2004 AMC8 Report for all schools in Virginia
Number of schools returning results 45
Average of school highest score 17.29
Average school team score 47.93
# of State Student Participants 3455
Overall State Average Score 9.68
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 37 6.78
6th 214 7.56
7th 1139 9.68
8th 2020 9.96
Number of Female Students 1644
Average Score of Female Students 9.10
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 15 6.93
6th 94 7.26
7th 531 9.09
8th 990 9.32
Number of Male Participants 1757
Average Score of Male Participants 10.23
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 22 6.68
6th 118 7.81
7th 595 10.23
8th 1005 10.59
2004 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 3 0 3
24 1 2 3
23 1 0 1
22 9 3 12
21 8 2 10
20 14 4 18
19 24 14 40
18 40 19 60
17 42 18 60
16 61 28 94
15 92 41 133
14 85 70 156
13 122 95 221
12 135 100 238
11 136 132 271
10 142 151 299
9 159 178 340
8 178 177 362
7 162 189 358
6 142 149 293
5 89 128 222
4 54 84 141
3 36 46 82
2 14 9 23
1 4 4 8
0 (@) 1 0 1
0 ($) 3 1 6
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 1 2
24 0 0 0 3
23 0 0 0 1
22 0 0 1 11
21 0 0 2 8
20 0 0 6 12
19 0 0 11 28
18 0 1 19 39
17 0 1 18 40
16 0 1 25 67
15 0 3 39 88
14 0 3 51 101
13 0 6 80 135
12 0 12 76 146
11 4 7 97 157
10 2 14 109 170
9 2 20 121 192
8 5 28 130 192
7 6 36 128 187
6 5 33 92 159
5 7 16 74 123
4 4 15 37 83
3 2 14 17 49
2 0 2 4 17
1 0 1 0 7
0(@) 0 1 1 3
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 3455 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.65 90.22* 3.76 1.07 2.78 0.52 0.00
2 6.77 39.62* 40.78 11.14 0.81 0.84 0.03
3 71.37* 15.57 6.71 2.98 2.29 1.04 0.03
4 3.07 48.36* 21.71 14.30 11.52 1.04 0.00
5 9.64 2.75 20.49 56.99* 9.49 0.52 0.12
6 22.29 16.01 48.86* 6.34 4.83 1.68 0.00
7 2.05 46.25* 5.62 41.91 3.24 0.93 0.00
8 22.98 52.62* 8.63 4.86 8.13 2.69 0.09
9 9.99 13.23 13.57 38.00* 21.94 3.24 0.03
10 3.56 6.48 5.67 25.01 57.89* 1.39 0.00
11 5.21 21.79 61.22* 5.93 4.02 1.79 0.03
12 25.76 22.14* 13.11 23.97 11.69 3.27 0.06
13 33.08 7.58 14.27 17.71 24.60* 2.66 0.09
14 12.74 24.40 38.55* 15.98 4.28 3.97 0.09
15 14.99 16.15 34.96* 15.72 15.11 3.07 0.00
16 5.01 9.29 20.41* 7.87 52.39 4.98 0.06
17 5.62 20.61 25.82 20.43* 21.91 5.53 0.09
18 41.33* 6.16 19.65 19.04 6.19 7.55 0.06
19 21.01 34.41* 15.86 9.06 8.45 11.11 0.09
20 11.75 19.48 24.92 24.49* 8.89 10.45 0.03
21 9.61 17.48 17.95 23.91* 19.39 11.40 0.26
22 9.90 15.46* 12.85 9.38 39.36 12.79 0.26
23 38.99 7.76 7.09 21.59* 11.40 12.94 0.23
24 13.98 18.09 22.03* 14.15 12.79 18.90 0.06
25 14.96 23.07 12.88 12.19* 18.35 18.55 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem