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7 cards, tears a few in 7 pieces, teare a few again in 7, ..., 2009 pieces ever?

Source: Greece JBMO TST 2009 p1

April 29, 2019
number theorySumalgebra

Problem Statement

One pupil has 77 cards of paper. He takes a few of them and tears each in 77 pieces. Then, he choses a few of the pieces of paper that he has and tears it again in 77 pieces. He continues the same procedure many times with the pieces he has every time. Will he be able to have sometime 20092009 pieces of paper?