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The seventh annual Pepperdine Math Day was held on Saturday, November 9, 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 250 students and accompanying faculty and parents from 17 Southern California schools were in attendance.
We were pleased to have some interesting talks and a panel discussion on how mathematics is useful in various careers.
The talks dealt with fair division (fondly known as the cake cutting problem), the so-called birthday problem, and how mathematics can help you win a game show.
The other main event of the day was a
competitive written math exam.
On the exam, the overall average score was 22.4 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 | |
| 12 | 4 | 25.1 | 42 | Jerry Li, Arcadia High Schools |
| 11 | 7 | 24.0 | 38 | Jake Mattinson, Granada Hills Charter School |
| 10 | 8 | 20.5 | 34 | Jordan Jang, Arcadia High School |
| 9 | 9 | 20.0 | 37 | Janet Song, Oxford Academy |
Top scorer from each school
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Garrett Erickson
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Adolfo Camarillo High School
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Jerry Li
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Arcadia High School
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Siwei Ye
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Diamond Bar High School
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Garo Kaprielian, Sevana Nourian
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Ferrahian High School (tie)
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Jake Mattinson
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Granada Hills Charter High School
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Kimberly Yu
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Mark Keppel High School
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Rami Tarazi
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Oaks Christian High School
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Grace Yao
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Oxford Academy
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Kathryn Scholl
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Palisades Charter High School
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Greg Pailet
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Palos Verdes High School
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Kijung Kim
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Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
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Cherry Jirui
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Ribet Academy
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Preston Lau
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San Marino High School
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Ziran Wu
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Walnut High School
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Top team scores
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First Place
Walnut High School
(Average score of 36.6)
Ziran Wu,
Jeffrey Zhang,
Brian Deng
Yun-Ta Tsai,
Chi-Rong Yang
Melanie Hildreth, faculty advisor
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Second Place
Arcadia High School
(Average score of 36.4)
Jerry Li,
Nathan Chou,
Bryan Tiu
Ray Fu,
Jordan Jang,
Rui Li
Mauricio Eguez, faculty advisor
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Third place (tie)
Diamond Bar High School
(Average score of 34.6)
Siwei Ye,
Tianshu Li,
Corey Chen
Shuying Yu,
Tertius Lam
xxx, faculty advisor
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Third place (tie)
Oxford Academy
(Average score of 34.6)
Janet Song,
Grace Yao,
Sean Park
Dennis Park,
Jennifer Choi
Sean Park, faculty advisor
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Honorable Mention:
Palos Verdes Penninsula High School
San Marino High School
Top individual scorers
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Score |
Name |
School |
Grade |
| 42 | Jerry Li | Arcadia | 12 |
| 40 | Ziran Wu | Walnut | 12 |
| 39 | Preston Lau | San Marino | 12 |
| 38 | Siwei Ye | Diamond Bar | 12 |
| 38 | Jake Mattinson | Granada Hills | 11 |
| 38 | Kevin Chen | San Marino | 11 |
| 38 | Jeffrey Zhang | Walnut | 11 |
| 37 | Tianshu Li | Diamond Bar | 12 |
| 37 | Janet Song | Oxford | 9 |
| 37 | Grace Yao | Oxford | 12 |
| 37 | Brian Deng | Walnut | 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 $15,000 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.
See you all at Pepperdine Math Day 2014!
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