A Strict Table

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Each entry of a 4 × 4 4 \times 4 square table of numbers is either 1 1 or 2 2 . Suppose that the sum of 9 9 entries in each of the four 3 × 3 3 \times 3 sub-square tables is divisible by 4 4 , while the sum of all the 16 16 entries in the table is not divisible by 4 4 . Let the least and the greatest possible values of the sum of all the entries be m m and n n , respectively. Find m + n m + n .

This problem is part of the set AMSP .


The answer is 49.

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