2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Kansas
Number of schools returning results 52
Average of school highest score 16.46
Average school team score 45.46
# of State Student Participants 1905
Overall State Average Score 9.91
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 107 7.28
6th 197 8.01
7th 596 9.65
8th 998 10.71
Number of Female Students 951
Average Score of Female Students 9.40
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 59 7.08
6th 96 7.31
7th 285 8.93
8th 510 10.33
Number of Male Participants 936
Average Score of Male Participants 10.43
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 48 7.52
6th 97 8.78
7th 303 10.32
8th 484 11.12
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 4 0 4
21 3 1 4
20 2 1 3
19 11 3 14
18 14 7 21
17 22 11 33
16 29 25 54
15 59 25 85
14 58 40 100
13 61 56 121
12 84 79 163
11 102 86 190
10 93 95 189
9 88 123 211
8 71 111 184
7 79 97 176
6 68 89 159
5 45 40 87
4 27 41 69
3 14 16 30
2 1 2 4
1 0 2 2
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 1 1
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 1 2
21 0 0 0 4
20 0 0 0 3
19 0 0 6 8
18 0 1 9 11
17 0 1 11 21
16 0 3 10 41
15 1 2 23 59
14 3 2 25 69
13 2 6 38 73
12 2 10 42 108
11 6 11 58 115
10 7 14 65 102
9 11 26 70 103
8 11 28 57 88
7 19 23 61 72
6 18 28 58 55
5 7 17 32 31
4 14 16 18 21
3 5 5 10 10
2 1 1 1 1
1 0 2 0 0
0(@) 0 0 1 0
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 1905 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.52 90.08* 4.09 1.42 2.62 0.26 0.00
2 6.19 46.14* 37.74 8.77 0.79 0.37 0.00
3 72.60* 15.22 7.30 2.47 1.73 0.63 0.05
4 3.10 51.97* 20.21 12.07 11.81 0.84 0.00
5 7.19 2.10 19.63 62.83* 7.93 0.31 0.00
6 18.85 15.49 54.75* 5.72 4.20 0.94 0.05
7 2.41 45.56* 4.57 43.31 3.83 0.26 0.05
8 23.67 49.55* 11.02 5.41 9.03 1.26 0.05
9 10.76 14.49 13.54 37.17* 21.94 2.10 0.00
10 3.25 6.67 4.30 24.93 60.31* 0.42 0.10
11 6.67 18.74 61.89* 6.56 4.88 1.21 0.05
12 26.35 20.52* 13.75 25.98 11.86 1.47 0.05
13 34.96 8.29 13.39 18.43 23.41* 1.42 0.10
14 12.49 27.87 35.17* 16.90 5.04 2.47 0.05
15 15.01 14.38 38.90* 14.44 15.75 1.36 0.16
16 6.46 9.71 17.69* 6.14 57.43 2.57 0.00
17 4.36 22.47 26.56 24.62* 19.79 2.10 0.10
18 43.88* 6.51 18.69 20.58 6.72 3.57 0.05
19 22.99 35.70* 18.11 9.71 7.82 5.51 0.16
20 13.33 21.57 26.88 23.25* 9.71 5.14 0.10
21 12.55 18.43 19.32 24.25* 19.95 5.46 0.05
22 10.24 14.17* 13.28 9.97 45.35 6.72 0.26
23 40.16 9.13 9.24 18.43* 15.33 7.24 0.47
24 15.54 20.79 24.88* 14.91 13.02 10.87 0.00
25 14.80 25.04 15.64 13.18* 20.26 10.87 0.21
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem