2010 AMC8 Report for all schools in New York
Number of schools returning results 115
Average of school highest score 18.42
Average school team score 49.66
# of State Student Participants 8836
Overall State Average Score 8.96
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 53 8.43
6th 637 8.03
7th 3009 8.50
8th 4970 9.38
Number of Female Students 4064
Average Score of Female Students 8.47
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 19 8.37
6th 265 7.37
7th 1425 7.93
8th 2296 8.95
Number of Male Participants 4521
Average Score of Male Participants 9.42
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 33 8.45
6th 356 8.51
7th 1506 9.05
8th 2562 9.78
2010 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 1 3
24 6 6
23 12 3 15
22 13 6 19
21 25 7 32
20 23 13 36
19 36 11 49
18 46 19 65
17 53 28 81
16 81 35 117
15 102 46 152
14 162 86 256
13 221 115 345
12 301 200 516
11 365 303 679
10 469 438 942
9 572 516 1125
8 631 611 1273
7 517 557 1106
6 388 460 882
5 262 315 592
4 129 158 297
3 46 88 137
2 27 22 52
1 6 11 18
0 (@) 1 1 2
0 ($) 25 14 39
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 2
24 2 4
23 5 10
22 1 4 14
21 1 7 24
20 1 11 24
19 1 8 36
18 1 1 19 44
17 4 23 54
16 6 31 78
15 2 11 35 100
14 1 12 71 169
13 3 10 109 217
12 3 29 150 325
11 2 47 196 424
10 2 61 290 573
9 5 79 338 677
8 9 84 466 692
7 5 85 402 596
6 9 72 356 426
5 6 64 255 250
4 1 31 130 128
3 24 65 46
2 3 5 17 26
1 1 8 8
0(@) 8 10 23
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
71 1
70 2
67 1
66 2
65 2
63 4
62 5
60 6
59 2
58 3
57 5
56 5
55 3
53 6
52 3
51 1
50 5
49 6
48 2
47 4
46 8
45 1
44 8
43 3
42 7
41 5
40 2
39 1
37 2
36 3
34 1
30 1
27 2
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2010
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 8836 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.41 2.91 93.66* 1.14 0.34 0.53 0.00
2 6.80 2.49 2.80 62.42* 24.05 1.37 0.08
3 7.75 24.26 59.45* 4.98 1.56 1.97 0.02
4 7.63 12.72 58.04* 12.85 7.75 0.98 0.03
5 8.33 60.58* 12.22 8.13 8.82 1.84 0.08
6 4.64 5.07 3.64 8.17 77.40* 0.86 0.22
7 39.92 30.15* 10.49 6.22 11.84 1.29 0.09
8 23.86 25.96 22.88 17.66* 6.37 3.20 0.07
9 15.47 9.56 34.88 32.48* 5.87 1.63 0.10
10 23.29 22.60* 19.74 17.66 14.06 2.63 0.03
11 19.50 53.84* 8.58 10.80 5.27 1.94 0.08
12 46.47 14.76 11.86 17.63* 7.58* 1.63 0.07
13 9.73 13.25 30.44 21.02 21.77* 3.67 0.11
14 10.59 13.51 35.80* 20.35 16.26 3.37 0.11
15 30.12 18.47 30.14* 11.45 6.08 3.66 0.09
16 35.92 15.06* 10.77 19.84 14.01 4.27 0.12
17 13.18 28.35 26.00 16.53* 10.57 5.15 0.22
18 11.83 19.76 30.50* 17.27 15.50 4.90 0.24
19 22.45 19.99 31.69* 12.96 6.75 6.01 0.16
20 26.03* 18.50 25.26 14.83 10.05 5.19 0.14
21 9.64 20.38 33.09* 18.25 11.63 6.81 0.18
22 11.83 20.44 21.87 20.86 17.92* 6.86 0.24
23 15.90 20.71* 26.06 18.16 11.37 7.53 0.26
24 13.23* 24.78 18.39 25.77 11.34 6.36 0.12
25 14.29 35.08 13.48 11.37 17.71* 8.00 0.06
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem