2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Michigan
Number of schools returning results 67
Average of school highest score 17.54
Average school team score 48.30
# of State Student Participants 4976
Overall State Average Score 9.31
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 96 9.66
6th 685 8.76
7th 1801 9.05
8th 2296 9.63
Number of Female Students 2300
Average Score of Female Students 8.73
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 30 8.80
6th 303 8.19
7th 854 8.49
8th 1082 9.05
Number of Male Participants 2547
Average Score of Male Participants 9.82
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 65 10.02
6th 373 9.22
7th 916 9.58
8th 1151 10.16
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 4 4
24 3 3 6
23 7 7
22 2 1 4
21 9 9
20 12 13
19 23 7 30
18 34 15 50
17 46 19 66
16 75 32 110
15 78 32 115
14 107 67 176
13 140 102 249
12 192 156 354
11 243 179 434
10 269 222 508
9 268 265 552
8 281 315 614
7 274 299 586
6 229 257 495
5 130 175 309
4 79 92 176
3 28 44 77
2 8 17 25
1 2 1 3
0 (@)
0 ($) 4 4
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 2
24 2 3
23 1 1 5
22 4
21 1 1 5 2
20 3 3 6
19 2 9 17
18 2 5 14 28
17 1 8 16 39
16 2 11 37 58
15 7 15 33 58
14 5 17 58 89
13 5 25 79 136
12 6 35 127 183
11 12 52 152 206
10 9 58 197 230
9 6 90 190 253
8 5 98 235 265
7 9 84 215 272
6 11 79 191 208
5 9 47 124 122
4 3 30 70 71
3 1 18 27 29
2 2 5 10 8
1 1 2
0(@) 4
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
72 1
70 2
68 2
65 2
64 1
62 1
61 1
58 1
57 2
56 3
54 3
53 3
52 2
51 1
50 3
49 1
48 1
47 1
46 4
45 4
44 4
43 5
42 2
41 2
40 3
39 1
38 4
37 1
36 2
34 1
33 1
27 1
26 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 4976 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.22 0.48 2.85 2.85 93.43* 0.14 0.02
2 3.36 3.78 4.14 84.69* 3.78 0.24 0.02
3 14.93 3.01 78.44* 1.83 1.65 0.14 0.00
4 11.21 62.60* 2.55 12.22 11.07 0.30 0.04
5 7.64 19.27 20.94 47.09* 4.26 0.78 0.02
6 59.18* 11.92 10.11 6.53 11.41 0.84 0.00
7 3.42 10.45 32.58* 22.51 29.64 1.35 0.06
8 28.58 18.21* 43.07 3.56 6.05 0.50 0.04
9 16.22 33.44* 20.16 19.96 8.70 1.47 0.06
10 4.88 28.22 14.01 42.14* 10.19 0.54 0.02
11 6.11 15.94 26.49 30.69* 18.35 2.31 0.12
12 21.89 29.40 5.67 33.32* 8.80* 0.80 0.12
13 8.28 71.06* 6.67 9.61 3.64 0.66 0.08
14 6.05 9.14* 74.56 5.23 3.94 1.09 0.00
15 17.34 13.79 17.99 29.00* 19.75 2.11 0.02
16 38.18 16.60 17.32 12.02* 13.75 2.03 0.10
17 17.42 22.49* 23.35 19.09 14.07 3.48 0.10
18 26.51 12.22 34.18* 13.65 10.87 2.47 0.10
19 14.31 16.80 20.92 17.85* 26.41 3.48 0.24
20 19.77 33.20 12.42 19.73* 11.17 3.54 0.16
21 16.56 38.83 16.96 15.27* 7.23 4.92 0.22
22 12.96 14.27 18.79 20.58* 28.66 4.56 0.18
23 11.78 26.67* 17.97 25.26 12.48 5.69 0.16
24 19.82 22.27 21.66 17.12 12.76* 6.27 0.10
25 15.68 18.89 18.37 15.80 24.06* 7.11 0.10
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem