2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Mississippi
Number of schools returning results 8
Average of school highest score 18.75
Average school team score 48.75
# of State Student Participants 361
Overall State Average Score 8.60
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 24 7.21
7th 145 7.89
8th 192 9.31
Number of Female Students 168
Average Score of Female Students 7.67
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 7 7.14
7th 70 7.26
8th 91 8.03
Number of Male Participants 186
Average Score of Male Participants 9.38
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 17 7.24
7th 73 8.37
8th 96 10.52
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25
24
23 1 1 2
22 2 2
21 1 1
20 2 2
19 2 2
18 4 5
17 5 1 6
16 4 2 6
15 5 1 6
14 4 1 5
13 6 2 9
12 8 3 11
11 11 10 22
10 17 13 31
9 17 17 34
8 26 33 59
7 26 28 56
6 15 21 37
5 16 16 32
4 8 11 19
3 4 7 11
2 2 1 3
1
0 (@)
0 ($)
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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
24
23 2
22 1 1
21 1
20 1 1
19 1 1
18 2 3
17 6
16 1 1 4
15 2 4
14 5
13 6 3
12 3 8
11 11 11
10 2 10 19
9 1 8 25
8 2 28 29
7 7 27 22
6 9 28
5 5 15 12
4 1 14 4
3 4 4 3
2 3
1
0(@)
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
64 1
59 1
57 1
50 1
45 1
44 1
38 1
33 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 361 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.39 1.11 97.23* 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 3.60 2.77 6.09 54.85* 32.41 0.28 0.00
3 8.59 21.33 63.16* 4.71 1.39 0.83 0.00
4 7.20 13.02 49.58* 17.45 12.74 0.00 0.00
5 8.86 53.46* 14.40 9.97 13.02 0.28 0.00
6 4.99 8.31 5.82 20.22 60.66* 0.00 0.00
7 39.34 29.64* 10.53 7.76 11.63 1.11 0.00
8 24.93 26.32 22.16 17.73* 8.31 0.55 0.00
9 15.51 10.80 34.35 32.41* 6.09 0.83 0.00
10 21.33 23.55* 22.16 18.28 13.57 1.11 0.00
11 24.10 47.09* 9.14 12.74 6.37 0.55 0.00
12 37.95 20.22 12.19 18.01* 10.80* 0.83 0.00
13 12.47 10.53 32.96 20.78 20.22* 2.77 0.28
14 11.91 11.91 42.94* 17.73 13.57 1.94 0.00
15 39.34 14.13 27.15* 10.25 5.26 3.60 0.28
16 32.41 14.40* 12.19 19.67 18.01 3.32 0.00
17 13.02 32.96 25.76 14.96* 9.97 3.05 0.28
18 12.74 15.24 32.96* 17.17 18.56 3.32 0.00
19 27.15 19.11 27.15* 14.40 7.48 4.71 0.00
20 25.48* 15.24 31.02 15.24 8.59 4.43 0.00
21 12.19 15.79 38.78* 15.24 12.74 5.26 0.00
22 13.85 21.61 18.01 17.45 21.88* 6.93 0.28
23 18.01 16.62* 24.65 19.11 12.74 8.31 0.55
24 13.57* 26.32 19.39 22.16 10.53 8.03 0.00
25 19.94 31.86 13.02 8.86 16.62* 9.42 0.28
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem