You are here

Home » » Missing Title

Missing Title


                    2009 Report for All Participants 

           Number of schools returning results     2372
           Average of school highest score        17.83
           Average school team score              48.72

           # of Student Participants             150733
           Overall Average Score                  10.28

                       Average Score by Grade level

                   Grade         # of Students  Average

                    5th            3874           9.45
                    6th           20688           9.17
                    7th           50218          10.08
                    8th           73220          10.82



           Number of Female Students              68149
           Average Score of Female Students        9.66

                       Average Female Scores by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th             1445           8.42
                   6th             9157           8.57
                   7th            22725           9.44
                   8th            34137          10.17



           Number of Male Participants            79138
           Average Score of Male Participants     10.85

                       Average score for Males by Grade

                   Grade         # of Students  Average
                   5th             2396          10.08
                   6th            11221           9.66
                   7th            26710          10.64
                   8th            37724          11.43




                   2009 MAA - American Mathematics Contest  8
                   Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score



                 SCORE        MALE       FEMALE       TOTAL*
                  25          140           21          163
                  24          217           52          271
                  23          316           73          392
                  22          451          147          603
                  21          587          192          792
                  20          913          302         1229
                  19         1172          473         1663
                  18         1697          701         2423
                  17         2147         1071         3262
                  16         2841         1508         4417
                  15         3613         2043         5776
                  14         4461         2938         7546
                  13         5594         3862         9684
                  12         6658         5278        12209
                  11         7612         6463        14394
                  10         8429         7466        16280
                   9         8195         8018        16621
                   8         7589         7817        15810
                   7         6278         7019        13654
                   6         4685         5363        10304
                   5         2876         3725         6776
                   4         1571         2083         3750
                   3          670          998         1707
                   2          251          361          627
                   1           61           75          142
                   0  (@)       9           17           27
                   0  ($)     105           83          211



           (@)  These students attempted some of the problems
           ($)  These students attempted none of the problems
           (*)  Total includes students who failed to mark their gender

                       2009MAA - American Mathematics Contest  8
                             Number of Students by Grade
                              Achieving indicated Score



            SCORE   5th Grade    6th Grade    7th Grade    8th Grade
              25          2           15           38          108
              24          4           14           73          176
              23          8           26          106          250
              22         11           38          162          388
              21         13           60          241          472
              20         22           77          366          749
              19         38          111          461         1035
              18         49          171          722         1460
              17         77          238          959         1955
              16         89          342         1327         2612
              15        151          520         1782         3251
              14        177          706         2386         4162
              13        215         1022         3053         5260
              12        241         1370         4038         6359
              11        322         1791         4779         7226
              10        318         2120         5545         8000
               9        389         2408         5694         7800
               8        386         2547         5482         7063
               7        393         2309         4664         5996
               6        325         1955         3666         4139
               5        270         1385         2421         2540
               4        192          843         1304         1323
               3        108          384          607          571
               2         46          158          212          204
               1         12           40           48           41
               0(@)       2            8            8            7
               0($)      14           30           74           73



           (@)  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 2009
                MAA - American Mathematics Contest  8
                 Tabulation of responses by  150733 Students
                             Percent of Responses


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

      1    0.15      0.23      2.63      2.03     94.77*     0.18      0.01
      2    2.58      3.32      3.46     87.53*     2.58      0.51      0.01
      3   11.80      2.72     82.15*     1.57      1.45      0.27      0.02
      4    9.05     68.36*     2.54      9.94      9.36      0.69      0.06
      5    5.62     14.14     16.10     58.24*     4.08      1.78      0.04
      6   68.39*     8.52      7.78      5.37      8.46      1.42      0.04
      7    2.51      8.78     39.38*    19.53     27.31      2.40      0.08
      8   26.97     27.27*    35.24      3.88      5.33      1.25      0.05
      9   14.73     37.85*    17.96     18.16      7.99      3.25      0.06
     10    3.61     25.94     13.67     47.95*     7.56      1.23      0.04
     11    6.16     15.45     23.63     33.25*    16.54      4.92      0.06
     12   17.98     24.75      5.42     43.15*     7.06      1.56      0.07
     13    6.96     74.85*     5.42      8.19      2.83      1.69      0.06
     14    5.46     12.91*    70.16      5.18      3.46      2.78      0.05
     15   15.73     13.20     16.26     32.43*    17.78      4.51      0.09
     16   32.03     15.95     18.66     14.60*    13.69      4.99      0.08
     17   15.54     23.76*    22.78     18.31     11.51      8.01      0.09
     18   21.59     11.02     39.92*    12.41      9.31      5.62      0.12
     19   12.00     15.25     18.57     22.99*    23.55      7.40      0.24
     20   18.75     29.19     13.00     18.86*    12.32      7.78      0.10
     21   14.62     36.64     17.27     14.00*     6.73     10.62      0.12
     22   11.18     13.86     18.83     22.53*    23.57      9.79      0.24
     23   11.98     27.59*    17.23     20.95     10.31     11.78      0.17
     24   16.71     18.57     20.92     15.48     15.42*    12.76      0.14
     25   13.11     16.37     19.03     16.40     20.23*    14.76      0.11


   (*)  Correct Response

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