1996 AIME Problems

Problem 1

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Problem 2

For each real number , let denote the greatest integer that does not exceed x. For how man positive integers is it true that and that is a positive even integer?

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Problem 3

Find the smallest positive integer for which the expansion of , after like terms have been collected, has at least 1996 terms.

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Problem 4

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Problem 5

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Problem 6

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Problem 7

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Problem 8

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Problem 9

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Problem 10

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Problem 11

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Problem 12

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Problem 13

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Problem 14

A rectangular solid is made by gluing together cubes. An internal diagonal of this solid passes through the interiors of how many of the cubes?

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Problem 15

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See also

• American Invitational Mathematics Examination
• AIME Problems and Solutions
• Mathematics competition resources