2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in APO/FPO/Foreign
Number of schools returning results 49
Average of school highest score 19.92
Average school team score 53.84
# of State Student Participants 4255
Overall State Average Score 11.92
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 49 15.43
6th 309 9.60
7th 1727 11.98
8th 2127 12.19
Number of Female Students 1735
Average Score of Female Students 11.09
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 18 16.06
6th 116 8.58
7th 745 11.26
8th 852 11.18
Number of Male Participants 2422
Average Score of Male Participants 12.59
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 29 14.86
6th 193 10.22
7th 949 12.66
8th 1228 12.94
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 33 2 35
24 42 9 51
23 61 14 75
22 60 14 75
21 66 25 91
20 77 28 105
19 92 41 135
18 86 53 144
17 92 50 144
16 97 70 170
15 115 65 183
14 95 100 198
13 130 96 231
12 169 124 298
11 173 161 341
10 204 150 364
9 211 168 392
8 200 179 387
7 149 144 307
6 113 117 234
5 85 61 153
4 48 44 93
3 15 12 28
2 4 3 7
1 0 2 2
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 5 3 12
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2 13 20
24 1 1 15 34
23 3 3 31 38
22 2 4 40 29
21 2 3 46 40
20 5 3 48 49
19 1 3 53 77
18 5 5 60 74
17 6 3 51 84
16 6 6 73 84
15 2 9 80 91
14 1 7 72 117
13 1 9 79 140
12 1 18 113 163
11 2 27 140 168
10 1 28 155 177
9 2 29 174 181
8 1 30 166 186
7 3 42 111 146
6 2 32 80 118
5 2 25 63 61
4 0 10 45 35
3 0 6 12 10
2 0 3 3 1
1 0 0 2 0
0(@) 0 1 2 4
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 4255 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.54 0.80 4.14 93.18* 1.01 0.33 0.00
2 3.15 3.50 89.52* 1.25 1.50 1.06 0.02
3 57.93* 7.07 15.79 10.20 6.77 2.16 0.07
4 3.88 69.00* 10.06 10.76 5.29 0.96 0.05
5 7.50 3.29 3.17 73.00* 10.72 2.23 0.09
6 4.32 18.54 62.30* 6.46 7.10 1.22 0.05
7 28.16 30.95* 9.92 13.33 15.37 2.19 0.09
8 11.02 4.18 11.19 8.55 62.77* 2.14 0.14
9 18.50 10.76 50.55* 8.39 8.16 3.55 0.09
10 29.96* 27.12 23.27 8.41 8.27 2.91 0.05
11 17.88 34.78 19.81* 15.39 7.10 4.98 0.05
12 6.39 6.70 30.25 48.86* 5.97 1.76 0.07
13 7.71 13.47 27.14 33.96* 13.56 4.11 0.05
14 5.41 81.62* 3.92 4.47 2.98 1.60 0.00
15 14.76 8.48 50.53* 11.00 9.57 5.57 0.09
16 12.69 16.08 18.43 11.09 33.75* 7.87 0.09
17 8.81 34.41* 10.15 30.04 12.06 4.35 0.19
18 8.44 10.34 20.61 29.87* 23.76 6.84 0.14
19 6.63 12.34 9.45 60.21* 5.43 5.90 0.05
20 11.33 17.02 41.69* 13.30 9.52 6.98 0.16
21 33.25* 12.78 14.71 15.63 14.43 9.02 0.16
22 15.89 28.63 16.38 23.50* 6.37 9.10 0.14
23 30.69* 13.16 16.10 11.05 18.78 9.92 0.31
24 22.89* 14.74 22.73 16.33 11.05 12.13 0.14
25 13.35 27.57* 16.38 14.71 14.76 13.09 0.14
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem