then

𝑚 + 𝑛 < 2023
16𝑛 + 𝑛 < 2023
17𝑛 < 2023
𝑛 < 119

Thus n that satisfy the equation on question is 118 n’s.

Answer:

We know that

1 1 1 1
+ + =
𝑥 3𝑥 5𝑥 𝑦 2 − 4𝑦 + 3
15 + 5 + 3 1
=
15𝑥 (𝑦 − 3)(𝑦 − 1)
23 1
=
15𝑥 (𝑦 − 3)(𝑦 − 1)
23 𝑥
=
15 (𝑦 − 3)(𝑦 − 1)

That mean x=23 and (y-1)(y-3)=15 or y=6, thus x+y=29

Answer:

5 5 √5 √5
√ +√ = +
9 − 4√5 9 + 4√5 √9 − 4√5 √9 − 4√5
√5 √5
= +
√9 − 2√20 √9 + 2√20
√5 √5
= +
√5 − √4 √5 + √4
√5(√5 + √4) √5(√5 − √4)
= +
5−4 5−4
5 + √20 5 − √20
= +
1 1
= 10
Answer:

We know that

96! + 97! + 98! 96! (1 + 97 + 97 ∗ 98)

=
14𝑚 14𝑚
96! (9604)
=
14𝑚
To determine 𝑚, we need to know first how many exponent of 2 and 7 (because 14=2*7)

9604 = 49 ∗ 196 = 72 ∗ 22 ∗ 72 = 22 ∗ 74

96! 96 96 96 96 96 96 96
𝑚
=⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⋯
2 2 4 8 16 32 64 128
= 48 + 24 + 12 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 0 + ⋯
= 94

96! 96 96 96
𝑚
= ⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⋯
7 7 49 343
= 13 + 1 + 0 + ⋯
= 14

That mean total exponent of 2 and 7 from 96!*9604 is 2+94=96 and 4+14=18 respecitvely.
96!(9604)
Thus biggest m for 14 so that satisfy is just 18
14 𝑚
Answer:

Did you notice that

Any number in

√1 𝑡𝑜 √3 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 1 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 3 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√4 𝑡𝑜 √8 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 2 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 5 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√9 𝑡𝑜 √15 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 3 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 7 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√16 𝑡𝑜 √24 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 4 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 9 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√25 𝑡𝑜 √35 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 5 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 11 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√36 𝑡𝑜 √48 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 6 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 13 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√49 𝑡𝑜 √63 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 7 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 15 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√64 𝑡𝑜 √80 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 8 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 17 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√81 𝑡𝑜 √99 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 9 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 19 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√100 𝑡𝑜 √120 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 10 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 21 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√121 𝑡𝑜 √143 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 11 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 23 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√144 𝑡𝑜 √168 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 12 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 25 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√169 𝑡𝑜 √195 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 13 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 27 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√196 𝑡𝑜 √224 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 14 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 29 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√225 𝑡𝑜 √255 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 15 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 31 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√256 𝑡𝑜 √288 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 16 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 33 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√289 𝑡𝑜 √323 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 17 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 35 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√324 𝑡𝑜 √360 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 18 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 37 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

√361 𝑡𝑜 √381 → [𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟] = 19 (𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 21 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒)

Thus

[√1] + [√2] + ⋯ + [√381] = 3(1) + 5(2) + ⋯ + 21(19) = 4768

Answer

Find AB

𝐴𝐵 = √𝐴𝐹 2 + 𝐵𝐹 2
= √962 + 722
= √(24 ∗ 4)2 + (24 ∗ 3)2
= √242 (42 + 32 )
= √242 ∗ 52
= 24 ∗ 5 = 120

Find EC with equality if triangle ABF and BEC

𝐴𝐹 𝐵𝐹
=
𝐵𝐶 𝐶𝐸
96 72
=
120 𝐶𝐸
72 ∗ 120
𝐶𝐸 =
96
3 ∗ 120
𝐶𝐸 =
4
𝐶𝐸 = 3 ∗ 30 = 90
Answer:

2023 sendiri → 1

23202321 (2 ribuan) → 1

32023203 (3 ribuan) → 1

X2023 (X ∈ {1, 2, 3, 4}) → 4

2023X (X ∈ {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}) → 10

23X2023X2(X+1) (X ∈ {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}) → 10

3X2023X20(X+1) (X ∈ {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}) → 10

Total 37

Answer:

We know that

1 1 1 1 1
= = ( − )
𝑛3 + 3𝑛2 + 2𝑛 𝑛(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) 2 𝑛(𝑛 + 1) (𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2)
So the inequality become

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 449
( − )+ ( − ) +⋯+ ( − )>
2 1∗2 2∗3 2 2∗3 3∗4 2 𝑛(𝑛 + 1) (𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) 2000
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 449
( − + − + − +⋯− )>
2 2 6 6 12 12 20 (𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) 2000
1 1 449
− >
4 2(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) 2000
1 449 500
− > −
2(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) 2000 2000
1 −1
− >
2(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) 2000
1 1
>
2(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) 2000

Or

2(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) = 2000

(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) = 1000
𝑛 = 31

Answer:

Look at first column

S+S cannot more than 10 because M is on digit integer, then 𝑆 ∈ {1,2,3,4}.

Look at second column

We know that A=0, then 𝐼 + 𝐴 = 𝐴 → 𝐼 + 0 = 0 or must be 0. But A already 0, then the only
possible value for 𝐼 is 9. That makes

𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 → 𝑀 + 𝑆 ≥ 10 (𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐶 + 𝑀 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 > 10) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆 + 𝑆 + 1 = 𝑀

So 𝑀 ∈ {3,5,7} (because 𝐼 = 9) and S become just 𝑆 ∈ {1,2,3}.

Look at third column

Because 𝑀 + 𝑆 ≥ 10, then the only possible pair of S and M is (𝑆, 𝑀) = (3,7). Because 𝑀 + 𝑆 =
10 and 𝐶 + 𝑀 > 10, then 𝑀 + 𝑆 + 1 = 11 𝑜𝑟 𝑇 = 1.

So far we have known that 𝐴 = 0, 𝐼 = 9, 𝑆 = 3, 𝑀 = 7, 𝑇 = 1. Number that hasn’t been chosen is

{2, 4, 5, 6, 8}.

Look at fourth column

Because 𝐶 + 𝑀 > 10 and 𝑀 = 7, then 𝐶 ∈ {5,8} (because if C=4 then C+M=11 or H=1 already
on T; because if C=6 then C+M=13 or H=3 already on S). That makes 𝐻 ∈ {2,5}.

Look at fifth column

Know that 𝐶 + 𝑂 = 𝑆 → 𝐶 + 𝑂 = 3.

If 𝐶 = 5, then 𝑂 = 8 to make 𝐶 + 𝑂 = 3. That mean 𝐶 + 𝑂 > 10 and 𝐶 + 𝑀 + 1 = 𝐻 or 𝐻 = 3.

(cannot because S=3)

If 𝐶 = 8, then 𝑂 = 5 to make 𝐶 + 𝑂 = 3. That mean 𝐶 + 𝑂 > 10 and 𝐶 + 𝑀 + 1 = 𝐻 or 𝐻 = 6.

In conclusion, we have

𝐴 = 0, 𝐼 = 9, 𝑆 = 3, 𝑀 = 7, 𝑇 = 1, 𝐶 = 8, 𝑂 = 5, 𝐻 = 6

Hence

𝑆 + 𝐼 + 𝑀 + 𝐶 + 𝐶 = 3 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 8 = 35