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           2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in British Columbia        

           Number of schools returning results       26
           Average of school highest score        17.96
           Average school team score              45.50

           # of State Student Participants          485
           Overall State Average Score            11.55

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th               6          11.67
                    6th              34           9.97
                    7th              49          12.80
                    8th             383          11.54



           Number of Female Students                241
           Average Score of Female Students       11.02

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th                1           5.00
                   6th               18          10.17
                   7th               21          12.29
                   8th              196          10.98



           Number of Male Participants              223
           Average Score of Male Participants     12.23

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th                5          13.00
                   6th               16           9.75
                   7th               27          13.48
                   8th              171          12.20




                     2009 American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25
                  24            1                         1
                  23            2            2            4
                  22            1            2            3
                  21            4                         4
                  20            4            3            7
                  19            4            3            8
                  18            6            4           10
                  17            6            2            9
                  16           13            9           22
                  15           18           12           32
                  14           23           18           42
                  13           19           18           37
                  12           25           22           50
                  11           17           37           56
                  10           21           25           47
                   9           24           25           52
                   8            9           21           33
                   7           12           15           29
                   6            7            9           16
                   5            2            8           11
                   4            3            2            5
                   3            2            4            6
                   2
                   1
                   0  (@)
                   0  ($)                                 1



           (@)  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
              24                                                 1
              23                                    1            3
              22          1                         1            1
              21                       1            1            2
              20                       1            2            3
              19                                    1            6
              18                                    4            6
              17                       1            1            7
              16                       1            4           17
              15          1            4            4           21
              14                                    3           39
              13          1            1            3           32
              12                       2            3           44
              11                       3            5           46
              10          1            2            4           37
               9                       3            1           48
               8                       4            3           26
               7                       2            3           22
               6                       3            2           11
               5          2            2            1            6
               4                       2                         3
               3                       2            2            2
               2
               1
               0(@)
               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
              69          1
              63          2
              62          2
              59          1
              55          2
              54          2
              52          1
              51          1
              50          1
              49          1
              46          2
              44          1
              40          1
              38          1
              36          1
              35          1
              29          1







                   Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
                      American Mathematics Contest  8
                 Tabulation of responses by     485 Students
                             Percent of Responses


    ITEM    A         B         C         D         E       OMITS       ?
    ____  _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____     _____

      1    0.00      0.82      1.86      1.44     95.46*     0.41      0.00
      2    2.27      2.27      3.09     89.69*     1.65      1.03      0.00
      3    7.84      1.65     88.04*     0.62      1.24      0.41      0.21
      4    6.19     75.88*     2.47      8.87      5.57      1.03      0.00
      5    4.74     11.55     11.13     68.04*     1.86      2.47      0.21
      6   82.06*     5.57      3.92      2.47      4.95      0.82      0.21
      7    2.47      7.42     48.04*    16.29     22.68      2.89      0.21
      8   20.62     36.91*    28.04      7.22      5.98      1.24      0.00
      9    8.87     43.92*    17.53     16.29      9.90      3.51      0.00
     10    3.30     25.77      8.87     54.64*     6.39      1.03      0.00
     11    8.45     17.94     18.14     35.26*    14.23      5.98      0.00
     12   12.99     18.97      3.71     56.49*     6.39*     1.44      0.00
     13    5.77     79.59*     5.77      6.19      1.24      1.44      0.00
     14    6.19     13.20*    68.45      7.01      2.68      2.47      0.00
     15   13.40     15.26     15.05     35.05*    16.70      4.33      0.21
     16   25.36     17.53     16.29     21.44*    15.67      3.30      0.41
     17   14.43     23.51*    27.63     19.79      8.66      5.77      0.21
     18   19.38     10.93     46.39*    11.75      7.63      3.71      0.21
     19    9.90     18.76     15.67     26.80*    23.71      5.15      0.00
     20   15.26     29.69     12.78     24.74*    12.78      4.74      0.00
     21   15.26     36.08     16.91     15.05*     8.87      7.84      0.00
     22   10.52     15.88     20.00     26.80*    19.79      6.60      0.41
     23   14.02     29.07*    18.97     21.44      9.28      7.22      0.00
     24   15.46     18.76     20.41     15.88     20.62*     8.87      0.00
     25   11.75     17.53     21.03     19.59     18.35*    11.55      0.21


   (*)  Correct Response

   (?)  Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
        erasures or two answers marked for the same problem