2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in New York
Number of schools returning results 111
Average of school highest score 17.77
Average school team score 49.40
# of State Student Participants 8917
Overall State Average Score 9.92
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 59 7.03
6th 580 8.07
7th 3154 9.27
8th 4972 10.60
Number of Female Students 4287
Average Score of Female Students 9.37
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 29 6.31
6th 286 7.57
7th 1483 8.73
8th 2446 10.00
Number of Male Participants 4454
Average Score of Male Participants 10.49
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 30 7.73
6th 286 8.57
7th 1629 9.77
8th 2454 11.23
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 2 1 3
22 9 1 10
21 18 5 24
20 17 9 26
19 40 13 53
18 66 26 92
17 102 36 139
16 165 55 222
15 209 123 340
14 278 201 485
13 333 218 558
12 393 335 742
11 473 450 942
10 488 501 1012
9 501 524 1046
8 429 535 989
7 354 437 807
6 249 378 636
5 167 222 401
4 94 131 231
3 45 52 100
2 8 17 26
1 3 2 5
0 (@) 3 1 4
0 ($) 8 14 24
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2 1
22 0 0 3 7
21 0 0 4 19
20 0 1 7 18
19 0 2 11 39
18 0 2 18 70
17 0 4 39 95
16 0 6 43 171
15 0 3 88 245
14 1 10 110 355
13 1 17 155 377
12 1 19 213 496
11 5 41 313 567
10 4 52 380 560
9 2 81 403 541
8 10 77 402 484
7 11 82 344 361
6 6 68 295 251
5 7 59 152 174
4 6 38 95 85
3 3 10 52 34
2 1 6 11 8
1 0 0 3 2
0(@) 1 2 11 12
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 8917 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.30 91.29* 3.49 1.19 2.05 0.67 0.01
2 5.56 42.60* 40.41 9.86 0.67 0.89 0.01
3 73.04* 14.38 6.43 2.66 1.96 1.51 0.02
4 2.20 51.81* 21.64 11.70 11.36 1.22 0.07
5 11.90 2.67 16.53 61.19* 7.10 0.58 0.03
6 18.62 16.84 51.64* 6.63 4.78 1.46 0.03
7 2.33 47.64* 6.07 39.12 3.91 0.84 0.09
8 23.55 53.15* 10.47 4.91 5.98 1.90 0.04
9 9.67 12.87 14.28 36.60* 23.73 2.78 0.07
10 3.35 6.38 5.45 24.75 58.89* 1.08 0.10
11 5.56 17.27 65.27* 6.92 3.41 1.51 0.06
12 23.15 21.57* 15.90 25.87 11.09 2.37 0.06
13 34.51 8.12 14.05 16.88 24.44* 1.91 0.10
14 13.91 28.03 36.92* 13.95 4.13 3.02 0.06
15 17.60 15.07 33.88* 15.91 15.34 2.10 0.10
16 5.44 9.51 19.38* 6.64 55.48 3.35 0.20
17 5.33 21.64 26.33 23.81* 19.35 3.42 0.12
18 41.00* 7.42 20.15 21.37 5.28 4.59 0.18
19 19.96 35.97* 19.37 10.14 8.04 6.38 0.15
20 12.47 21.54 27.35 24.00* 8.43 6.13 0.07
21 11.63 19.17 19.18 24.72* 19.32 5.70 0.29
22 10.81 16.54* 14.12 10.97 40.89 6.28 0.39
23 40.08 10.58 10.33 18.87* 13.57 6.22 0.35
24 15.77 20.96 25.11* 16.70 12.01 9.31 0.15
25 16.71 24.47 16.89 13.15* 19.57 9.08 0.12
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem