2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Montana
Number of schools returning results 16
Average of school highest score 15.81
Average school team score 42.63
# of State Student Participants 1007
Overall State Average Score 8.81
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 7.00
6th 46 7.74
7th 441 8.42
8th 511 9.27
Number of Female Students 498
Average Score of Female Students 8.62
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 16 7.06
7th 231 8.28
8th 248 9.05
Number of Male Participants 497
Average Score of Male Participants 9.02
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 7.00
6th 29 8.21
7th 207 8.57
8th 257 9.52
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
22 1 0 1
21 0 0 0
20 0 1 1
19 1 0 1
18 1 1 2
17 2 3 5
16 6 0 6
15 7 5 12
14 18 11 29
13 26 15 42
12 33 26 60
11 52 40 92
10 52 75 128
9 70 66 138
8 65 83 149
7 67 75 144
6 44 44 90
5 31 30 63
4 16 17 33
3 2 3 5
2 1 2 3
1 1 1 2
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 1 0 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0 0
23 0 0 0 0
22 0 0 0 1
21 0 0 0 0
20 0 0 0 1
19 0 0 0 1
18 0 0 0 2
17 0 0 0 5
16 0 0 2 4
15 0 0 3 9
14 0 0 9 20
13 0 1 14 27
12 0 1 22 37
11 0 4 33 55
10 0 2 63 60
9 0 9 57 71
8 0 6 70 73
7 1 13 70 59
6 0 4 45 40
5 0 3 34 25
4 0 1 15 16
3 0 0 2 3
2 0 2 0 1
1 0 0 1 1
0(@) 0 0 1 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 1007 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.30 0.40 4.57 93.94* 0.70 0.10 0.00
2 5.66 4.07 83.71* 2.28 3.57 0.70 0.00
3 37.64* 8.54 25.82 15.89 11.12 0.89 0.10
4 5.26 63.46* 14.30 12.12 4.67 0.20 0.00
5 6.55 4.17 4.77 61.07* 22.54 0.89 0.00
6 6.36 25.22 45.68* 8.84 13.60 0.30 0.00
7 46.08 11.52* 9.04 17.08 15.59 0.70 0.00
8 11.52 6.16 13.11 13.31 54.92* 0.79 0.20
9 29.20 16.68 27.01* 12.51 13.01 1.49 0.10
10 13.01* 36.35 24.43 12.71 12.12 1.39 0.00
11 19.07 34.16 15.49* 19.96 8.54 2.78 0.00
12 4.07 6.45 44.39 34.86* 9.33 0.79 0.10
13 8.94 15.89 28.30 25.02* 20.06 1.49 0.30
14 8.54 75.87* 4.97 5.26 4.57 0.79 0.00
15 26.42 12.12 35.55* 13.31 10.43 2.09 0.10
16 18.57 21.45 23.24 14.50 18.87* 3.38 0.00
17 7.65 22.24* 10.82 40.52 15.99 2.68 0.10
18 9.83 18.07 24.03 17.38* 25.42 5.16 0.10
19 11.42 16.58 14.20 45.58* 7.05 5.16 0.00
20 11.72 24.83 26.61* 18.47 10.72 7.45 0.20
21 14.40* 13.21 20.85 25.32 17.97 8.24 0.00
22 24.43 28.70 17.58 13.31* 7.35 8.44 0.20
23 14.60* 17.18 17.87 12.12 28.30 9.73 0.20
24 12.31* 17.18 29.00 18.87 11.72 10.92 0.00
25 17.97 17.18* 20.66 16.19 16.68 11.32 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem