The alphabet of the Ni-Boom-Boom tribe contains 22 consonants and 11 vowels. A word in this language is defined as any combination of letters in which there are no consecutive consonants and no letter is used more than once. The alphabet is divided into 6 non-empty groups. Prove that it is possible to construct a word from all the letters in the group in at least one of the groups.
Prove that in any group of 10 whole numbers there will be a few whose sum is divisible by 10.
You are given 11 different natural numbers that are less than or equal to 20. Prove that it is always possible to choose two numbers where one is divisible by the other.
11 scouts are working on 5 different badges. Prove that there will be two scouts \(A\) and \(B\), such that every badge that \(A\) is working towards is also being worked towards by \(B\).
Is it possible to place the numbers \(-1, 0, 1\) in a \(6\times 6\) square such that the sums of each row, column, and diagonal are unique?
A piece fell out of a book, the first page of which is the number 439, and the number of the last page is written with those same numbers in some other order. How many pages are in the fallen out piece?
Imogen’s cat always sneezes before it rains. Today the cat sneezed. “So, it will rain” thinks Imogen. Is she right?
Three tortoises crawl along the road in a line. “Two tortoises are crawling behind me,” says the first. “One tortoise is crawling behind me, and one tortoise is crawling in front of me,” says the second. “Two tortoises are crawling in front of me, and one tortoise is crawling behind me,” says the third. How can this be?
Three wise men ride on a train. Suddenly the train drives into a tunnel, and after the lights come on, each of the men sees that the faces of his colleagues are stained with soot that has flown through the car window. All three begin to laugh at their stained companions, but suddenly the most intelligent man guesses that his face is also stained. How did he do it?
Is it possible to arrange 6 long round pencils so that each of them touches all the other ones?