\problemdef{Combinatorics}{1}{ \statement{ A real estate investor asked a developer to paint 2017 houses so that at least 1000 are green and 1000 are red. What is the maximum number of colors the developer can use? } \answer{19} } \problemdef{Combinatorics}{2}{ \statement{ How many ways are there to cut one $3 \times 5$ rectangle into five $1 \times 3$ rectangles? } \answer{4} } \problemdef{Combinatorics}{3}{ \statement{ How many different integral solutions $(x, y, z)$ are there to $x+y+z = 20$? } \answer{$C_{19}^2$} } \problemdef{Combinatorics}{4}{ \statement{ Consider an uncolored $8 \times 8$ board. How many ways are there to paint the squares black or white so that we end up with exactly 31 black squares, none of which share an edge? } \answer{68} } \problemdef{Combinatorics}{5}{ \statement{ Let $A$ be the set of four-digit integers in which the first digit is equal to the sum of the other three. \par Let $B$ be the set of four-digit integers in which the last digit is equal to the sum of the other three. \par Which set is larger, and by how many elements? } \answer{$A$, by 54.} }