2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Minnesota
Number of schools returning results 46
Average of school highest score 18.57
Average school team score 50.61
# of State Student Participants 2931
Overall State Average Score 10.28
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 30 6.10
6th 162 9.80
7th 1027 9.88
8th 1678 10.70
Number of Female Students 1317
Average Score of Female Students 9.98
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 15 5.47
6th 73 9.11
7th 453 9.60
8th 763 10.40
Number of Male Participants 1572
Average Score of Male Participants 10.53
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 15 6.73
6th 89 10.36
7th 566 10.08
8th 888 10.94
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 3 1 5
23 6 2 8
22 6 0 6
21 6 1 7
20 10 6 16
19 14 11 26
18 21 17 39
17 34 13 48
16 49 18 67
15 63 43 109
14 87 61 149
13 109 118 230
12 161 118 283
11 154 125 283
10 193 162 360
9 178 165 348
8 153 148 305
7 137 112 253
6 83 88 173
5 59 66 127
4 25 26 51
3 12 14 26
2 4 1 6
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 1 1
0 ($) 4 0 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24 0 0 2 3
23 0 0 2 6
22 0 1 1 4
21 0 1 0 6
20 0 3 5 8
19 0 0 8 18
18 0 0 15 24
17 0 4 14 30
16 0 2 22 43
15 2 4 32 71
14 0 4 38 107
13 0 15 68 144
12 1 12 87 183
11 0 17 99 164
10 2 20 135 199
9 0 11 130 201
8 3 14 124 161
7 2 28 82 134
6 1 12 70 88
5 9 9 48 59
4 4 3 29 15
3 4 2 10 7
2 2 0 1 2
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 0 5 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 2931 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.10 0.61 3.75 94.40* 0.96 0.17 0.00
2 3.38 1.60 92.66* 0.55 1.36 0.44 0.00
3 50.70* 7.03 20.44 11.74 8.80 1.26 0.03
4 3.38 71.00* 10.64 10.44 4.06 0.44 0.03
5 8.39 3.72 4.13 65.68* 16.48 1.50 0.10
6 4.64 18.22 61.14* 6.04 9.59 0.38 0.00
7 35.31 20.03* 11.50 15.46 16.41 1.19 0.10
8 9.08 4.23 10.99 10.92 63.56* 0.99 0.24
9 30.81 15.42 29.34* 10.13 11.87 2.39 0.03
10 24.97* 34.08 23.23 9.42 6.89 1.30 0.10
11 19.45 33.33 15.05* 19.38 9.38 3.34 0.07
12 5.32 6.52 27.94 50.94* 7.92 1.33 0.03
13 7.44 15.97 31.08 26.34* 15.49 3.55 0.14
14 5.63 78.47* 4.81 5.87 3.65 1.50 0.07
15 19.07 11.19 42.51* 11.98 11.09 4.06 0.10
16 15.86 19.96 22.42 14.02 20.95* 6.79 0.00
17 8.05 26.31* 11.16 37.12 12.83 4.40 0.14
18 9.93 12.79 22.28 21.39* 26.92 6.65 0.03
19 9.42 13.27 11.43 52.78* 6.21 6.79 0.10
20 11.77 20.50 31.25* 17.09 11.36 7.98 0.03
21 19.11* 15.80 17.64 20.27 16.75 10.27 0.17
22 19.45 29.96 17.78 15.97* 6.21 10.41 0.24
23 19.96* 15.18 17.81 11.91 23.00 11.63 0.51
24 14.12* 15.42 24.63 19.00 13.07 13.72 0.03
25 16.24 19.75* 18.73 16.31 14.26 14.57 0.14
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem