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