2009 AMC8 Report for all schools in Missouri
Number of schools returning results 33
Average of school highest score 17.48
Average school team score 48.30
# of State Student Participants 2135
Overall State Average Score 9.80
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 44 8.64
6th 158 9.73
7th 649 9.31
8th 1257 10.12
Number of Female Students 925
Average Score of Female Students 9.27
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 15 7.13
6th 77 8.71
7th 264 8.81
8th 562 9.63
Number of Male Participants 1149
Average Score of Male Participants 10.23
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 29 9.41
6th 76 10.80
7th 372 9.70
8th 666 10.52
2009 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 3
24 1 2 3
23 1 1
22 2 2
21 1 1 2
20 2 2 4
19 5 1 6
18 10 5 15
17 22 5 28
16 33 9 42
15 48 21 70
14 56 31 92
13 72 53 127
12 97 78 181
11 131 91 228
10 153 117 277
9 159 116 282
8 132 114 255
7 100 118 224
6 58 66 129
5 35 53 91
4 17 25 42
3 6 12 19
2 3 2 5
1 1 1 2
0 (@)
0 ($) 2 2 5
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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
24 3
23 1
22 1 1
21 2
20 3 1
19 2 4
18 2 6 7
17 4 6 18
16 1 4 11 26
15 1 4 21 44
14 2 9 15 64
13 3 15 22 87
12 1 13 37 127
11 2 16 73 136
10 5 13 87 168
9 8 11 93 164
8 4 20 87 139
7 4 17 75 126
6 3 11 44 68
5 8 11 32 40
4 2 4 15 21
3 3 11 5
2 1 3 1
1 2
0(@) 2 2
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
73 1
69 1
64 1
61 1
57 1
56 1
53 1
52 2
51 1
50 1
49 2
48 3
46 4
45 4
43 1
42 3
41 2
40 1
34 1
25 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2009
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 2135 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.14 0.05 2.44 2.01 95.13* 0.23 0.00
2 2.34 2.81 3.04 88.48* 2.67 0.56 0.09
3 12.37 2.72 81.78* 1.45 1.36 0.23 0.09
4 9.84 67.54* 2.58 8.99 10.49 0.56 0.00
5 5.43 15.60 18.59 55.18* 3.93 1.17 0.09
6 64.40* 9.46 8.85 5.85 10.16 1.17 0.09
7 3.19 10.21 31.43* 22.53 30.82 1.69 0.14
8 31.48 17.99* 41.41 2.90 5.25 0.98 0.00
9 15.78 35.32* 17.70 20.28 8.43 2.44 0.05
10 3.47 27.78 14.99 45.62* 7.54 0.52 0.09
11 6.04 18.41 25.85 29.93* 17.14 2.62 0.00
12 20.14 26.32 4.78 38.78* 9.23* 0.70 0.05
13 6.93 76.63* 4.68 8.90 2.15 0.70 0.00
14 4.78 6.32* 80.09 4.54 3.00 1.26 0.00
15 17.94 14.19 16.02 30.77* 18.78 2.15 0.14
16 34.24 16.86 19.39 12.46* 14.80 2.15 0.09
17 17.42 22.86* 23.37 21.31 11.24 3.79 0.00
18 24.73 10.63 38.83* 13.86 9.70 2.01 0.23
19 11.57 18.13 20.52 19.11* 26.65 3.93 0.09
20 17.28 31.90 13.96 19.53* 13.54 3.61 0.19
21 14.15 42.30 16.21 14.57* 7.73 4.87 0.19
22 11.05 12.83 21.31 22.06* 27.78 4.68 0.28
23 13.72 29.46* 18.17 23.09 9.84 5.48 0.23
24 21.12 20.05 22.67 16.91 12.83* 6.28 0.14
25 15.78 18.74 17.94 16.72 22.81* 7.87 0.14
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem