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The fourth annual Pepperdine Math Day was held on Saturday, October 2, 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 200 students and accompanying faculty and parents from 17 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 bubbles and other discussion,
as well as some good company and refreshments.
During the lunch hour there were four prensentations to see (students could attend two of four):
the mathematics of bubbles,
Gauss vs. Euler: who was the greatest?,
probabilities in gang violence, and a panel on studying mathematics in college
There were also a number of posters displaying research from Pepperdine students.
On the exam, the overall average score was 23.5 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 | 15 | 24.7 | 34 | Tertius Lam, Diamond Bar |
| 10 | 16 | 25.8 | 38 | Cynthia Shi, Palos Verdes Penninsula |
| 11 | 6 | 22.7 | 39 | Guanyang Yu, Mark Keppel; Andrew Zhang, Palos Verdes Peninsula |
| 12 | 6 | 23.2 | 44 | Katharine Daly, Palos Verdes Penninsula |
Top scorer from each school
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Young Hong
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Burbank High School
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Daniel Alfi
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Calabasas High School
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Daniel Zhou
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Diamond Bar High School
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Jeffrey Gracia
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Harbor Teacher Prepatory Academy
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Rebecca Stoker
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Hillside School
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Kevork Terterian
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Holy Martyrs Ferrahian High School
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Guanyang Yu
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Mark Keppel High School
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Alyssa Gaiser
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Oaks Christian High School
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Emi Sato
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Palos Verdes 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 Hayakawa
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Rowland High School
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Kevin Yin
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San Marino High School
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Yoshihiro Kawano
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Sherman Oaks CES
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Jilber Galadjian
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Valley Alternative Magnet School
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Jessica Ma
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Westridge School
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Top three team scores
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First Place
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
(Average score of 39.4)
Katharine Daly, Andrew Zhang,
Sae Hwan Lee, Cynthia Shi,
Teddy Zhu
Vararat Chaiyont, faculty advisor
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Second Place
San Marino High School
(Average score of 37.2)
Kevin Yin, Stephanie Cai,
Marsha Cheng, Preston Lau,
William Sheng
Russell Silver, faculty advisor
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Third place
Diamond Bar High School
(Average score of 36.0)
Daniel Zhou, Brandon Sim,
Orson Ou, Tertius Lam,
Michael Chuang
Chris DiAntonio, faculty advisor
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Honorable Mention:
Mark Keppel
Rowland
Palos Verdes
Oaks Christian
Quartz Hill
Calabasas
Top individual scorers (top 8 pictured)
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Score |
Name |
School |
Grade |
| 44 | Katharine Daly | Palos Verdes Peninsula | 12 |
| 43 | Kevin Yin | San Marino | 12 |
| 40 | Daniel Zhou | Diamond Bar | 12 |
| 39 | Stephanie Cai | San Marino | 12 |
| 39 | Marsha Cheng | San Marino | 12 |
| 39 | Brandon Sim | Diamon Bar | 12 |
| 39 | Guanyang Yu | Mark Keppel | 11 |
| 39 | Andrew Zhang | Palos Verdes Peninsula | 11 |
| 38 | Ruiqi Chen | Mark Keppel | 12 |
| 38 | Sae Hwan Lee | Palos Verdes Peninsula | 12 |
| 38 | Cynthia Shi | Palos Verdes Peninsula | 10 |
| 38 | Teddy Zhu | Palos Verdes Peninsula | 12 |
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 approximately $3000 worth of 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 2011!
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