2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Utah
Number of schools returning results 20
Average of school highest score 18.40
Average school team score 48.95
# of State Student Participants 592
Overall State Average Score 10.10
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 20 7.10
6th 73 10.22
7th 206 9.97
8th 282 10.35
Number of Female Students 221
Average Score of Female Students 9.21
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 8 6.50
6th 25 8.92
7th 73 9.41
8th 110 9.33
Number of Male Participants 355
Average Score of Male Participants 10.61
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 12 7.50
6th 43 10.86
7th 128 10.28
8th 168 11.02
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 2 0 2
23 3 0 3
22 3 0 4
21 1 1 2
20 4 0 4
19 6 0 6
18 4 0 4
17 7 3 10
16 8 1 9
15 13 2 15
14 19 6 27
13 29 8 38
12 30 17 47
11 35 31 71
10 30 30 63
9 43 36 80
8 44 31 75
7 31 16 48
6 19 20 41
5 14 12 26
4 5 3 8
3 2 3 5
2 1 0 1
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 2 1 3
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students by Grade
Achieving indicated Score
SCORE 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
25 0 0 0 0
24 0 0 1 1
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 1 2 0
21 0 0 1 1
20 0 0 1 3
19 0 1 1 3
18 1 0 1 2
17 0 1 3 6
16 0 2 4 3
15 0 4 8 3
14 0 5 7 15
13 0 3 13 21
12 1 3 17 26
11 0 9 23 38
10 2 11 22 27
9 2 11 25 41
8 1 8 33 32
7 2 3 13 26
6 4 8 13 16
5 4 2 9 11
4 0 0 5 3
3 2 0 2 1
2 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 1 2 0
0($) 0 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
Note: Some students failed to indicate a grade
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2006
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 592 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.00 0.84 3.21 93.24* 2.20 0.51 0.00
2 3.72 1.69 90.88* 2.03 1.01 0.68 0.00
3 49.49* 5.07 20.44 12.16 10.81 2.03 0.00
4 4.22 68.92* 11.15 10.30 4.73 0.68 0.00
5 10.64 4.05 4.05 62.67* 16.05 2.53 0.00
6 4.39 20.27 56.42* 6.76 11.32 0.84 0.00
7 38.01 22.13* 6.25 14.53 17.23 1.86 0.00
8 10.47 2.70 12.67 10.81 62.16* 1.01 0.17
9 21.96 16.22 38.85* 10.81 9.97 2.20 0.00
10 22.64* 29.39 24.83 13.01 8.45 1.69 0.00
11 24.66 30.74 14.36* 17.74 8.28 3.89 0.34
12 6.08 6.08 33.95 41.72* 10.81 1.18 0.17
13 6.59 15.71 28.72 29.56* 16.39 3.04 0.00
14 7.26 79.73* 4.73 2.87 4.05 1.18 0.17
15 22.47 11.99 36.49* 11.66 13.01 4.39 0.00
16 18.75 18.24 22.80 12.67 19.93* 7.60 0.00
17 6.25 25.84* 10.98 38.18 13.51 5.24 0.00
18 7.77 12.67 23.99 25.34* 23.14 6.93 0.17
19 7.60 13.51 11.66 54.05* 5.74 7.43 0.00
20 10.98 22.30 28.89* 16.39 12.84 8.61 0.00
21 14.70* 12.33 21.79 20.10 19.76 11.32 0.00
22 23.82 29.05 14.53 14.86* 5.74 11.99 0.00
23 20.27* 15.03 19.59 12.16 19.76 13.18 0.00
24 14.86* 16.22 23.48 17.91 13.18 14.36 0.00
25 14.19 22.13* 19.43 14.36 14.36 15.37 0.17
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem