2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Texas
Number of schools returning results 90
Average of school highest score 18.23
Average school team score 48.46
# of State Student Participants 4229
Overall State Average Score 9.78
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 283 9.72
6th 800 8.39
7th 1442 9.70
8th 1670 10.55
Number of Female Students 1787
Average Score of Female Students 8.97
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 84 8.26
6th 329 7.44
7th 638 9.09
8th 728 9.67
Number of Male Participants 2371
Average Score of Male Participants 10.43
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 197 10.35
6th 454 9.08
7th 774 10.28
8th 926 11.25
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 12 12
24 18 4 22
23 17 6 23
22 19 6 25
21 31 6 38
20 42 7 49
19 32 3 36
18 49 15 65
17 39 23 63
16 68 17 86
15 73 38 111
14 93 39 134
13 115 67 184
12 153 107 261
11 193 159 358
10 251 179 437
9 281 240 531
8 240 233 479
7 233 207 447
6 174 177 361
5 121 129 258
4 63 68 136
3 30 45 76
2 16 7 24
1 2 2 4
0 (@)
0 ($) 6 3 9
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 3 8
24 1 1 8 12
23 1 9 13
22 1 1 6 15
21 2 7 10 19
20 3 6 19 21
19 2 6 12 16
18 2 9 21 32
17 4 10 23 25
16 7 12 21 45
15 11 13 30 57
14 12 19 45 58
13 17 22 56 88
12 22 23 102 114
11 23 48 118 165
10 27 66 149 192
9 35 88 189 215
8 28 78 165 202
7 27 110 166 144
6 18 99 125 114
5 23 75 98 61
4 7 57 31 38
3 8 32 24 11
2 2 10 9 2
1 2 2
0(@) 1 4 3 1
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
75 1
74 1
73 2
72 1
70 1
68 1
67 2
66 1
65 1
64 4
63 2
62 1
61 2
60 1
59 3
58 1
57 4
56 1
55 4
54 1
53 2
52 1
51 4
50 3
49 2
48 6
46 1
44 3
43 1
42 3
41 2
40 1
39 1
38 1
37 2
36 2
35 5
34 1
33 4
32 2
29 2
24 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 4229 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.90 2.60 95.29* 0.76 0.17 0.28 0.00
2 5.20 1.56 2.27 72.05* 17.71 1.16 0.05
3 6.46 21.38 64.98* 4.11 0.99 2.08 0.00
4 7.80 11.66 61.20* 11.52 7.05 0.78 0.00
5 5.75 69.12* 9.06 5.77 8.51 1.70 0.09
6 4.54 4.66 2.41 6.17 80.87* 1.14 0.21
7 36.16 31.66* 11.59 6.29 12.34 1.87 0.09
8 22.04 26.44 21.00 20.76* 5.13 4.56 0.07
9 13.67 8.28 31.07 39.32* 5.18 2.46 0.02
10 18.18 27.69* 19.04 18.61 12.70 3.76 0.02
11 17.12 59.52* 7.38 8.99 4.23 2.74 0.02
12 44.05 13.86 9.62 22.79* 6.64* 2.98 0.05
13 8.99 12.75 27.83 19.39 23.32* 7.66 0.07
14 9.25 13.36 39.02* 17.40 13.67 7.24 0.07
15 27.03 15.46 35.47* 10.59 4.33 7.09 0.02
16 34.22 18.80* 10.52 15.87 11.47 9.06 0.07
17 10.85 30.67 20.93 17.57* 8.68 11.18 0.12
18 8.87 17.85 35.33* 15.68 11.94 10.29 0.05
19 19.72 17.31 31.85* 11.59 5.44 14.05 0.05
20 28.33* 16.77 24.59 11.40 7.76 11.09 0.07
21 6.55 17.33 32.92* 16.65 10.92 15.56 0.07
22 8.61 17.92 18.09 17.83 20.90* 16.48 0.17
23 14.00 20.93* 20.15 17.14 9.13 18.52 0.14
24 12.82* 23.48 17.26 18.78 10.74 16.84 0.09
25 12.75 31.88 11.33 9.43 15.96* 18.63 0.02
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem