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Tom got a really bad grade from the last test and once he got the test back, he started to tear it up. He is tearing it into little pieces in the following manner: He picks up a piece and tears it into either \(4\) or \(10\) smaller pieces. Can he eventually have exactly 200,000 pieces?

Show that any natural number has the same remainder when divided by \(3\) as the sum of its digits.

Tim had more hazelnuts than Tom. If Tim gave Tom as many hazelnuts as Tom already had, Tim and Tom would have the same number of hazelnuts. Instead, Tim gave Tom only a few hazelnuts (no more than five) and divided his remaining hazelnuts equally between \(3\) squirrels. How many hazelnuts did Tim give to Tom?