2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Pennsylvania
Number of schools returning results 76
Average of school highest score 17.38
Average school team score 46.05
# of State Student Participants 5721
Overall State Average Score 9.26
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 27 8.04
6th 439 8.69
7th 1976 8.77
8th 3197 9.66
Number of Female Students 2743
Average Score of Female Students 8.92
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 10 7.50
6th 203 8.30
7th 967 8.50
8th 1533 9.30
Number of Male Participants 2876
Average Score of Male Participants 9.59
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 17 8.35
6th 226 9.13
7th 981 9.04
8th 1617 10.01
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 4 1 5
24 1 1
23 2 2
22 4 2 6
21 8 2 10
20 12 2 15
19 12 6 19
18 25 7 32
17 32 10 42
16 52 28 81
15 67 45 113
14 92 61 158
13 140 116 260
12 252 173 431
11 334 251 592
10 323 359 697
9 372 385 769
8 349 430 795
7 342 358 712
6 206 232 450
5 135 171 308
4 69 69 143
3 25 18 44
2 7 8 15
1 2 3 5
0 (@)
0 ($) 9 6 16
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 4
24 1
23 1 1
22 3 3
21 1 2 7
20 3 12
19 1 4 14
18 4 10 18
17 5 9 28
16 2 18 60
15 5 22 85
14 9 46 102
13 1 14 67 174
12 1 32 133 259
11 4 34 181 366
10 4 39 234 412
9 71 259 432
8 4 65 282 432
7 6 56 278 355
6 2 40 187 213
5 4 34 132 132
4 19 68 55
3 5 19 18
2 1 2 7 5
1 1 2 2
0(@) 9 7
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
64 2
63 1
62 2
60 1
59 1
58 3
57 1
56 1
54 3
53 2
52 4
51 4
50 3
49 4
48 6
47 1
46 2
44 5
43 3
42 4
41 2
40 5
39 2
38 1
36 1
35 1
32 3
31 1
30 1
27 1
26 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 5721 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.01 2.71 94.51* 1.17 0.24 0.33 0.02
2 5.47 2.15 2.24 64.85* 24.56 0.72 0.02
3 7.90 26.50 58.56* 4.63 1.14 1.24 0.03
4 5.75 8.09 69.78* 10.75 5.10 0.47 0.05
5 7.69 67.68* 9.00 6.71 7.83 0.98 0.10
6 4.98 4.75 2.53 5.52 81.58* 0.51 0.12
7 37.32 33.30* 10.47 6.52 11.48 0.87 0.03
8 25.52 25.64 22.43 18.56* 5.56 2.22 0.07
9 13.06 9.00 32.93 37.44* 6.29 1.21 0.07
10 19.82 21.48* 20.10 20.66 15.87 2.03 0.03
11 18.06 56.09* 8.36 11.33 4.86 1.31 0.00
12 47.46 16.06 10.78 16.59* 7.69* 1.31 0.10
13 10.35 13.63 31.92 21.17 19.89* 2.97 0.07
14 11.27 13.69 32.70* 22.25 16.97 3.02 0.09
15 31.27 18.51 29.47* 11.59 5.66 3.46 0.03
16 39.42 15.26* 9.02 18.74 13.90 3.67 0.00
17 13.77 30.83 24.19 17.13* 9.46 4.44 0.17
18 11.71 19.87 30.68* 17.41 15.78 4.46 0.09
19 25.40 21.05 28.91* 12.27 6.48 5.80 0.09
20 27.67* 17.97 26.97 13.06 8.98 5.21 0.14
21 7.31 18.74 33.18* 20.68 13.41 6.59 0.10
22 11.73 23.21 19.49 20.98 17.51* 6.92 0.16
23 16.94 19.73* 22.64 20.01 12.76 7.74 0.17
24 14.63* 23.21 19.44 22.11 13.11 7.43 0.07
25 13.46 35.94 11.33 11.90 18.69* 8.51 0.17
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem