2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in New Mexico
Number of schools returning results 10
Average of school highest score 16.90
Average school team score 45.40
# of State Student Participants 777
Overall State Average Score 9.33
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 14 6.21
6th 177 8.80
7th 237 9.68
8th 344 9.49
Number of Female Students 377
Average Score of Female Students 8.93
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 6.50
6th 93 8.27
7th 111 9.30
8th 167 9.10
Number of Male Participants 383
Average Score of Male Participants 9.68
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 10 6.10
6th 82 9.32
7th 119 9.91
8th 170 9.92
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25
24 2 2
23 1 1
22
21
20 2 2
19
18 1 1 2
17 7 2 9
16 10 2 12
15 9 5 16
14 19 11 31
13 27 20 48
12 22 22 46
11 44 38 83
10 36 53 92
9 41 50 94
8 58 52 112
7 42 43 86
6 32 47 79
5 14 17 31
4 7 7 14
3 7 7 15
2 1 1
1 1 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
22
21
20 1 1
19
18 1 1
17 5 4
16 2 10
15 4 5 7
14 1 5 11 14
13 7 20 21
12 10 12 23
11 1 21 25 35
10 14 34 43
9 2 23 22 47
8 1 27 36 47
7 27 22 36
6 1 20 24 34
5 3 8 7 13
4 1 5 3 5
3 3 4 4 4
2 1
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
68 1
56 1
52 1
51 1
49 1
40 1
39 2
31 1
29 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 777 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.13 0.51 2.57 1.67 95.11* 0.00 0.00
2 1.67 2.32 3.73 88.80* 3.47 0.00 0.00
3 16.73 2.83 76.45* 2.57 1.42 0.00 0.00
4 9.52 64.86* 1.54 11.97 11.97 0.13 0.00
5 5.41 18.02 15.57 55.60* 4.63 0.77 0.00
6 60.49* 11.97 9.14 6.56 10.94 0.77 0.13
7 2.70 11.20 28.19* 22.14 34.36 1.42 0.00
8 37.84 14.29* 38.87 3.35 5.15 0.39 0.13
9 14.41 34.75* 22.27 18.40 8.37 1.67 0.13
10 4.12 27.54 12.36 48.91* 6.44 0.64 0.00
11 7.72 17.25 27.54 26.51* 18.66 2.32 0.00
12 19.56 23.55 5.15 41.18* 9.14* 1.42 0.00
13 8.37 75.03* 4.76 8.62 1.42 1.54 0.26
14 4.63 5.92* 79.02 4.63 3.60 2.19 0.00
15 19.05 15.44 16.99 24.84* 20.46 3.22 0.00
16 36.68 18.92 18.92 10.94* 10.30 4.12 0.13
17 16.34 20.59* 23.55 19.56 14.03 5.92 0.00
18 26.90 13.00 34.11* 11.07 10.17 4.63 0.13
19 11.45 19.43 18.92 17.50* 25.23 7.21 0.26
20 18.79 35.14 11.84 16.60* 10.94 6.56 0.13
21 16.47 37.58 15.44 14.54* 7.46 8.49 0.00
22 13.77 12.48 17.12 20.85* 27.16 8.49 0.13
23 13.51 24.45* 18.15 23.29 10.04 10.17 0.39
24 17.89 20.33 23.55 15.96 11.84* 10.30 0.13
25 14.67 17.63 17.12 17.25 20.98* 12.36 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem