2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Singapore
Number of schools returning results 37
Average of school highest score 19.32
Average school team score 54.84
# of State Student Participants 2012
Overall State Average Score 13.48
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 797 11.46
6th 98 13.83
7th 617 14.87
8th 491 14.99
Number of Female Students 825
Average Score of Female Students 13.01
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 284 10.87
6th 33 13.48
7th 287 14.06
8th 220 14.37
Number of Male Participants 1166
Average Score of Male Participants 13.83
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 508 11.82
6th 65 14.00
7th 323 15.65
8th 263 15.49
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 5 1 6
24 22 2 24
23 10 1 11
22 25 9 35
21 32 11 43
20 38 15 53
19 56 31 88
18 61 46 107
17 85 48 135
16 90 74 165
15 83 70 154
14 94 58 154
13 84 76 164
12 90 71 163
11 95 75 172
10 87 63 150
9 66 71 138
8 50 31 81
7 46 40 88
6 24 16 41
5 15 11 26
4 6 3 9
3 1 1
2 2 1 3
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 1 2 3
24 1 9 14
23 2 1 3 5
22 1 1 19 14
21 2 2 27 12
20 7 25 21
19 16 5 34 33
18 17 2 57 31
17 35 6 54 39
16 38 14 66 46
15 52 10 48 44
14 58 9 42 45
13 58 17 45 44
12 74 7 44 37
11 100 3 41 27
10 78 5 34 32
9 83 9 25 20
8 56 4 11 10
7 69 11 6
6 25 10 5
5 15 1 7 3
4 5 1 3
3 1
2 3
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
75 1
74 1
72 1
71 1
68 1
66 2
64 1
63 2
62 1
61 2
58 1
57 1
56 1
55 1
53 1
52 4
50 2
48 4
47 2
45 1
44 1
43 1
41 1
40 2
37 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 2012 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.45 98.86* 0.05 0.05
2 0.40 0.89 1.14 96.77* 0.65 0.15 0.00
3 5.02 0.75 92.45* 0.89 0.70 0.20 0.00
4 4.87 79.67* 0.80 6.21 7.85 0.60 0.00
5 2.49 7.55 7.75 76.59* 3.73 1.89 0.00
6 88.42* 2.44 2.63 2.58 3.18 0.75 0.00
7 1.34 4.67 69.73* 8.50 14.56 1.14 0.05
8 12.77 52.39* 18.09 7.75 8.20 0.75 0.05
9 10.29 43.24* 15.36 20.03 7.31 3.73 0.05
10 2.78 16.65 9.49 64.66* 5.86 0.50 0.05
11 5.22 12.87 17.79 47.12* 12.82 4.17 0.00
12 10.39 19.33 5.37 57.85* 5.82* 1.14 0.10
13 6.81 76.09* 5.37 7.26 3.48 0.94 0.05
14 6.01 37.13* 43.39 6.26 4.57 2.63 0.00
15 12.57 10.83 13.37 46.47* 13.52 3.18 0.05
16 24.20 15.16 20.63 18.59* 17.94 3.48 0.00
17 11.13 31.76* 20.03 17.89 11.93 7.26 0.00
18 15.66 7.06 58.55* 8.80 6.51 3.33 0.10
19 7.16 9.84 9.49 50.50* 19.88 2.98 0.15
20 17.54 27.78 13.27 23.21* 12.48 5.72 0.00
21 15.56 32.70 17.59 18.49* 7.21 8.40 0.05
22 9.54 14.71 18.14 33.10* 17.05 7.46 0.00
23 9.00 36.03* 14.66 19.88 11.13 9.24 0.05
24 10.64 15.26 20.13 15.36 27.73* 10.79 0.10
25 9.99 13.37 21.32 18.84 22.42* 14.02 0.05
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem