2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Maine
Number of schools returning results 21
Average of school highest score 15.43
Average school team score 41.71
# of State Student Participants 812
Overall State Average Score 8.55
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 45 7.07
6th 121 7.42
7th 240 8.22
8th 335 9.46
Number of Female Students 356
Average Score of Female Students 8.17
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 20 6.00
6th 50 7.02
7th 106 7.60
8th 164 9.21
Number of Male Participants 412
Average Score of Male Participants 8.93
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 25 7.92
6th 70 7.74
7th 128 8.70
8th 166 9.78
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25
24 1 1
23
22
21
20 1 1
19 3 3
18 1 1
17 1 2 3
16 8 1 9
15 10 5 15
14 16 7 24
13 24 16 42
12 24 25 53
11 29 35 67
10 46 35 85
9 49 39 92
8 50 32 87
7 56 46 106
6 33 36 77
5 23 30 56
4 19 23 46
3 11 14 27
2 4 7 11
1 1 1
0 (@) 1 1 2
0 ($) 1 2 3
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
23
22
21
20 1
19 1 2
18 1
17 2 1
16 1 2 6
15 1 1 3 9
14 1 5 15
13 1 3 12 25
12 1 1 12 34
11 3 8 14 37
10 1 13 27 37
9 6 15 29 33
8 5 15 29 27
7 8 16 30 45
6 2 20 24 23
5 6 10 17 16
4 4 10 11 16
3 3 5 12 5
2 2 3 6
1 1
0(@) 1 2 2
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
55 1
54 1
52 1
51 1
47 1
46 2
44 4
42 1
41 2
39 2
37 1
31 1
30 1
27 1
22 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 812 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.99 3.08 93.10* 1.48 0.74 0.49 0.12
2 4.93 1.72 3.08 55.05* 33.62 1.60 0.00
3 7.64 27.34 57.02* 4.68 0.99 2.34 0.00
4 6.53 9.24 65.64* 11.08 5.91 1.48 0.12
5 7.88 63.79* 9.98 7.76 8.87 1.72 0.00
6 5.05 4.56 4.56 7.02 77.71* 0.86 0.25
7 34.85 30.54* 9.98 8.00 14.29 1.97 0.37
8 25.25 25.62 20.69 17.24* 6.90 4.19 0.12
9 15.02 8.74 38.67 29.56* 5.79 2.22 0.00
10 17.73 20.32* 19.58 23.52 15.27 3.57 0.00
11 16.75 55.67* 7.02 11.82 5.05 3.69 0.00
12 46.06 13.42 12.44 17.98* 6.16* 3.69 0.25
13 10.10 11.70 28.45 19.33 22.41* 7.76 0.25
14 10.84 13.79 25.49* 22.29 18.23 9.24 0.12
15 29.93 16.01 32.14* 7.51 5.05 9.24 0.12
16 33.00 16.87* 9.36 16.01 14.04 10.59 0.12
17 12.19 27.83 21.67 15.27* 10.34 12.44 0.25
18 11.70 19.83 25.00* 17.61 12.44 13.30 0.12
19 25.99 16.63 23.15* 12.68 5.54 16.01 0.00
20 25.86* 16.38 22.29 14.04 8.37 12.81 0.25
21 6.77 15.27 28.33* 16.75 15.15 17.61 0.12
22 8.74 19.46 19.70 18.84 13.67* 19.33 0.25
23 13.92 17.24* 19.46 16.38 10.47 22.17 0.37
24 9.36* 22.91 16.50 20.94 10.22 20.07 0.00
25 14.66 26.48 9.61 11.45 16.26* 21.55 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem