2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Tennesee
Number of schools returning results 26
Average of school highest score 17.73
Average school team score 50.04
# of State Student Participants 2542
Overall State Average Score 9.35
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 34 6.03
6th 362 7.41
7th 891 9.04
8th 1242 10.21
Number of Female Students 1014
Average Score of Female Students 8.83
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 20 5.85
6th 168 6.93
7th 324 8.65
8th 498 9.71
Number of Male Participants 1495
Average Score of Male Participants 9.70
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 14 6.29
6th 191 7.81
7th 552 9.29
8th 731 10.56
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 1 0 1
24 2 1 3
23 1 0 1
22 1 3 4
21 6 1 7
20 4 1 5
19 12 4 16
18 15 7 22
17 16 4 20
16 36 13 49
15 49 19 69
14 71 32 106
13 104 39 145
12 110 69 181
11 130 79 213
10 155 115 273
9 184 126 312
8 178 126 309
7 137 141 283
6 132 91 225
5 70 68 139
4 49 41 92
3 21 22 44
2 4 7 11
1 2 3 5
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 5 2 7
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1
24 0 0 0 3
23 0 0 0 1
22 0 0 0 4
21 0 0 0 7
20 0 0 3 1
19 0 0 4 12
18 0 0 3 19
17 0 0 6 14
16 0 1 16 31
15 0 1 10 58
14 0 6 29 71
13 0 6 53 84
12 0 9 62 109
11 0 16 78 118
10 3 30 106 134
9 1 54 116 139
8 3 55 112 136
7 7 50 107 119
6 6 48 82 89
5 8 34 48 49
4 3 28 31 29
3 1 17 17 8
2 0 4 3 4
1 2 1 2 0
0(@) 0 2 3 2
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 2542 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 2.01 86.66* 5.11 2.05 3.34 0.83 0.00
2 7.99 42.84* 39.89 7.99 0.71 0.59 0.00
3 69.75* 17.19 7.40 3.11 1.61 0.90 0.04
4 3.78 49.53* 20.42 12.90 12.55 0.79 0.04
5 9.72 2.20 23.56 55.74* 8.18 0.55 0.04
6 21.87 18.45 47.44* 6.53 4.37 1.34 0.00
7 2.05 42.84* 6.10 44.18 4.09 0.67 0.08
8 24.82 49.49* 10.94 5.43 7.59 1.69 0.04
9 10.31 15.03 15.22 31.90* 25.18 2.32 0.04
10 3.97 6.53 5.27 26.95 56.22* 0.90 0.16
11 7.16 22.07 57.59* 7.32 4.56 1.30 0.00
12 24.19 21.24* 16.40 24.94 11.25 1.85 0.12
13 37.96 6.45 14.87 18.84 20.34* 1.46 0.08
14 11.01 24.82 41.03* 16.92 3.82 2.40 0.00
15 15.81 18.17 31.12* 16.72 16.37 1.69 0.12
16 6.77 11.33 17.62* 6.92 54.80 2.48 0.08
17 6.29 25.85 27.34 19.20* 18.73 2.48 0.12
18 43.63* 6.02 19.12 21.01 6.57 3.58 0.08
19 24.11 33.12* 18.84 9.48 8.69 5.66 0.08
20 12.55 23.05 29.70 19.35* 9.68 5.63 0.04
21 12.04 20.57 19.32 22.74* 19.55 5.70 0.08
22 9.52 14.56* 14.71 9.48 45.16 6.49 0.08
23 41.03 10.74 8.50 19.04* 13.77 6.61 0.31
24 15.74 22.07 27.81* 13.97 11.13 9.05 0.24
25 17.86 25.85 15.42 13.93* 17.66 9.28 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem