2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in California
Number of schools returning results 253
Average of school highest score 18.42
Average school team score 49.36
# of State Student Participants 15735
Overall State Average Score 10.61
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 425 9.70
6th 2603 9.90
7th 5252 10.40
8th 6996 11.10
Number of Female Students 7043
Average Score of Female Students 9.95
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 151 8.84
6th 1122 9.31
7th 2341 9.69
8th 3353 10.39
Number of Male Participants 8101
Average Score of Male Participants 11.19
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 267 10.21
6th 1431 10.30
7th 2808 11.02
8th 3491 11.79
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 34 3 37
24 23 5 28
23 37 8 47
22 36 10 48
21 46 17 68
20 86 32 122
19 110 36 153
18 173 68 248
17 226 128 363
16 328 182 526
15 401 232 657
14 526 344 897
13 715 452 1220
12 805 660 1530
11 830 708 1600
10 822 794 1690
9 761 808 1637
8 721 775 1550
7 565 671 1278
6 417 452 905
5 241 338 598
4 121 191 320
3 47 87 139
2 25 23 49
1 9 9
0 (@) 2 2
0 ($) 5 8 14
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2 1 2 32
24 1 1 8 18
23 1 1 14 30
22 1 8 12 27
21 1 8 22 32
20 1 12 36 68
19 4 10 39 94
18 5 27 73 139
17 5 36 107 207
16 11 56 161 290
15 24 83 213 320
14 15 126 296 430
13 23 185 411 560
12 41 232 504 708
11 32 274 503 733
10 37 283 574 737
9 48 290 556 701
8 32 320 527 627
7 45 238 449 511
6 35 173 342 329
5 24 121 211 227
4 20 65 123 106
3 7 37 46 46
2 9 11 16 13
1 1 3 2 3
0(@) 2 5 8
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 2
74 4
73 3
71 2
69 2
68 3
67 5
66 4
65 4
64 4
63 9
62 4
61 3
60 4
59 2
58 4
57 5
56 9
55 9
54 7
53 8
52 10
51 13
50 14
49 9
48 5
47 11
46 10
45 6
44 5
43 4
42 8
41 7
40 4
39 6
38 12
37 4
36 3
35 2
34 2
33 2
32 1
31 1
30 1
28 2
27 3
23 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 15735 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.14 0.20 2.22 1.76 95.52* 0.16 0.00
2 1.86 2.70 2.45 90.78* 1.93 0.28 0.00
3 10.73 2.35 84.27* 1.18 1.28 0.18 0.01
4 8.62 69.87* 2.19 8.82 9.91 0.56 0.03
5 5.07 12.39 15.30 61.40* 4.10 1.72 0.03
6 73.21* 7.38 6.91 4.75 6.56 1.15 0.03
7 2.44 8.15 41.00* 19.97 26.20 2.16 0.07
8 27.77 27.32* 34.19 4.15 5.60 0.95 0.02
9 13.91 40.37* 17.32 18.20 7.38 2.78 0.05
10 3.30 27.27 13.03 49.72* 5.97 0.71 0.01
11 6.22 16.55 23.46 33.98* 15.22 4.50 0.06
12 15.05 24.12 4.08 48.92* 6.74* 1.03 0.05
13 6.58 78.61* 4.59 7.37 1.93 0.90 0.02
14 5.14 10.07* 74.37 4.96 3.26 2.17 0.04
15 15.63 13.36 16.10 33.73* 17.28 3.81 0.09
16 31.06 15.91 19.08 15.44* 14.38 4.05 0.08
17 16.63 23.85* 23.79 17.06 10.91 7.66 0.10
18 21.63 11.00 40.60* 12.54 9.04 5.08 0.11
19 10.86 15.31 17.68 25.24* 24.05 6.63 0.23
20 20.23 28.38 13.98 18.51* 12.10 6.74 0.07
21 13.68 38.67 17.17 13.95* 6.83 9.64 0.06
22 11.17 13.71 19.25 23.30* 23.55 8.80 0.22
23 11.53 27.16* 17.27 22.74 10.59 10.56 0.15
24 16.66 19.76 21.33 15.22 15.41* 11.50 0.12
25 12.64 16.08 21.39 17.39 19.07* 13.38 0.06
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem