2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alabama
Number of schools returning results 26
Average of school highest score 17.08
Average school team score 47.12
# of State Student Participants 1021
Overall State Average Score 9.99
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 51 7.53
6th 151 9.01
7th 324 9.73
8th 489 10.72
Number of Female Students 453
Average Score of Female Students 9.21
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 26 6.69
6th 62 8.40
7th 149 8.68
8th 215 10.14
Number of Male Participants 542
Average Score of Male Participants 10.65
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 24 8.46
6th 82 9.41
7th 167 10.58
8th 266 11.25
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 1
24
23 1 1
22
21 3 1 4
20 3 3
19 5 2 7
18 10 1 11
17 13 3 17
16 14 9 23
15 35 11 48
14 28 19 48
13 38 24 63
12 49 37 89
11 65 43 111
10 68 47 118
9 55 47 105
8 47 61 111
7 48 60 110
6 25 38 64
5 21 22 46
4 7 11 18
3 4 7 11
2 3 7 10
1 1 1
0 (@) 1 1
0 ($)
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24
23 1
22
21 1 3
20 3
19 1 6
18 2 9
17 2 8 7
16 1 1 1 19
15 14 34
14 4 15 29
13 9 18 36
12 1 17 27 43
11 1 13 37 59
10 4 25 33 56
9 7 11 41 45
8 7 29 35 39
7 11 19 34 46
6 3 8 26 26
5 6 8 16 16
4 4 4 6 4
3 3 1 2 5
2 1 2 5 2
1 1
0(@) 1
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
62 1
58 2
57 1
56 2
55 2
52 3
51 1
48 2
47 1
45 2
43 1
41 1
40 2
38 2
33 1
29 1
26 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1021 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.10 0.10 3.04 1.96 94.81* 0.00 0.00
2 2.15 2.84 4.11 87.76* 2.84 0.29 0.00
3 14.99 3.33 78.26* 1.96 1.27 0.20 0.00
4 11.26 61.41* 4.11 11.07 11.75 0.39 0.00
5 5.68 14.89 17.04 57.98* 3.13 1.27 0.00
6 67.29* 7.93 7.15 6.56 9.89 1.18 0.00
7 2.74 10.48 35.36* 18.22 30.26 2.94 0.00
8 27.62 21.94* 38.88 4.51 5.39 1.67 0.00
9 16.16 38.30* 18.22 17.34 7.35 2.55 0.10
10 3.72 26.05 13.61 48.68* 7.44 0.49 0.00
11 6.56 16.06 25.07 28.89* 19.20 4.21 0.00
12 17.73 24.78 4.90 44.37* 7.35* 0.88 0.00
13 8.42 76.10* 4.51 8.23 2.06 0.49 0.20
14 5.68 8.23* 77.28 4.41 3.13 1.08 0.20
15 15.28 15.28 16.94 31.54* 18.12 2.84 0.00
16 33.99 12.73 21.45 15.18* 13.91 2.64 0.10
17 13.61 24.39* 26.84 19.39 10.19 5.58 0.00
18 22.82 11.56 39.18* 14.40 9.60 2.15 0.29
19 10.48 16.06 23.51 23.70* 21.45 4.60 0.20
20 19.00 29.68 12.93 20.57* 13.81 4.02 0.00
21 16.06 38.30 19.59 12.93* 6.17 6.95 0.00
22 12.73 14.10 20.57 22.53* 24.09 5.88 0.10
23 12.05 28.31* 19.20 21.45 11.36 7.54 0.10
24 19.49 21.25 25.37 14.20 11.85* 7.64 0.20
25 13.52 17.14 21.16 18.22 19.78* 9.99 0.20
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem