2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Virginia
Number of schools returning results 77
Average of school highest score 16.00
Average school team score 42.73
# of State Student Participants 5876
Overall State Average Score 9.43
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 274 8.32
6th 1108 7.81
7th 1729 9.67
8th 2696 10.08
Number of Female Students 2780
Average Score of Female Students 8.83
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 109 7.68
6th 514 7.23
7th 836 9.02
8th 1299 9.46
Number of Male Participants 2948
Average Score of Male Participants 10.04
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 163 8.71
6th 563 8.34
7th 853 10.31
8th 1351 10.76
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 4 2 7
24 16 3 19
23 19 10 29
22 17 10 27
21 22 10 32
20 38 24 62
19 44 24 68
18 48 23 73
17 77 28 107
16 85 51 140
15 113 52 168
14 117 73 195
13 149 126 282
12 198 171 380
11 230 188 424
10 252 230 497
9 286 261 562
8 298 335 647
7 285 337 636
6 224 304 541
5 204 210 427
4 113 156 280
3 64 93 165
2 29 42 72
1 6 14 22
0 (@) 2 1 3
0 ($) 8 2 11
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 5
24 7 12
23 2 8 19
22 2 2 4 19
21 1 1 9 21
20 2 2 14 44
19 1 1 21 45
18 1 6 19 44
17 4 10 31 62
16 5 7 41 85
15 4 15 62 86
14 6 20 64 104
13 13 44 103 119
12 10 48 112 202
11 11 59 151 200
10 20 79 148 246
9 14 107 184 248
8 32 143 181 285
7 42 144 172 269
6 43 144 132 215
5 28 98 124 172
4 22 87 76 93
3 7 55 41 60
2 3 28 16 23
1 1 6 4 10
0(@) 2 3 8
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
72 1
71 1
69 1
67 1
64 2
62 3
59 1
57 5
56 3
51 1
50 2
49 4
48 3
47 2
46 1
45 2
44 1
43 1
42 2
40 3
39 2
38 2
37 4
36 2
35 3
33 3
32 2
30 1
29 1
28 2
27 2
23 1
21 3
20 1
19 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 5876 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.04 3.27 94.28* 0.85 0.24 0.31 0.02
2 4.02 1.48 2.28 65.86* 25.15 1.04 0.17
3 8.24 21.10 61.52* 4.77 1.91 2.43 0.03
4 6.45 9.72 67.21* 10.01 5.57 0.99 0.07
5 7.23 62.10* 12.39 7.51 8.44 2.26 0.07
6 5.22 4.73 3.18 7.81 77.79* 1.12 0.14
7 34.45 31.60* 11.04 8.03 12.63 2.14 0.10
8 24.74 24.91 21.31 18.55* 5.58 4.90 0.00
9 12.61 9.94 28.68 39.48* 6.18 3.06 0.05
10 20.68 27.30* 18.82 15.71 12.80 4.66 0.03
11 18.12 57.10* 8.12 8.49 4.15 3.88 0.14
12 41.73 14.48 9.96 21.68* 7.42* 4.59 0.14
13 8.82 11.59 25.87 20.20 25.10* 8.24 0.19
14 9.90 12.58 33.95* 19.01 15.03 9.39 0.14
15 27.69 14.84 33.05* 10.35 4.73 9.28 0.07
16 32.30 17.87* 11.23 16.61 11.45 10.47 0.07
17 11.54 28.47 21.44 16.83* 8.63 13.04 0.05
18 11.13 18.18 31.71* 14.09 11.62 13.16 0.12
19 19.40 17.22 30.99* 11.16 5.51 15.59 0.12
20 29.00* 14.26 22.28 12.34 8.22 13.82 0.09
21 8.54 17.73 30.60* 15.38 9.85 17.82 0.07
22 9.07 17.09 16.44 17.41 20.78* 18.98 0.24
23 13.92 19.71* 20.64 16.10 9.33 20.17 0.14
24 12.83* 22.46 16.56 19.47 10.45 18.04 0.19
25 12.00 29.22 11.91 10.36 16.39* 20.00 0.12
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem