2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in New Jersery
Number of schools returning results 85
Average of school highest score 18.60
Average school team score 50.01
# of State Student Participants 5011
Overall State Average Score 9.61
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 130 7.92
6th 752 8.15
7th 1432 9.36
8th 2570 10.24
Number of Female Students 2285
Average Score of Female Students 8.91
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 52 7.15
6th 353 7.60
7th 630 8.62
8th 1205 9.49
Number of Male Participants 2656
Average Score of Male Participants 10.21
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 77 8.49
6th 397 8.64
7th 780 9.96
8th 1339 10.93
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 9 9
24 15 2 17
23 15 2 17
22 13 4 17
21 21 7 28
20 27 3 30
19 28 4 33
18 29 21 52
17 40 17 59
16 63 20 85
15 94 45 139
14 120 66 189
13 140 86 229
12 214 135 355
11 238 192 439
10 300 282 594
9 298 296 597
8 330 322 662
7 238 261 505
6 178 238 417
5 123 138 264
4 75 79 159
3 29 35 65
2 7 18 25
1 2 2 4
0 (@) 1 1 2
0 ($) 9 9 19
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 7
24 1 1 15
23 6 11
22 1 4 5 7
21 1 1 4 21
20 1 2 11 16
19 1 4 7 21
18 4 1 18 27
17 5 12 39
16 3 3 20 55
15 4 12 28 93
14 12 56 115
13 3 17 57 144
12 3 27 91 222
11 8 43 125 251
10 9 80 171 320
9 5 89 170 314
8 10 109 209 314
7 17 93 146 239
6 19 106 129 155
5 16 73 81 91
4 12 42 53 51
3 7 20 15 23
2 4 5 7 8
1 1 1 2
0(@) 2 2 7 9
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
73 2
70 3
69 2
68 1
67 1
66 1
65 4
64 2
63 4
62 1
61 1
59 2
58 2
57 1
56 3
55 1
54 2
52 1
50 5
49 2
48 2
47 5
45 1
44 4
43 3
42 5
40 2
39 2
38 3
37 3
36 3
35 1
33 1
32 1
31 2
29 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 5011 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.40 2.97 93.69* 1.14 0.30 0.48 0.02
2 5.87 2.35 2.27 68.93* 18.98 1.46 0.14
3 7.30 23.63 60.43* 4.65 1.18 2.79 0.02
4 7.00 8.90 65.16* 11.67 6.27 0.96 0.04
5 7.80 64.92* 9.32 7.22 8.46 2.20 0.08
6 3.85 4.25 3.21 5.21 82.44* 0.82 0.22
7 36.56 33.37* 10.48 6.41 11.28 1.90 0.02
8 21.81 25.16 22.93 19.52* 5.83 4.71 0.04
9 14.37 8.80 29.10 39.23* 6.59 1.86 0.06
10 20.69 24.09* 20.10 17.92 13.79 3.35 0.06
11 18.68 55.96* 8.14 10.14 4.65 2.35 0.08
12 46.84 13.93 9.86 20.55* 6.41* 2.27 0.14
13 8.94 12.85 28.00 18.98 25.94* 5.09 0.20
14 9.46 12.57 38.67* 19.36 15.13 4.69 0.12
15 26.86 16.44 34.44* 10.78 6.19 5.23 0.06
16 35.74 17.84* 10.24 16.26 14.07 5.75 0.10
17 13.13 29.50 22.99 17.62* 9.36 7.30 0.10
18 12.03 17.66 32.91* 16.54 14.37 6.31 0.18
19 23.25 20.12 29.36* 13.01 6.09 8.00 0.18
20 29.46* 16.30 24.59 14.27 8.44 6.77 0.18
21 9.14 19.66 31.57* 17.60 12.73 9.08 0.22
22 11.00 20.10 19.64 18.98 20.53* 9.52 0.24
23 16.12 20.57* 22.03 18.26 11.43 11.41 0.16
24 15.21* 23.69 18.44 20.49 12.27 9.72 0.18
25 13.39 33.71 12.69 10.84 18.68* 10.66 0.04
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem