2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Kansas
Number of schools returning results 45
Average of school highest score 15.91
Average school team score 43.53
# of State Student Participants 1896
Overall State Average Score 9.56
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 117 6.78
6th 289 9.13
7th 598 9.69
8th 877 9.98
Number of Female Students 882
Average Score of Female Students 9.28
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 35 6.26
6th 131 9.28
7th 281 9.26
8th 429 9.55
Number of Male Participants 986
Average Score of Male Participants 9.80
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 82 7.00
6th 156 9.00
7th 312 10.06
8th 432 10.44
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 2
24 1 1
23
22
21
20 3 3
19 3 5 8
18 4 4 8
17 8 3 12
16 19 10 29
15 34 17 52
14 46 38 85
13 59 48 110
12 90 69 161
11 125 105 233
10 139 107 252
9 123 101 227
8 93 111 206
7 88 108 199
6 59 74 134
5 50 42 92
4 20 24 46
3 9 12 21
2 8 2 10
1 1 2 3
0 (@)
0 ($) 2 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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
24 1
23
22
21
20 1 2
19 2 4 2
18 1 1 6
17 3 8
16 7 8 14
15 6 14 31
14 1 10 24 50
13 10 39 59
12 1 18 57 84
11 5 39 75 113
10 14 38 84 114
9 9 30 74 114
8 18 35 68 82
7 15 33 66 83
6 15 29 36 52
5 17 19 24 32
4 10 6 12 18
3 6 2 4 9
2 3 3 3 1
1 3
0(@) 1 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
63 1
59 1
58 1
56 1
55 1
54 4
49 1
48 2
47 2
46 1
45 3
44 2
43 5
42 5
40 1
39 2
37 1
36 2
35 1
34 2
33 1
32 2
31 2
30 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1896 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.16 0.16 3.01 2.58 93.93* 0.16 0.00
2 3.16 3.01 3.64 86.13* 3.32 0.69 0.05
3 13.82 1.90 80.54* 1.95 1.53 0.26 0.00
4 8.97 69.30* 2.11 9.23 9.65 0.74 0.00
5 5.43 15.82 17.25 54.80* 4.85 1.85 0.00
6 65.24* 9.07 8.60 6.54 9.12 1.37 0.05
7 3.16 8.65 33.49* 21.99 29.75 2.95 0.00
8 33.76 16.82* 40.35 3.11 4.48 1.48 0.00
9 16.46 36.92* 19.73 16.03 7.75 3.11 0.00
10 2.74 26.64 12.34 48.63* 8.44 1.16 0.05
11 5.75 15.66 24.42 30.01* 20.36 3.80 0.00
12 20.09 28.01 4.75 37.97* 7.54* 1.53 0.11
13 7.01 76.27* 5.80 7.28 2.06 1.58 0.00
14 5.38 6.38* 78.11 4.43 3.16 2.53 0.00
15 16.03 13.13 17.56 29.27* 19.57 4.22 0.21
16 32.54 17.46 19.57 12.92* 12.34 5.12 0.05
17 16.24 20.04* 23.26 20.73 12.66 7.01 0.05
18 25.79 12.82 32.96* 11.71 10.23 6.38 0.11
19 10.92 15.98 20.25 16.82* 26.79 9.07 0.16
20 17.83 29.06 13.71 18.25* 12.13 8.81 0.21
21 15.19 37.34 15.66 13.08* 7.23 11.45 0.05
22 9.97 13.87 19.99 20.94* 24.26 10.60 0.37
23 13.08 23.73* 16.82 22.15 11.50 12.66 0.05
24 18.78 18.41 22.05 15.98 11.13* 13.50 0.16
25 15.35 16.46 16.82 15.51 20.68* 15.03 0.16
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem