6. From the first 2005 natural numbers, of them are arbitrarily chosen. What is the least value of to ensure that there is at least one pair of numbers such that one of them is divisible by the other?
Problem 644
Official solution
6. Ans: 1004
Take any set 1004 numbers. Write each number in the form , where and is odd. Thus obtaining 1004 odd numbers . Since there are 1003 odd numbers in the first 2005 natural numbers, at least two of the odd numbers are the same, say . Then if . The numbers are 1003 numbers where there is no pair such that one of them is divisible by the other. So the answer is 1004 .