Floor and Ceiling (Hard)
Late AMC 10/12 through early AIME — dense computation.
Floor and Ceiling: core idea
Sums of floors.
Example problem: hint and answer
Find .
Hint: Convert a floor or ceiling statement into its defining interval. Answer: 14.
Practice (9 problems — type your answers)
1. How many integers satisfy ?
2. Find .
3. Find .
4. How many integers satisfy ?
5. Find .
6. Find greatest with .
7. How many nonnegative lattice points satisfy ?
8. Find .
9. Find .