Problem

Source: Hong Kong TST - HKTST 2024 1.2

Tags: algebra, number theory



We say that a real number is 'almost an integer' if it differs from an integer by at most $0.1$. For example, $2023$,$-2023.9$ and $2023.0822$ are almost integers. Show that among any $10$ real numbers, there exists two different real numbers whose difference is almost an integer.