2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Utah
Number of schools returning results 28
Average of school highest score 16.82
Average school team score 43.89
# of State Student Participants 868
Overall State Average Score 9.52
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 90 8.17
6th 220 8.57
7th 251 9.73
8th 303 10.45
Number of Female Students 369
Average Score of Female Students 8.78
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 34 7.53
6th 101 8.09
7th 108 8.93
8th 124 9.60
Number of Male Participants 483
Average Score of Male Participants 10.03
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 56 8.55
6th 116 8.94
7th 142 10.36
8th 168 10.97
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25
24 2 2
23 1 1 2
22
21 3 4
20 1 1
19 3 3
18 7 7
17 8 1 9
16 17 5 24
15 18 7 25
14 19 12 31
13 24 19 45
12 33 13 48
11 51 37 90
10 62 50 114
9 53 52 106
8 64 44 109
7 40 41 83
6 40 30 71
5 22 33 55
4 11 17 28
3 3 4 7
2 1 3 4
1
0 (@)
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
24 1 1
23 1 1
22
21 1 1 2
20 1
19 2 1
18 2 5
17 2 2 5
16 3 5 16
15 4 10 11
14 2 5 8 15
13 4 6 15 20
12 1 9 16 22
11 8 20 25 36
10 10 31 37 36
9 13 28 26 38
8 13 32 32 32
7 13 23 26 21
6 11 21 19 20
5 4 27 14 10
4 6 4 8 9
3 4 2 1
2 3 1
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
60 1
58 1
57 1
56 1
55 1
54 1
52 1
51 1
50 1
49 1
48 3
47 1
46 1
41 2
39 1
37 2
35 3
34 1
31 1
30 1
29 1
26 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 868 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.00 0.35 2.42 0.81 96.43* 0.00 0.00
2 3.00 4.15 3.92 85.71* 2.65 0.58 0.00
3 13.71 3.46 79.72* 1.61 1.04 0.23 0.23
4 6.80 72.35* 2.65 8.64 9.10 0.35 0.12
5 4.72 18.32 16.01 52.30* 5.07 3.57 0.00
6 60.60* 10.71 8.29 5.88 12.10 2.42 0.00
7 3.11 9.10 35.48* 19.82 26.73 5.65 0.12
8 35.37 17.74* 35.37 4.03 5.30 2.19 0.00
9 16.71 37.10* 16.59 15.90 7.72 5.76 0.23
10 3.92 23.39 9.45 51.61* 9.79 1.84 0.00
11 5.07 14.17 23.39 29.95* 18.09 9.33 0.00
12 16.82 25.81 5.53 40.44* 7.60* 3.80 0.00
13 6.34 73.50* 5.99 7.14 3.00 3.92 0.12
14 5.30 8.99* 71.43 5.07 2.76 6.45 0.00
15 17.74 12.90 14.52 26.50* 18.55 9.68 0.12
16 28.34 16.13 16.94 14.63* 12.10 11.87 0.00
17 11.98 19.82* 23.04 16.59 12.90 15.67 0.00
18 20.16 12.10 34.10* 12.33 8.53 12.67 0.12
19 12.44 13.02 15.90 19.35* 21.66 17.28 0.35
20 18.66 22.35 13.59 16.47* 10.83 17.97 0.12
21 12.44 31.11 15.21 12.10* 6.11 23.04 0.00
22 10.02 12.33 18.78 17.05* 20.85 20.85 0.12
23 9.91 22.00* 11.87 19.93 10.48 25.35 0.46
24 15.67 16.82 16.24 13.25 10.83* 27.19 0.00
25 11.06 13.25 14.29 14.06 17.63* 29.72 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem