2004 AMC 8 General Statistics
Number of schools returning results
2,595
Number of Participants
154,590
Number of Female Participants
73,647
Number of Male Participants
78,265
.
Average Top Score
17.42
Overall average score
9.94
Average score of Female Participants
9.47
Average score of Male Participants
10.40
.
Average team score (sum of top 3 scores, 75 possible pts)
48.94
Grade Level Average
Grade
Students
Score
.
Female Students
Female Scores
Male Students
Male Scores
4 & 5
1,496
8.15
647
7.66
836
8.54
6
15,248
8.51
7,127
8.00
7,961
8.98
7
51,679
9.55
24,580
9.07
26,398
10.00
8
84,399
10.48
40,747
10.00
42,350
10.96

Table of Problem Difficulty for the 2004
American Mathematics Competition 8
Tabulation of responses by 154,590 Students
Percent of Responses

PROBLEM A B C D E OMITS ?
1 1.55 90.53 * 3.9 1.23 2 0.52 0.01
2 6.2 44.49 * 37.88 9.79 0.88 0.7 0.05
3 72.69 * 14.59 6.81 2.83 1.81 1.21 0.07
4 3 51.14 * 20.95 12.47 11.36 0.99 0.09
5 11.06 2.78 18.75 59.14 * 7.67 0.52 0.08
6 19.45 16.44 51.62 * 6.57 4.48 1.38 0.06
7 2.34 46.05 * 5.63 41.36 3.78 0.7 0.14
8 25.02 51 * 10.38 4.7 7.09 1.68 0.14
9 9.86 13.53 14.28 38.66 * 21.01 2.58 0.09
10 3.37 6.38 5.09 23.85 60.21 * 0.96 0.14
11 6.14 19.75 60.74 * 7.24 4.44 1.62 0.07
12 24.8 21.74 * 15.25 24.83 10.9 2.38 0.09
13 33.94 7.61 14.17 17.67 24.43 * 1.99 0.18
14 13.11 27.26 37.25 * 14.97 4.05 3.27 0.1
15 14.81 15.04 36.74 * 15.51 15.62 2.17 0.12
16 5.55 9.5 20.25 * 7.06 54.29 3.2 0.15
17 5.57 21.54 25.79 23.72 * 19.86 3.35 0.17
18 41.93 * 6.8 18.67 20.98 6.47 4.97 0.18
19 21 36.62 * 17.42 9.51 8.29 7.03 0.13
20 12.33 21.12 26.08 24.29 * 9.38 6.67 0.13
21 11.18 18.48 19.22 25.22 * 18.69 7 0.2
22 10.06 16.2 * 13.3 9.92 42.22 7.95 0.35
23 38.6 9.04 8.91 21.48 * 13.69 7.97 0.31
24 15.15 20.06 24.99 * 15.7 12.38 11.57 0.14
25 15.87 24.33 15.87 13.12 * 19.33 11.34 0.14
( * ) Correct Response
( ? ) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete erasures or two answers marked for the same problem
Breakdown of Scores
Male/Female
Score
Grade
Male
Female
Total*
5
6
7
8
41
8
50
25
0 1 9 40
74
18
93
24
0 3 26 64
151
37
189
23
3 10 38 138
282
90
375
22
4 20 93 255
412
155
574
21
3 24 122 418
599
242
849
20
6 37 186 614
933
398
1,346
19
6 59 345 928
1,365
670
2,059
18
13 85 520 1,421
1,929
985
2,954
17
22 139 799 1,965
2,711
1,485
4,262
16
30 215 1,187 2,792
3,409
2,183
5,690
15
25 266 1,580 3,755
4,360
3,227
7,708
14
30 397 2,171 5,016
5,387
4,269
9,824
13
40 558 2,961 6,157
6,439
5,527
12,168
12
53 783 3,807 7,399
7,335
6,866
14,427
11
91 1,065 4,670 8,439
7,902
7,754
15,941
10
110 1,377 5,509 8,760
8,134
8,407
16,845
9
131 1,804 5,895 8,815
7,774
8,605
16,690
8
187 2,003 6,040 8,282
6,707
7,823
14,793
7
187 2,021 5,423 6,997
5,218
6,228
11,655
6
204 1,702 4,283 5,329
3,620
4,323
8,082
5
154 1,250 3,058 3,514
2,052
2,551
4,691
4
96 841 1,704 1,984
912
1,158
2,108
3
63 359 822 843
299
412
729
2
20 160 269 271
84
97
184
1
11 39 56 73
15
13
29
0(@)
1 3 10 13
121
116
275
0 ($)
6 27 96 117
(*)
(@)
( $ )
Note:
Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
These students attempted some of the problems
These students attempted none of the problems
Some students failed to indicate a grade
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