“STEM Armenia | February 2025” Contest

THIS CONTEST IS SPONSORED BY THE MAILIAN FAMILY

1. The first round of the “STEM Armenia | February 2025” contest will take place on Sunday, February 9th. Three critical thinking tasks must be solved within six hours.

2. All students aged 13 to 18 studying in educational institutions in Armenia are eligible to participate.

3. Tasks will be published online on the STEMArmenia.org platform at 9:00 on February 9th. Solutions must be submitted by 15:00 on the same day. Solutions must be submitted via the web form on the STEMArmenia.org website.

4. The contest will be judged by a committee consisting of three members of the NGO “STEM Armenia”.

5. The contest is considered void if less than ten entries are submitted.

6. In case there are multiple entries from the same family members, only the first entry will be considered.

7. The contest committee reserves the right to disqualify any entry if there are obvious signs of unfair competition.

8. In the first round, up to ten winners will be selected by the contest committee based on the number of correct answers or, in the case of a tie, who submitted first.

9. The entries from Yerevan and the regions will be judged separately, with up to five winning entries from each. However, exceptions are possible in special cases.

10. The names of the winners of the first round will be published on STEMArmenia.org on February 12th.

11. The winners of the first round go to the second, final round where they must prepare a presentation. The topic of the presentation will be announced after the first round.

12. The presentations will be published on STEMArmenia.org, and three of the best will be selected by the contest committee as winners of the competition.

13. The decisions of the contest committee are final and not subject to appeal.

In case of questions please contact the contest committee at contact@stemarmenia.org.

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Նախորդը 1 2 3 4 Հաջորդը
1-Ին Փուլի Պատասխաններ

Task #1 (2 points)
Vahe, Petros, Ani

Task #2 (4 points)
Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.

an + bn = cn,  where n>2

French mathematician Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margin of his book that he had a proof of the theorem, but it did not fit in the margin. However, this proof was never found, making this problem one of the greatest misteries in mathematics for centuries. English mathematician Andrew Wiles found the proof in 1995, 358 years later, after eight years of research. The proof consists of 129 pages, here is one of the pages:

Fermat’s Last Theorem

Task #3 (5 points)
3388 pence.
In 1752, Great Britain changed its calendar from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The change involved the loss of 11 days: September 2, 1752, was followed by September 14, so September 3 to 13 were missing.

Gregorian calendar

"STEM ARMENIA | February 2025" Contest | 1st Round Winners

The contest committee has considered all applications and awarded points to each answer. The list of the ten winners with the highest points is presented below, who will proceed to the second round. The tasks for the second, final round will be published on February 13. Congratulations to the winners of the first round and all participants!

NamePointsAgeMarzTown/VillageSchool
Araksya Avagyan1117ShirakKamoKamo Secondary School
Nane Titanyan1113YerevanM. Melkonyan Primary School No. 11
Anna Brutyan1117KotaykAbovyan4th High School
Emin Koganyan1117YerevanAyb School
Karine Ghazaryan1115TavushGoshGoshi Secondary School
Koryun Vermishyan1013LoriStepanavanPrimary School No. 1
Samvel Melkumyan915KotaykYeghvardHigh School No. 1
Mary Simonyan816SyunikSisianSisian High School
Nare Ordinyan816TavushYenokavanYenokavan Secondary School
Anna Hovhannisyan818GegharkunikAkunkAkunk Secondary School
Manya Shakhkulyan713LoriAlaverdiHovhannes Tumanyan Primary School No. 2

"STEM ARMENIA | February 2025" 2nd Round Task

Create a presentation on one of the following topics:
1. Quantum computer
2. Applications of Artificial Intelligence
3. Cryptocurrency
Please see the details of this task in the Armenian version of this page.


The Task

Create a presentation on one of the following topics:
1. Quantum computer
2. Applications of Artificial Intelligence
3. Cryptocurrency

NameAgeRegionSchoolPresentation Link
1Araksya Avagyan17Kamo/ShirakKamo Secondary SchoolApplications of AI
2Nane Titanyan13YerevanM. Melkonyan Primary School No. 11Quantum Computer
3Anna Brutyan17Abovyan/Kotayk4th High SchoolQuantum Computer
4Emin Koganyan17YerevanAyb SchoolApplications of AI
5Karine Ghazaryan15Gosh/TavushGoshi Secondary SchoolCryptocurrency
6Koryun Vermishyan13Stepanavan/LoriPrimary School No. 1Quantum Computer
7Samvel Melkumyan15Yeghvard/KotaykHigh School No. 1Quantum Computer
8Mary Simonyan16Sisian/SyunikSisian High SchoolCryptocurrency
9Nare Ordinyan16Yenokavan/TavushYenokavan Secondary SchoolCryptocurrency
10Anna Hovhannisyan18Akunk/GegharkunikAkunk Secondary SchoolQuantum Computer
11Manya Shakhkulyan13Alaverdi/LoriHovhannes Tumanyan Primary School No. 2Applications of AI

"STEM ARMENIA | February 2025" Contest Results

And so, the results of the “STEM ARMENIA | February 2025” contest are summarized. Each participant received a score based on the evaluations of the three members of the competition committee and the results of the first round. The maximum possible score is 41. The table below presents the final results of the competition. The three participants with the highest scores are the winners of the competition. Congratulations to the winners and all participants!

NamePointsAgeRegionSchool
Emin Koganyan3717YerevanAyb School
Nane Titanyan3613YerevanM. Melkonyan Primary School No. 11
Araksya Avagyan3617Kamo/ShirakKamo Secondary School
Karine Ghazaryan3515Gosh/TavushGoshi Secondary School
Anna Hovhannisyan3418Akunk/GegharkunikAkunk Secondary School
Anna Brutyan3217Abovyan/Kotayk4th High School
Koryun Vermishyan3113Stepanavan/LoriPrimary School No. 1
Nare Ordinyan3116Yenokavan/TavushYenokavan Secondary School
Samvel Melkumyan2915Yeghvard/KotaykHigh School No. 1
Mary Simonyan2716Sisian/SyunikSisian High School
Manya Shakhkulyan2513Alaverdi/LoriHovhannes Tumanyan Primary School No. 2
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