2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Maryland
Number of schools returning results 25
Average of school highest score 18.24
Average school team score 48.64
# of State Student Participants 982
Overall State Average Score 11.04
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 12 9.50
6th 140 10.34
7th 265 11.49
8th 554 10.99
Number of Female Students 456
Average Score of Female Students 10.25
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 12.00
6th 53 8.74
7th 129 11.00
8th 268 10.18
Number of Male Participants 508
Average Score of Male Participants 11.72
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 10 9.00
6th 85 11.28
7th 133 11.95
8th 275 11.81
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 5 3 8
24 6 1 7
23 8 3 12
22 6 4 10
21 7 1 8
20 9 3 12
19 11 2 13
18 10 3 13
17 20 11 31
16 15 7 23
15 21 18 40
14 41 18 59
13 44 33 80
12 35 39 75
11 45 53 100
10 45 47 96
9 46 43 93
8 28 59 88
7 44 34 78
6 27 32 59
5 15 27 42
4 10 8 18
3 7 3 10
2 1 4 5
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 1 1 6
24 3 4
23 2 1 8
22 4 6
21 8
20 1 5 5
19 5 7
18 1 2 5 5
17 2 6 9 14
16 7 6 10
15 6 16 18
14 1 11 22 25
13 6 25 46
12 10 22 42
11 14 27 59
10 1 11 22 61
9 12 23 57
8 4 20 64
7 2 12 14 50
6 2 16 18 22
5 1 12 12 16
4 1 2 3 12
3 1 3 6
2 1 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
75 2
73 1
69 1
66 1
57 1
52 2
51 1
48 4
47 1
44 1
43 2
41 2
40 1
38 1
34 1
33 1
28 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 982 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.92 2.65 95.21* 1.12 0.00 0.10 0.00
2 3.77 1.53 1.02 82.08* 11.30 0.31 0.00
3 6.21 19.35 68.64* 3.16 1.02 1.63 0.00
4 5.80 4.99 75.05* 10.79 2.75 0.61 0.00
5 6.92 71.69* 8.04 5.30 6.92 1.12 0.00
6 3.67 4.58 2.24 8.45 80.24* 0.51 0.31
7 33.40 38.09* 10.79 6.21 10.39 1.12 0.00
8 23.42 24.75 20.06 22.71* 5.30 3.77 0.00
9 12.73 6.72 23.93 49.69* 5.60 1.22 0.10
10 18.13 34.11* 15.78 15.17 14.05 2.75 0.00
11 12.32 68.74* 4.48 9.27 3.97 1.22 0.00
12 47.45 10.18 9.16 27.70* 4.07* 1.43 0.00
13 8.86 9.47 24.75 16.80 35.13* 4.89 0.10
14 8.96 12.32 43.18* 18.23 12.93 4.38 0.00
15 21.59 13.85 42.57* 12.32 4.68 4.99 0.00
16 34.32 19.55* 13.75 13.03 13.14 6.21 0.00
17 13.14 34.73 19.76 15.78* 9.78 6.82 0.00
18 9.88 16.09 37.98* 16.60 13.44 6.01 0.00
19 20.16 19.14 36.35* 11.41 4.99 7.94 0.00
20 36.05* 16.90 21.89 10.79 7.64 6.72 0.00
21 7.03 17.31 33.50* 18.43 13.95 9.78 0.00
22 9.37 18.64 19.76 16.19 26.37* 9.37 0.31
23 13.14 26.58* 23.52 16.19 10.08 10.29 0.20
24 13.85* 23.12 18.74 24.03 10.90 9.16 0.20
25 12.42 29.53 13.85 10.59 22.81* 10.79 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem