2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in APO/FPO/Foreign
Number of schools returning results 140
Average of school highest score 19.52
Average school team score 54.94
# of State Student Participants 12726
Overall State Average Score 11.48
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1317 10.49
6th 1891 10.34
7th 4716 11.41
8th 4388 12.60
Number of Female Students 5440
Average Score of Female Students 10.87
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 483 9.81
6th 788 9.50
7th 2084 10.84
8th 1965 11.83
Number of Male Participants 7122
Average Score of Male Participants 11.99
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 828 10.92
6th 1085 10.98
7th 2593 11.90
8th 2349 13.28
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 39 7 46
24 54 15 69
23 59 15 74
22 77 43 121
21 96 39 137
20 144 51 197
19 170 91 262
18 247 117 365
17 310 163 478
16 351 220 578
15 444 274 723
14 497 326 833
13 542 396 952
12 588 420 1019
11 583 528 1125
10 643 531 1187
9 586 546 1142
8 523 484 1022
7 413 383 814
6 313 329 645
5 206 240 457
4 139 107 257
3 60 75 137
2 20 25 47
1 10 4 14
0 (@) 3 3
0 ($) 8 8 22
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students by Grade
Achieving indicated Score
SCORE 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
25 8 12 26
24 2 5 18 43
23 2 9 20 43
22 6 10 41 63
21 5 15 58 59
20 10 16 76 94
19 20 23 90 129
18 23 33 154 152
17 47 43 165 219
16 48 54 219 251
15 68 102 246 301
14 77 87 287 368
13 88 117 361 378
12 100 137 376 381
11 132 158 422 363
10 116 176 466 388
9 133 196 445 301
8 110 213 369 284
7 115 141 303 212
6 70 137 243 156
5 61 101 175 92
4 39 56 99 49
3 31 33 42 22
2 8 12 17 9
1 2 7 5
0(@) 4 2 7 5
0($)
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
Note: Some students failed to indicate a grade
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Schools with 3+ students
Achieving team Scores
SCORE school count
75 5
74 1
72 3
71 1
70 2
69 9
68 2
67 3
66 4
65 1
64 2
63 6
62 5
61 2
60 2
59 2
58 6
57 3
56 4
55 7
54 2
53 5
52 7
51 3
50 9
49 4
48 6
47 8
46 1
45 3
44 3
43 2
41 2
40 3
39 3
38 2
37 3
34 1
33 1
30 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 12726 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.13 0.31 3.52 1.37 94.47* 0.20 0.01
2 4.11 6.05 10.05 74.40* 3.14 2.25 0.01
3 10.54 3.31 81.03* 2.80 1.42 0.83 0.07
4 7.43 71.39* 4.27 9.01 6.39 1.42 0.09
5 4.01 7.00 12.50 69.24* 4.50 2.70 0.06
6 74.87* 6.13 5.18 4.57 6.84 2.36 0.06
7 1.97 6.28 62.88* 10.43 15.04 3.30 0.10
8 12.23 51.49* 18.48 8.01 7.33 2.37 0.09
9 12.78 33.26* 18.33 19.26 8.79 7.50 0.07
10 4.24 16.59 22.06 43.26* 10.48 3.31 0.07
11 6.84 14.64 17.47 36.72* 15.68 8.58 0.07
12 14.58 20.93 14.02 39.05* 7.21* 4.09 0.13
13 6.82 62.31* 7.91 10.40 8.48 3.94 0.13
14 7.00 31.66* 42.05 8.68 5.37 5.17 0.08
15 13.30 13.04 16.32 37.23* 11.94 8.10 0.07
16 23.79 13.88 18.95 21.09* 15.23 7.00 0.06
17 11.91 26.47* 21.22 18.36 11.02 10.92 0.10
18 14.88 9.39 49.99* 11.24 7.69 6.66 0.14
19 13.69 14.58 16.52 29.33* 17.67 7.98 0.24
20 13.13 25.73 12.39 26.15* 13.35 9.14 0.11
21 15.16 31.59 17.17 16.28* 7.39 12.32 0.09
22 11.07 15.09 17.81 31.53* 14.61 9.54 0.36
23 10.10 31.01* 17.04 19.52 10.33 11.84 0.16
24 11.22 13.48 16.58 13.26 33.68* 11.50 0.28
25 11.29 13.64 21.86 18.62 19.42* 15.00 0.17
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem