2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in Illinois
Number of schools returning results 86
Average of school highest score 17.43
Average school team score 47.15
# of State Student Participants 3832
Overall State Average Score 9.48
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 91 8.62
6th 708 8.26
7th 1215 9.47
8th 1767 10.00
Number of Female Students 1757
Average Score of Female Students 8.75
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 24 7.04
6th 323 7.46
7th 530 8.76
8th 865 9.26
Number of Male Participants 2021
Average Score of Male Participants 10.12
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 65 9.17
6th 377 8.95
7th 669 10.06
8th 883 10.71
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 8 8
24 6 2 8
23 10 5 15
22 10 2 12
21 21 4 26
20 19 6 25
19 21 5 26
18 33 9 42
17 47 22 69
16 55 20 79
15 61 28 90
14 93 35 130
13 90 78 171
12 145 106 255
11 179 126 309
10 196 181 383
9 222 213 439
8 212 240 458
7 237 230 473
6 138 175 319
5 109 119 232
4 69 90 161
3 26 49 76
2 9 6 15
1 4 3 7
0 (@) 1 1
0 ($) 3 3
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 3 5
24 1 6
23 5 10
22 1 5 6
21 1 1 6 18
20 2 1 10 11
19 5 6 14
18 6 18 18
17 7 22 39
16 2 6 19 49
15 7 31 50
14 1 15 38 74
13 5 25 48 87
12 7 40 83 123
11 2 49 91 163
10 4 59 137 176
9 9 77 141 210
8 12 79 147 217
7 20 106 158 186
6 11 77 99 127
5 6 64 69 90
4 7 51 42 58
3 1 25 25 24
2 5 5 5
1 1 5 1
0(@) 2 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
74 2
71 1
70 1
69 1
67 1
65 3
63 5
62 4
61 2
59 1
57 3
56 5
55 4
54 1
51 2
50 1
49 1
48 1
47 1
46 3
44 5
43 3
42 1
41 5
39 1
38 5
37 3
36 2
35 2
34 1
33 4
31 4
30 1
29 1
15 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 3832 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.64 2.90 93.53* 1.23 0.52 0.18 0.00
2 5.64 2.14 2.30 66.18* 23.12 0.57 0.05
3 7.59 23.83 61.46* 4.91 1.07 1.15 0.00
4 8.43 10.93 58.72* 13.15 8.22 0.50 0.05
5 8.53 63.34* 9.34 7.67 9.86 1.17 0.08
6 5.40 5.45 3.47 9.53 75.57* 0.42 0.16
7 33.09 34.58* 12.13 7.12 12.03 0.94 0.10
8 25.00 25.37 20.72 21.14* 5.30 2.45 0.03
9 12.92 10.20 29.57 38.83* 7.59 0.86 0.03
10 18.66 25.99* 20.54 18.29 14.22 2.30 0.00
11 17.95 58.19* 8.46 9.86 4.15 1.30 0.08
12 44.13 15.94 10.20 21.74* 6.92* 1.04 0.03
13 9.08 12.68 28.68 21.76 24.32* 3.31 0.16
14 11.46 13.13 34.03* 20.67 16.86 3.84 0.03
15 28.42 17.59 34.94* 10.83 4.98 3.08 0.16
16 35.88 18.08* 11.61 15.79 14.33 4.25 0.05
17 13.60 31.08 23.80 16.21* 10.05 5.14 0.13
18 11.53 19.23 32.15* 16.94 14.85 5.14 0.16
19 22.05 20.41 31.00* 12.68 7.07 6.60 0.18
20 29.51* 17.90 24.58 13.20 9.21 5.40 0.18
21 9.32 18.66 33.66* 16.47 13.44 8.30 0.16
22 11.27 19.47 19.21 19.68 21.29* 8.95 0.13
23 14.95 21.45* 23.30 19.36 10.73 10.07 0.13
24 13.65* 24.53 19.26 22.16 11.17 9.08 0.16
25 15.63 32.33 11.82 11.66 18.37* 10.07 0.10
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem