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           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