MATH DAY 2009
The third annual Pepperdine Math Day was held on Saturday, November 14, on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu. The primary purposes of this annual event are to promote interest and reward excellence in mathematics and science, as well as to increase the interaction between Pepperdine and our local Southern California high school faculty and students. Approximately 150 students and accompanying faculty and parents from 14 Southern California schools were in attendance.

       

       

The main event of the day was a competitive written math exam.

       

       

The visiting faculty enjoyed a talk on the mathematics of juggling and other discussion, as well as some good company and refreshments.

The overall average score was 20.4 out of 45 (no penalty for incorrect answers). A breakdown of results on the exam is here or a sorted (by percentage correct) version is here. Also, a grade by grade breakdown of the scores is as follows:

Grade Low Average High
9 11 18.5 30 Cynthia Shi, Palos Verdes Peninsula
10 11 18.3 31 Nicholas Chan, San Marino
11 7 19.9 42 Kevin Yin, San Marino
12 10 22.9 40 Roger Sheu, San Marino

Top scorer from each school

Sidra Hussain Calabasas High School
C. Diego, E. Munoz, Z. Rubio (tie) City Honors High School
Jessica Chen Diamond Bar High School
Mishan Rambukwella Faith Baptist High School
Joonvum Park, Jonathan Zev (tie) Granada Hills High School
Roupen Guedikian Holy Martyrs High School
Stephanie Paz International Polytechnic High School
Danny Devitt Malibu High High School
Ruiqi Chen Monterey Park Independent
Ninad More Northwood High School
Greg Ogne Oaks Christian High School
Katharine Daly Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Dalton Banh Quartz Hill High School
Kevin Yin San Marino High School

Top three team scores

First Place
San Marino High School
(Average score of 37.0)
Bryan Mau, Samuel Pun,
Roger Sheu (not pictured),
Andrew Szeto, Kevin Yin
Tom Ambruster, faculty advisor
Second Place
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
(Average score of 31.8)
Katharine Daly, Sae Hwan Lee,
Cynthia Shi, Jocelyn Tang,
Andrew Zhang (not pictured)
Vararat Chaiyont, faculty advisor
Christian Kim, faculty advisor
Third place
Diamond Bar High School
(Average score of 29.4)
Jessica Chen, Chris Lee,
Katherine Liu, Brandon Wang,
Brandon Sim
Chris DiAntonio, faculty advisor

Honorable Mention:
Arcadia High School
Monterey Park Independent
Northwood
Granada Hills
Calabasas

Top individual scorers

Score Name School Grade
42 Kevin Yin San Marino 12
40 Katharine Daly Palos Verdes Peninsula 11
(Not pictured) 40 Roger Sheu San Marino 12 (Not pictured)
36 Sae Hwan Lee Palos Verdes Peninsula 11
36 Andrew Szeto San Marino 11

Congratulations to all of the top scorers, and to all of the students who participated!

A number of prizes were awarded, including a total of $7500 in scholarship money to Pepperdine, as well as some excellent mathematical computer software and calculators donated by our sponsors, whom we thank for their generous support this and every year.

Finally, a special thanks to all of the Pepperdine students and faculty who helped with the day!

        

See you all at Pepperdine Math Day 2010!

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