2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Connecticut
Number of schools returning results 30
Average of school highest score 18.17
Average school team score 48.83
# of State Student Participants 2317
Overall State Average Score 9.10
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 9 9.11
6th 466 8.17
7th 667 9.16
8th 1158 9.45
Number of Female Students 1093
Average Score of Female Students 8.65
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 3.00
6th 204 7.66
7th 320 8.70
8th 563 8.99
Number of Male Participants 1165
Average Score of Male Participants 9.51
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 12.00
6th 248 8.50
7th 336 9.57
8th 567 9.91
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 2
24 3 3
23 1 1
22 1 2 3
21 2 2
20 6 4 10
19 8 2 11
18 7 1 10
17 13 6 21
16 18 6 26
15 28 12 41
14 56 24 81
13 63 34 98
12 68 57 127
11 130 99 233
10 124 134 266
9 155 167 327
8 143 155 305
7 125 135 267
6 91 125 223
5 72 74 151
4 26 32 61
3 15 14 30
2 3 3 6
1 1 1 2
0 (@)
0 ($) 5 5 10
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2010 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 2 1
23 1
22 2 1
21 2
20 2 8
19 1 4 6
18 1 2 7
17 4 17
16 1 1 9 15
15 2 4 8 26
14 17 21 43
13 9 32 56
12 14 47 66
11 36 74 122
10 48 68 147
9 2 59 93 172
8 55 93 154
7 77 66 122
6 1 60 76 84
5 1 41 46 60
4 1 21 17 22
3 1 13 3 13
2 3 3
1 1 1
0(@) 1 9
0($)
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
Note: Some students failed to indicate a grade
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Schools with 3+ students
Achieving team Scores
SCORE school count
69 1
64 3
63 1
62 1
57 1
55 1
53 1
52 1
50 2
47 1
46 2
45 4
44 4
43 1
42 2
41 2
37 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 2317 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.04 2.98 94.39* 0.99 0.17 0.43 0.00
2 6.04 1.73 2.85 62.11* 26.41 0.86 0.00
3 7.55 25.46 59.34* 5.05 1.08 1.51 0.00
4 6.65 11.57 60.29* 12.90 7.77 0.78 0.04
5 6.47 70.26* 8.33 5.39 8.37 1.08 0.09
6 4.75 4.62 3.06 6.65 79.72* 0.95 0.26
7 36.90 32.59* 10.62 6.86 11.70 1.29 0.04
8 24.47 25.42 22.74 18.60* 5.39 3.19 0.17
9 14.63 9.93 33.49 34.35* 6.17 1.42 0.00
10 22.18 21.80* 19.77 19.12 14.72 2.33 0.09
11 19.77 54.60* 7.81 11.26 4.62 1.86 0.09
12 47.43 15.06 11.26 17.00* 7.38* 1.68 0.17
13 10.66 14.54 29.35 20.24 21.54* 3.58 0.09
14 11.91 12.90 31.33* 22.49 17.00 4.27 0.09
15 31.77 17.44 30.90* 10.36 5.52 4.01 0.00
16 37.20 17.35* 10.57 15.58 14.72 4.57 0.00
17 13.25 30.43 23.74 15.93* 10.53 6.00 0.13
18 11.91 20.46 29.43* 17.31 14.80 5.96 0.13
19 25.55 19.51 28.83* 12.52 6.00 7.47 0.13
20 27.49* 18.90 26.28 13.25 7.12 6.78 0.17
21 7.77 17.95 33.28* 18.39 13.81 8.63 0.17
22 11.05 17.91 20.28 23.09 17.44* 10.06 0.17
23 16.57 20.33* 23.44 18.34 10.96 10.27 0.09
24 12.69* 23.74 18.34 22.62 12.73 9.71 0.17
25 15.54 31.42 11.44 11.91 18.13* 11.52 0.04
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem