2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alabama
Number of schools returning results 30
Average of school highest score 17.53
Average school team score 48.43
# of State Student Participants 1231
Overall State Average Score 9.51
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 59 6.12
6th 75 8.36
7th 440 9.04
8th 653 10.26
Number of Female Students 599
Average Score of Female Students 8.68
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 27 6.11
6th 36 7.75
7th 221 8.60
8th 313 9.07
Number of Male Participants 605
Average Score of Male Participants 10.28
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 29 6.24
6th 37 9.03
7th 212 9.39
8th 325 11.38
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 2
24 5 5
23 5 5
22 2 2
21 6 1 7
20 6 6
19 9 1 11
18 8 2 10
17 9 5 16
16 14 7 24
15 28 9 38
14 23 18 42
13 44 24 70
12 37 36 76
11 47 45 92
10 58 68 127
9 66 80 146
8 70 85 157
7 60 68 132
6 41 61 104
5 35 45 83
4 18 25 45
3 9 16 25
2 2 3 5
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 5
23 1 4
22 1 1
21 7
20 1 5
19 1 10
18 1 5 4
17 1 5 10
16 7 17
15 1 15 22
14 1 3 12 26
13 2 17 51
12 4 29 42
11 2 4 32 53
10 3 8 49 67
9 1 4 54 87
8 6 10 62 79
7 10 15 49 58
6 12 4 38 50
5 8 6 36 31
4 10 6 16 13
3 4 5 8 8
2 2 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
73 1
72 1
67 1
65 1
62 1
57 1
56 1
55 1
54 2
53 1
52 1
51 2
50 2
49 1
47 1
46 1
44 1
42 1
40 1
38 1
37 1
35 1
34 2
30 1
28 1
27 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1231 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.14 3.17 94.48* 0.81 0.32 0.08 0.00
2 5.20 1.62 2.52 70.02* 20.15 0.49 0.00
3 9.26 24.53 58.57* 3.82 1.71 2.11 0.00
4 6.66 9.91 65.07* 11.29 6.42 0.49 0.16
5 8.85 62.88* 12.35 6.34 8.37 1.14 0.08
6 5.61 6.66 4.06 10.64 72.46* 0.49 0.08
7 38.34 30.14* 10.24 7.72 12.92 0.65 0.00
8 25.67 23.80 23.23 18.36* 6.01 2.92 0.00
9 14.05 8.85 32.98 36.96* 5.93 1.14 0.08
10 21.53 23.48* 19.66 17.06 15.68 2.60 0.00
11 18.85 56.54* 7.39 9.02 6.34 1.79 0.08
12 45.49 15.03 9.67 21.04* 7.39* 1.14 0.24
13 9.83 12.59 28.51 20.23 25.51* 3.25 0.08
14 9.50 10.89 42.65* 19.33 15.35 2.19 0.08
15 32.90 16.49 31.76* 9.75 5.44 3.66 0.00
16 37.69 16.17* 11.78 16.65 14.46 3.25 0.00
17 12.10 33.47 23.07 18.28* 8.29 4.71 0.08
18 9.91 19.98 35.91* 15.19 14.70 4.06 0.24
19 25.51 18.93 30.38* 13.32 5.93 5.93 0.00
20 29.00* 17.87 25.51 13.97 9.02 4.63 0.00
21 9.50 21.04 34.69* 15.92 11.62 7.15 0.08
22 10.89 20.55 21.28 19.17 20.47* 7.55 0.08
23 14.70 22.91* 23.96 19.66 9.67 9.02 0.08
24 15.52* 24.61 22.18 19.90 10.64 7.15 0.00
25 14.95 36.15 12.35 10.15 17.30* 9.10 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem