2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Alabama
Number of schools returning results 25
Average of school highest score 16.52
Average school team score 45.80
# of State Student Participants 1053
Overall State Average Score 9.96
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 45 6.89
6th 117 8.13
7th 387 9.17
8th 493 11.30
Number of Female Students 491
Average Score of Female Students 9.41
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 19 6.53
6th 57 7.72
7th 182 8.58
8th 230 10.73
Number of Male Participants 538
Average Score of Male Participants 10.50
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 25 6.92
6th 57 8.54
7th 195 9.80
8th 259 11.80
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 1 1
23 1 0 1
22 2 0 2
21 5 1 7
20 3 2 5
19 11 3 14
18 8 4 12
17 12 7 19
16 22 15 38
15 16 15 32
14 39 20 60
13 44 36 81
12 54 35 90
11 44 32 78
10 35 39 76
9 54 52 107
8 47 60 109
7 49 56 110
6 40 61 104
5 31 19 51
4 13 19 33
3 4 8 12
2 3 4 7
1 0 1 1
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 1 1 3
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students by Grade
Achieving indicated Score
SCORE 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
25 0 0 0 0
24 0 0 0 1
23 0 0 0 1
22 0 0 1 1
21 0 0 2 4
20 0 1 0 4
19 0 0 4 10
18 0 1 3 8
17 0 0 5 14
16 0 1 9 28
15 0 2 4 26
14 0 4 19 36
13 1 3 25 52
12 0 6 22 61
11 0 4 32 39
10 2 9 29 35
9 6 13 43 45
8 10 13 41 45
7 7 23 52 26
6 8 15 48 32
5 5 12 24 10
4 4 8 13 8
3 1 0 7 4
2 1 1 4 1
1 0 0 0 1
0(@) 0 1 0 1
0($) 0 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
Note: Some students failed to indicate a grade
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2004
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 1053 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.90 88.32* 4.84 1.80 2.47 0.66 0.00
2 7.22 41.79* 34.38 15.29 0.57 0.76 0.00
3 73.03* 15.38 6.36 2.85 1.80 0.57 0.00
4 3.42 52.23* 19.75 11.40 11.97 1.14 0.09
5 7.31 2.18 23.84 60.02* 6.08 0.38 0.19
6 22.60 16.62 47.77* 6.55 4.75 1.71 0.00
7 1.90 49.00* 6.17 39.13 3.23 0.57 0.00
8 23.74 53.18* 8.45 4.84 8.17 1.61 0.00
9 11.30 12.63 15.10 36.66* 20.61 3.61 0.09
10 2.85 6.46 3.80 25.36 60.11* 1.33 0.09
11 5.22 16.62 64.39* 7.41 4.84 1.52 0.00
12 24.03 23.74* 15.86 23.27 10.92 2.18 0.00
13 34.57 8.07 13.68 19.28 22.70* 1.61 0.09
14 11.68 24.22 40.17* 15.57 4.56 3.80 0.00
15 16.33 16.62 34.76* 16.62 13.77 1.71 0.19
16 7.88 10.16 18.90* 8.26 51.76 2.94 0.09
17 6.36 20.51 28.30 22.60* 19.47 2.75 0.00
18 42.64* 7.41 19.09 20.23 6.27 4.08 0.28
19 18.33 37.04* 18.71 11.02 7.79 6.84 0.28
20 10.83 20.99 26.59 26.02* 9.88 5.60 0.09
21 10.83 17.85 20.61 23.65* 20.99 5.89 0.19
22 11.30 17.85* 13.39 8.55 41.98 6.84 0.09
23 40.93 10.35 7.79 20.70* 11.97 7.50 0.76
24 15.10 22.41 25.07* 14.81 10.92 11.49 0.19
25 17.47 23.55 18.99 13.77* 14.62 11.59 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem