2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Connecticut
Number of schools returning results 38
Average of school highest score 17.82
Average school team score 50.08
# of State Student Participants 3740
Overall State Average Score 9.35
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 8.29
6th 463 7.78
7th 1113 9.23
8th 2101 9.80
Number of Female Students 1810
Average Score of Female Students 9.06
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 16.00
6th 229 7.37
7th 543 8.85
8th 1022 9.54
Number of Male Participants 1851
Average Score of Male Participants 9.67
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 6 7.00
6th 231 8.22
7th 553 9.61
8th 1046 10.07
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 1 0 1
23 0 0 0
22 3 0 3
21 3 2 5
20 7 2 11
19 12 10 22
18 22 11 35
17 32 17 50
16 62 37 102
15 55 58 117
14 111 59 171
13 125 85 212
12 117 122 241
11 171 175 351
10 186 189 380
9 178 196 383
8 203 218 429
7 167 189 367
6 159 163 328
5 106 138 247
4 67 81 149
3 40 35 77
2 19 16 37
1 1 4 5
0 (@) 1 0 1
0 ($) 3 3 16
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
22 0 0 1 2
21 0 0 2 3
20 0 1 4 6
19 0 0 9 13
18 0 0 10 25
17 0 7 17 24
16 1 8 29 62
15 0 4 29 80
14 0 11 48 112
13 0 10 62 140
12 0 17 65 157
11 0 30 97 221
10 1 30 112 234
9 0 49 110 216
8 1 60 130 232
7 2 49 115 198
6 0 70 102 151
5 2 50 83 108
4 0 36 44 65
3 0 18 27 31
2 0 13 13 10
1 0 0 2 3
0(@) 0 0 2 7
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 3740 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 2.19 87.57* 5.24 1.82 2.17 0.99 0.03
2 6.36 41.02* 38.37 12.38 0.88 0.99 0.00
3 69.30* 16.07 7.43 3.53 2.25 1.34 0.08
4 3.40 46.76* 22.35 13.18 13.16 1.12 0.03
5 9.12 2.67 22.46 55.64* 9.20 0.86 0.05
6 23.21 15.72 47.01* 7.11 5.29 1.66 0.00
7 2.94 44.33* 5.88 42.01 3.72 1.02 0.11
8 24.12 49.44* 11.10 4.87 8.48 1.87 0.13
9 11.26 15.96 13.40 35.27* 21.68 2.35 0.08
10 4.33 6.90 6.15 23.90 57.19* 1.39 0.13
11 6.63 17.78 60.64* 7.75 5.05 1.95 0.19
12 22.78 21.90* 15.16 25.35 12.33 2.38 0.11
13 35.96 8.05 13.24 16.79 23.26* 2.59 0.11
14 13.93 27.09 33.26* 16.58 5.61 3.50 0.03
15 14.65 15.99 32.73* 16.66 17.01 2.86 0.11
16 7.11 10.75 18.64* 7.75 51.60 4.12 0.03
17 5.75 21.55 26.02 22.91* 19.41 4.14 0.21
18 39.52* 7.91 19.01 20.45 6.76 6.12 0.21
19 22.59 33.80* 17.43 9.36 7.86 8.85 0.11
20 12.17 19.81 25.37 23.21* 10.80 8.53 0.11
21 11.23 18.32 19.47 23.26* 18.50 9.12 0.11
22 10.94 15.83* 12.75 10.91 38.98 10.37 0.21
23 39.41 10.24 9.14 17.73* 11.68 11.39 0.40
24 16.28 19.49 21.66* 16.07 11.84 14.60 0.05
25 16.60 22.65 14.09 12.89* 19.04 14.52 0.21
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem