2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Maine
Number of schools returning results 10
Average of school highest score 16.20
Average school team score 44.20
# of State Student Participants 396
Overall State Average Score 10.15
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 5.80
6th 46 9.57
7th 147 9.88
8th 198 10.60
Number of Female Students 182
Average Score of Female Students 10.22
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 6.50
6th 15 10.13
7th 61 10.13
8th 104 10.36
Number of Male Participants 208
Average Score of Male Participants 10.08
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 5.33
6th 31 9.29
7th 86 9.70
8th 88 10.89
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
22 0 0 0
21 2 0 2
20 1 2 3
19 0 0 0
18 5 1 6
17 6 3 9
16 4 8 12
15 7 11 19
14 16 10 27
13 10 16 26
12 25 17 42
11 21 17 40
10 17 15 32
9 22 16 38
8 11 18 29
7 13 19 32
6 25 15 42
5 12 5 17
4 6 7 13
3 1 1 2
2 0 1 1
1 4 0 4
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 0
23 0 0 0 0
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 1 1
20 0 0 1 2
19 0 0 0 0
18 0 0 5 1
17 0 0 1 8
16 0 1 3 8
15 0 0 9 10
14 0 1 5 21
13 0 5 8 13
12 0 5 14 23
11 0 8 14 18
10 0 2 15 15
9 0 7 16 15
8 1 3 14 11
7 0 6 11 15
6 1 8 12 21
5 3 0 8 6
4 0 0 5 8
3 0 0 2 0
2 0 0 1 0
1 0 0 2 2
0(@) 0 0 0 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 396 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 3.03 88.38* 5.56 1.01 1.26 0.76 0.00
2 8.33 48.48* 32.83 9.34 0.25 0.76 0.00
3 73.99* 16.67 4.80 2.78 1.01 0.76 0.00
4 4.04 51.26* 21.72 12.12 10.61 0.25 0.00
5 7.58 2.78 19.44 62.63* 7.32 0.00 0.25
6 21.97 17.68 46.97* 6.57 5.05 1.77 0.00
7 2.53 47.73* 7.83 37.88 3.54 0.51 0.00
8 25.76 49.24* 10.86 5.30 7.83 1.01 0.00
9 12.63 12.88 11.62 41.41* 18.69 2.78 0.00
10 3.79 5.81 4.55 23.23 60.10* 2.27 0.25
11 5.81 16.41 64.65* 6.06 4.55 2.53 0.00
12 26.26 23.23* 12.63 22.47 11.36 4.04 0.00
13 30.81 8.84 13.13 15.40 28.28* 3.28 0.25
14 12.37 33.84 35.35* 11.11 2.53 4.80 0.00
15 13.64 12.88 36.62* 17.42 15.91 3.28 0.25
16 5.56 10.10 25.25* 7.32 46.46 5.05 0.25
17 4.80 20.45 25.00 26.26* 18.18 5.30 0.00
18 42.42* 7.32 18.94 19.70 5.81 5.56 0.25
19 18.43 37.37* 17.17 10.86 6.82 9.34 0.00
20 9.09 19.19 26.77 29.55* 7.83 7.58 0.00
21 11.87 18.69 20.45 26.52* 14.39 8.08 0.00
22 10.61 16.67* 14.14 13.13 36.87 8.59 0.00
23 37.88 10.86 9.09 21.46* 10.35 10.10 0.25
24 12.88 22.73 19.44* 17.17 14.14 12.88 0.76
25 14.39 25.25 14.65 11.62* 20.71 13.38 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem