2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in California
Number of schools returning results 244
Average of school highest score 19.01
Average school team score 50.58
# of State Student Participants 16025
Overall State Average Score 10.21
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 391 9.21
6th 2898 8.95
7th 5305 10.09
8th 7225 10.87
Number of Female Students 7295
Average Score of Female Students 9.50
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 136 8.46
6th 1264 8.21
7th 2437 9.41
8th 3401 10.09
Number of Male Participants 8471
Average Score of Male Participants 10.81
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 251 9.65
6th 1585 9.51
7th 2808 10.66
8th 3728 11.58
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 48 12 60
24 43 4 49
23 49 16 65
22 91 18 109
21 103 31 136
20 94 37 136
19 132 60 194
18 179 62 245
17 199 112 318
16 288 147 442
15 323 195 526
14 440 273 730
13 550 342 911
12 645 514 1188
11 793 659 1479
10 864 781 1664
9 813 901 1738
8 886 867 1780
7 654 768 1446
6 523 629 1166
5 366 442 815
4 202 240 448
3 116 125 245
2 42 38 82
1 12 9 22
0 (@) 1 1 2
0 ($) 15 12 29
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 17 39
24 1 8 20 20
23 3 4 17 41
22 6 29 73
21 5 14 28 88
20 17 44 71
19 3 15 54 119
18 7 22 82 130
17 4 41 97 171
16 10 42 140 244
15 9 62 171 275
14 13 93 225 394
13 20 110 304 464
12 24 158 400 595
11 31 222 489 716
10 36 295 574 744
9 38 327 580 772
8 32 357 633 731
7 45 325 483 574
6 43 294 357 457
5 25 233 273 271
4 19 117 168 140
3 13 85 77 65
2 7 25 28 20
1 1 13 2 6
0(@) 2 9 13 5
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
75 7
74 2
73 1
72 5
71 8
70 2
69 2
68 6
67 9
66 9
65 2
64 7
63 4
62 1
60 9
59 4
58 6
57 3
56 8
55 7
54 3
53 8
52 8
51 6
50 2
49 6
48 7
47 5
46 8
45 3
44 5
43 3
42 8
41 11
40 9
39 2
38 5
37 7
36 3
35 3
34 4
33 3
32 2
31 3
30 2
29 1
28 1
27 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 16025 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.12 2.57 94.84* 0.89 0.31 0.27 0.00
2 3.10 1.76 1.90 77.09* 15.48 0.64 0.04
3 7.46 21.08 64.89* 3.86 1.04 1.64 0.02
4 6.86 11.29 62.27* 12.24 6.68 0.62 0.02
5 6.12 69.78* 9.50 6.06 7.02 1.45 0.06
6 5.01 6.35 3.60 8.95 75.06* 0.87 0.16
7 33.38 35.01* 11.48 7.13 11.43 1.48 0.09
8 23.15 23.84 21.88 21.83* 5.61 3.66 0.03
9 13.97 7.79 25.04 46.20* 5.63 1.35 0.02
10 18.16 28.72* 18.12 18.33 13.83 2.76 0.08
11 17.07 61.34* 6.99 8.64 4.13 1.78 0.04
12 46.42 12.59 9.77 23.44* 5.92* 1.76 0.09
13 8.60 11.89 27.08 17.92 30.18* 4.17 0.15
14 9.30 11.98 44.72* 16.62 13.35 3.93 0.10
15 25.64 16.37 38.53* 9.93 5.17 4.31 0.05
16 35.73 19.50* 11.63 16.42 11.63 4.98 0.11
17 12.00 32.19 22.23 18.17* 8.91 6.35 0.16
18 9.23 17.34 36.65* 16.54 14.37 5.73 0.16
19 22.75 19.05 32.84* 11.66 6.15 7.45 0.11
20 30.54* 16.28 24.87 12.88 8.52 6.76 0.15
21 8.44 19.45 33.69* 17.01 12.51 8.73 0.16
22 11.00 20.16 19.33 18.34 21.63* 9.31 0.23
23 14.33 21.87* 24.65 17.98 10.68 10.33 0.17
24 15.10* 24.51 19.64 19.78 11.66 9.19 0.12
25 15.36 31.43 13.29 12.27 17.17* 10.44 0.04
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem