2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Texas
Number of schools returning results 83
Average of school highest score 17.92
Average school team score 48.98
# of State Student Participants 4542
Overall State Average Score 9.75
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 56 5.80
6th 557 8.01
7th 1695 9.14
8th 2145 10.83
Number of Female Students 2231
Average Score of Female Students 8.96
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 29 5.38
6th 270 7.55
7th 866 8.29
8th 1047 9.99
Number of Male Participants 2203
Average Score of Male Participants 10.56
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 27 6.26
6th 284 8.45
7th 810 10.00
8th 1049 11.70
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 7 0 7
24 1 0 1
23 3 0 3
22 9 5 14
21 22 2 24
20 21 7 28
19 36 16 52
18 45 15 62
17 56 29 89
16 90 37 130
15 111 57 170
14 116 90 213
13 140 95 239
12 173 132 313
11 187 174 372
10 218 211 436
9 212 248 470
8 202 268 486
7 186 274 473
6 144 219 369
5 106 174 289
4 65 100 168
3 34 53 89
2 15 19 34
1 3 3 6
0 (@) 1 2 3
0 ($) 0 1 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 2 4
24 0 0 0 1
23 0 0 0 3
22 0 0 4 10
21 0 1 1 22
20 0 0 6 22
19 0 1 17 32
18 0 3 21 35
17 0 2 24 61
16 0 6 49 74
15 0 6 43 120
14 0 9 64 137
13 0 13 82 143
12 0 26 99 185
11 0 33 132 196
10 1 42 159 229
9 0 82 160 220
8 10 70 193 200
7 11 84 189 175
6 10 54 166 134
5 13 61 129 77
4 3 37 91 34
3 5 17 42 22
2 3 9 17 5
1 0 0 3 2
0(@) 0 0 2 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 4542 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.28 91.19* 3.41 1.10 2.51 0.48 0.02
2 4.91 41.59* 40.09 11.78 0.81 0.77 0.04
3 72.19* 14.88 6.78 2.66 1.76 1.70 0.02
4 2.77 48.48* 23.03 13.23 10.96 1.45 0.07
5 8.78 2.53 20.74 59.51* 7.71 0.64 0.09
6 20.70 17.86 48.17* 6.69 4.07 2.49 0.02
7 2.29 45.53* 5.97 41.00 3.99 1.14 0.09
8 24.64 51.32* 10.57 4.18 6.43 2.75 0.11
9 8.85 14.49 14.20 37.54* 20.89 3.96 0.07
10 3.08 6.19 5.02 23.98 60.08* 1.54 0.11
11 5.15 19.40 60.59* 7.44 4.47 2.93 0.02
12 23.10 22.10* 15.48 24.77 10.28 4.25 0.02
13 34.02 7.31 14.09 17.99 23.51* 2.95 0.13
14 11.21 26.79 37.43* 15.24 3.48 5.81 0.04
15 14.64 15.46 37.82* 14.35 13.19 4.49 0.04
16 4.98 8.45 21.07* 5.94 52.69 6.76 0.11
17 4.62 20.87 25.98 22.52* 18.34 7.60 0.07
18 37.56* 6.94 17.90 21.53 5.99 9.95 0.13
19 19.75 33.84* 17.61 8.01 7.35 13.41 0.02
20 9.97 20.67 24.04 24.83* 8.26 12.15 0.07
21 10.28 17.11 18.54 24.50* 16.84 12.62 0.11
22 9.11 15.74* 12.22 9.31 39.23 14.18 0.20
23 32.47 8.26 8.28 23.93* 12.88 13.98 0.20
24 13.25 19.40 22.13* 13.34 11.98 19.84 0.07
25 14.33 22.59 14.05 11.80* 17.48 19.70 0.04
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem