2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in British Columbia
Number of schools returning results 28
Average of school highest score 19.25
Average school team score 49.00
# of State Student Participants 424
Overall State Average Score 11.25
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 11.80
6th 13 13.54
7th 37 13.65
8th 338 10.78
Number of Female Students 185
Average Score of Female Students 10.99
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 10.67
6th 4 11.25
7th 14 12.64
8th 156 10.81
Number of Male Participants 227
Average Score of Male Participants 11.42
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 13.50
6th 9 14.56
7th 23 14.26
8th 178 10.74
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 2
24
23 2 2 4
22 5 5
21 3 3
20 5 1 6
19 7 7 15
18 7 2 9
17 5 6 12
16 7 6 13
15 14 7 22
14 13 11 25
13 13 10 23
12 19 14 35
11 20 24 44
10 15 26 43
9 25 16 42
8 17 19 38
7 21 9 31
6 16 10 26
5 7 5 12
4 3 5 8
3 2 2 4
2 1 1
1
0 (@)
0 ($) 1 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2
24
23 1 2
22 4
21 1 1
20 1 4
19 1 2 1 10
18 4 4
17 1 1 9
16 1 2 10
15 1 7 13
14 1 4 16
13 1 2 20
12 1 5 26
11 1 2 37
10 1 2 38
9 2 2 35
8 1 2 1 32
7 1 27
6 25
5 1 10
4 8
3 4
2 1
1
0(@) 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
66 1
63 1
62 1
59 1
58 2
57 1
56 1
54 3
53 4
52 1
48 3
46 1
43 1
40 1
36 2
32 1
31 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 424 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.71 1.42 96.93* 0.47 0.00 0.47 0.00
2 4.72 1.65 1.65 78.07* 11.56 2.12 0.24
3 7.31 22.64 64.15* 2.36 0.94 2.59 0.00
4 6.37 13.92 58.96* 7.55 11.32 1.89 0.00
5 1.65 84.43* 5.19 1.89 4.01 2.83 0.00
6 4.48 5.90 2.83 11.56 72.88* 2.12 0.24
7 28.54 39.62* 13.68 8.25 7.08 2.59 0.24
8 16.98 20.52 20.28 28.77* 5.42 7.78 0.24
9 16.04 7.31 24.06 47.41* 3.30 1.65 0.24
10 11.79 38.21* 12.97 16.51 13.92 6.60 0.00
11 9.20 76.89* 3.77 4.72 3.77 1.65 0.00
12 46.93 10.61 6.84 29.25* 4.01* 2.36 0.00
13 7.55 10.85 22.17 17.69 34.20* 7.55 0.00
14 10.85 12.97 41.51* 17.22 12.26 5.19 0.00
15 17.92 18.63 48.82* 6.13 3.77 4.72 0.00
16 31.60 23.58* 12.74 13.68 10.85 7.55 0.00
17 9.20 29.48 17.92 22.17* 11.32 9.91 0.00
18 8.25 17.69 43.16* 14.86 9.20 6.84 0.00
19 18.63 18.40 36.32* 8.73 6.37 11.56 0.00
20 40.57* 13.92 18.40 13.21 4.72 8.73 0.47
21 6.60 17.22 36.56* 15.33 9.67 14.62 0.00
22 12.26 19.81 13.44 15.80 23.58* 14.62 0.47
23 10.14 26.42* 18.63 20.28 9.43 15.09 0.00
24 15.09* 23.35 16.98 20.52 12.97 11.08 0.00
25 12.50 28.30 15.09 12.50 16.98* 14.62 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem