2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in South Carolina
Number of schools returning results 32
Average of school highest score 17.19
Average school team score 47.13
# of State Student Participants 4037
Overall State Average Score 8.34
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 18 6.17
6th 685 6.83
7th 1385 7.95
8th 1857 9.23
Number of Female Students 2051
Average Score of Female Students 8.07
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 10 6.50
6th 344 6.62
7th 732 7.78
8th 945 8.87
Number of Male Participants 1872
Average Score of Male Participants 8.66
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 5.86
6th 334 7.12
7th 620 8.17
8th 882 9.63
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 0 2
24 1 0 1
23 3 0 3
22 1 0 1
21 0 1 1
20 4 2 6
19 9 4 13
18 11 4 17
17 16 10 27
16 21 16 38
15 32 23 55
14 72 42 118
13 85 67 157
12 103 116 222
11 151 151 308
10 168 185 358
9 199 224 437
8 222 267 508
7 239 258 513
6 225 251 491
5 141 209 359
4 94 119 219
3 38 57 96
2 19 26 45
1 4 9 16
0 (@) 2 2 4
0 ($) 10 8 22
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2
24 0 0 0 1
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 0 0 1
21 0 0 0 1
20 0 0 1 5
19 0 0 3 10
18 0 0 0 17
17 0 0 0 25
16 0 2 6 29
15 0 2 13 40
14 0 5 38 69
13 0 5 39 108
12 0 14 64 141
11 1 32 95 175
10 0 46 130 177
9 1 73 156 201
8 1 86 189 221
7 4 102 187 206
6 4 111 192 172
5 4 82 132 132
4 2 64 75 71
3 1 21 38 35
2 0 21 14 8
1 0 7 6 1
0(@) 0 12 7 6
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 4037 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 2.58 84.67* 5.75 2.45 3.22 1.34 0.00
2 7.26 37.48* 44.98 8.79 0.54 0.94 0.00
3 64.80* 18.23 8.22 3.99 2.40 2.35 0.00
4 4.63 44.61* 21.45 13.82 13.67 1.81 0.00
5 8.60 3.34 24.80 52.49* 9.56 1.16 0.05
6 29.01 17.14 37.80* 7.33 6.56 2.11 0.05
7 3.62 32.00* 7.16 51.62 4.06 1.54 0.00
8 25.74 48.77* 9.81 4.83 8.30 2.50 0.05
9 12.66 16.22 16.42 26.85* 23.41 4.36 0.07
10 4.53 8.17 6.17 27.00 52.07* 1.98 0.07
11 7.73 22.74 52.46* 8.27 5.47 3.24 0.07
12 17.88 20.06* 16.35 27.40 13.75 4.56 0.00
13 36.29 7.56 14.24 18.70 18.78* 4.31 0.12
14 13.52 26.58 36.96* 13.40 3.86 5.65 0.02
15 15.78 17.93 28.36* 16.32 16.57 4.95 0.07
16 7.70 12.14 14.96* 6.37 51.72 7.08 0.02
17 6.19 22.02 26.68 16.87* 20.36 7.85 0.02
18 36.36* 8.17 19.72 18.80 6.61 10.23 0.10
19 24.57 29.16* 15.01 9.96 7.68 13.45 0.17
20 13.18 21.43 25.09 17.64* 8.65 13.97 0.05
21 10.40 16.70 17.24 20.26* 20.61 14.61 0.17
22 10.06 12.91* 13.23 8.52 39.06 16.03 0.20
23 37.08 8.62 7.88 16.82* 13.20 16.20 0.20
24 15.46 19.45 20.09* 12.93 10.30 21.67 0.10
25 16.13 22.71 12.83 10.92* 15.75 21.58 0.07
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem