2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Tennesee
Number of schools returning results 24
Average of school highest score 17.21
Average school team score 46.17
# of State Student Participants 1418
Overall State Average Score 9.07
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 8 6.63
6th 238 7.90
7th 576 8.49
8th 589 10.15
Number of Female Students 464
Average Score of Female Students 8.65
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 7.00
6th 100 7.41
7th 162 8.22
8th 196 9.67
Number of Male Participants 935
Average Score of Male Participants 9.26
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 6.25
6th 133 8.21
7th 411 8.58
8th 384 10.38
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 1
24 2 1 3
23 1 1
22
21 1 1 2
20 4 4
19 5 1 6
18 3 3 6
17 7 1 8
16 14 1 15
15 26 2 28
14 28 12 42
13 61 19 83
12 60 31 94
11 86 36 124
10 90 55 148
9 133 68 201
8 109 68 178
7 117 58 177
6 80 53 135
5 58 25 84
4 25 15 40
3 19 10 29
2 5 2 7
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
24 3
23 1
22
21 2
20 2 2
19 2 4
18 3 3
17 1 2 5
16 1 6 8
15 2 5 21
14 2 9 31
13 8 26 49
12 13 24 57
11 16 37 71
10 1 21 59 64
9 27 93 80
8 2 29 76 70
7 42 84 50
6 3 37 64 31
5 1 14 48 20
4 1 11 21 7
3 12 11 6
2 1 3 3
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
67 1
63 1
62 1
61 1
60 1
51 1
50 1
47 2
46 1
45 2
44 1
42 3
41 1
39 1
38 2
37 1
36 2
29 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1418 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.06 2.26 94.78* 1.62 0.14 0.14 0.00
2 4.51 2.61 2.54 64.67* 25.11 0.42 0.14
3 7.40 25.46 61.00* 3.17 1.41 1.55 0.00
4 6.77 13.61 58.96* 11.50 8.11 1.06 0.00
5 6.70 67.49* 8.82 6.84 8.96 1.13 0.07
6 5.57 4.02 3.39 8.74 77.79* 0.28 0.21
7 38.86 33.36* 11.07 4.30 11.50 0.85 0.07
8 23.20 24.96 22.14 20.59* 5.92 3.10 0.07
9 13.54 8.74 38.22 32.09* 5.50 1.83 0.07
10 19.75 23.06* 19.46 19.46 15.80 2.33 0.14
11 20.31 56.56* 7.83 9.59 4.37 1.34 0.00
12 46.97 16.29 11.21 16.78* 6.91* 1.69 0.14
13 11.57 13.26 29.76 20.52 20.24* 4.58 0.07
14 11.14 13.05 36.39* 21.09 13.47 4.51 0.35
15 32.37 18.19 28.84* 10.72 5.36 4.51 0.00
16 36.18 15.23* 9.73 18.41 16.01 4.44 0.00
17 11.85 31.59 24.89 13.89* 11.21 6.42 0.14
18 10.16 19.68 29.34* 18.90 15.51 6.35 0.07
19 26.38 20.10 28.77* 11.57 6.06 7.12 0.00
20 26.87* 17.70 28.98 11.71 7.83 6.77 0.14
21 6.70 18.12 35.61* 17.14 11.99 10.44 0.00
22 9.87 21.44 21.16 19.25 17.42* 10.79 0.07
23 15.37 19.89* 22.50 19.25 10.72 11.99 0.28
24 12.06* 25.04 19.89 21.02 11.50 10.51 0.00
25 15.51 32.37 14.17 10.30 15.44* 12.13 0.07
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem