2006 AMC8 Report for all schools in Georgia
Number of schools returning results 48
Average of school highest score 17.15
Average school team score 47.75
# of State Student Participants 2975
Overall State Average Score 9.75
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 13 7.46
6th 526 7.90
7th 984 9.53
8th 1430 10.60
Number of Female Students 1366
Average Score of Female Students 9.20
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 8.67
6th 235 7.58
7th 443 8.94
8th 675 9.92
Number of Male Participants 1566
Average Score of Male Participants 10.26
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 6.43
6th 284 8.21
7th 533 10.03
8th 731 11.28
2006 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 1 0 1
23 4 0 4
22 17 1 18
21 9 6 15
20 11 5 16
19 21 6 27
18 16 9 25
17 33 21 54
16 45 19 65
15 64 32 96
14 74 46 121
13 104 57 165
12 136 95 234
11 128 113 244
10 161 153 321
9 154 175 331
8 178 195 379
7 167 157 330
6 116 129 247
5 66 61 130
4 31 51 84
3 17 23 42
2 10 9 19
1 1 1 3
0 (@) 1 0 1
0 ($) 1 2 3
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0 1
23 0 0 0 4
22 0 1 7 10
21 0 0 3 11
20 0 0 4 12
19 0 1 6 19
18 0 1 3 21
17 1 1 12 40
16 0 2 21 42
15 0 8 30 57
14 0 9 39 73
13 0 8 59 97
12 0 24 72 136
11 1 25 77 139
10 2 47 112 156
9 0 71 119 139
8 0 92 116 170
7 2 72 122 132
6 3 64 92 87
5 3 44 44 37
4 0 30 26 27
3 0 15 12 15
2 1 7 8 3
1 0 2 0 1
0(@) 0 2 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 2975 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.20 0.61 3.56 94.86* 0.67 0.10 0.00
2 3.09 3.23 80.84* 2.92 8.30 1.61 0.00
3 44.84* 7.36 23.66 13.08 9.18 1.82 0.07
4 3.76 65.88* 13.04 11.60 5.11 0.61 0.00
5 9.78 4.20 5.11 58.62* 19.53 2.76 0.00
6 6.45 22.08 51.16* 7.87 11.93 0.50 0.00
7 38.32 19.03* 10.66 14.42 15.56 1.95 0.07
8 9.71 5.34 10.52 10.99 61.98* 1.34 0.10
9 26.15 14.42 35.66* 9.38 9.88 4.44 0.07
10 22.22* 32.97 23.90 10.32 8.40 2.15 0.03
11 20.20 30.62 17.88* 18.29 7.97 5.01 0.03
12 4.30 6.55 39.09 38.79* 9.38 1.88 0.00
13 7.56 16.81 30.62 23.80* 17.21 3.97 0.03
14 5.95 81.61* 4.07 4.37 2.66 1.34 0.00
15 20.74 9.92 42.15* 11.93 9.38 5.85 0.03
16 14.92 19.29 22.39 12.87 21.11* 9.34 0.07
17 7.90 24.34* 10.02 37.78 14.49 5.38 0.10
18 9.78 12.00 22.15 20.81* 26.66 8.47 0.13
19 7.56 13.14 11.83 53.58* 5.38 8.24 0.27
20 11.39 20.13 32.30* 15.36 10.86 9.85 0.10
21 17.34* 14.08 17.01 21.18 16.61 13.61 0.17
22 17.78 29.28 17.85 15.03* 5.98 13.95 0.13
23 19.87* 15.33 15.26 10.59 23.06 15.60 0.30
24 12.44* 15.16 26.92 16.47 10.96 17.98 0.07
25 13.98 18.82* 19.39 13.61 14.66 19.53 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem