2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Ontario
Number of schools returning results 13
Average of school highest score 20.54
Average school team score 53.62
# of State Student Participants 814
Overall State Average Score 11.89
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 13.50
6th 26 9.77
7th 251 11.60
8th 499 12.06
Number of Female Students 355
Average Score of Female Students 11.26
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 11.50
6th 11 8.73
7th 134 10.96
8th 201 11.53
Number of Male Participants 424
Average Score of Male Participants 12.32
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 15.50
6th 15 10.53
7th 112 12.40
8th 289 12.44
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 0 2
24 6 0 6
23 6 1 7
22 5 0 5
21 11 5 16
20 9 6 16
19 10 3 13
18 11 9 25
17 15 9 26
16 25 17 45
15 26 17 44
14 26 24 52
13 30 30 65
12 34 31 66
11 40 39 83
10 37 45 89
9 39 35 75
8 31 29 62
7 26 28 54
6 18 9 27
5 10 11 21
4 7 4 11
3 0 0 1
2 0 2 2
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 1 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 1
24 1 0 1 4
23 0 0 2 5
22 0 0 0 5
21 0 0 2 14
20 0 0 2 12
19 0 0 3 10
18 0 0 5 16
17 0 0 9 14
16 0 0 16 27
15 0 2 16 25
14 0 1 14 32
13 1 1 21 38
12 0 2 27 37
11 0 4 26 52
10 1 5 28 51
9 0 3 25 45
8 0 1 18 41
7 1 5 16 30
6 0 0 8 18
5 0 1 7 13
4 0 1 3 7
3 0 0 1 0
2 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 0 0 1
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 814 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.37 0.86 3.44 94.23* 0.98 0.12 0.00
2 1.11 1.97 95.33* 0.25 0.98 0.37 0.00
3 54.42* 7.74 15.72 12.04 9.09 0.98 0.00
4 2.46 76.90* 7.13 9.83 3.32 0.25 0.12
5 7.62 3.81 6.14 70.27* 10.20 1.84 0.12
6 3.69 12.29 71.99* 6.88 4.18 0.98 0.00
7 30.71 27.52* 11.30 13.39 15.11 1.84 0.12
8 10.32 2.33 9.58 9.71 66.95* 0.86 0.25
9 20.52 12.78 39.80* 10.81 12.78 3.19 0.12
10 31.82* 27.15 22.36 10.57 5.90 2.21 0.00
11 19.41 34.89 20.64* 13.64 7.49 3.93 0.00
12 3.32 4.42 27.27 57.99* 5.90 0.98 0.12
13 9.09 14.50 28.99 27.40* 16.58 3.32 0.12
14 5.41 84.64* 3.44 2.95 2.09 1.35 0.12
15 15.72 8.35 50.98* 10.81 10.07 3.81 0.25
16 14.37 14.62 17.32 15.11 32.56* 6.02 0.00
17 8.72 35.87* 10.44 30.22 12.04 2.70 0.00
18 11.30 8.72 21.99 32.80* 20.52 4.67 0.00
19 8.35 13.51 12.29 52.95* 7.49 5.16 0.25
20 11.55 16.09 41.52* 15.97 9.34 5.41 0.12
21 26.04* 13.02 20.52 19.16 14.37 6.88 0.00
22 16.22 31.70 17.69 18.92* 7.86 7.13 0.49
23 31.08* 12.78 16.34 13.02 19.04 7.49 0.25
24 19.78* 13.14 23.96 19.66 13.76 9.58 0.12
25 14.74 26.17* 19.04 13.39 17.20 9.34 0.12
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem