2005 State Report for New Hampshire
Number of schools returning results 9
Average of school highest score 16.56
Average school team score 46.44
# of State Student Participants 551
Overall State Average Score 9.05
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
6th 141 7.18
7th 179 8.99
8th 227 10.26
Number of Female Students 285
Average Score of Female Students 8.58
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 68 6.68
7th 91 8.30
8th 125 9.82
Number of Male Participants 262
Average Score of Male Participants 9.55
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
6th 72 7.65
7th 88 9.70
8th 100 10.80
2005 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
22 0 0 0
21 0 0 0
20 1 1 2
19 1 0 1
18 2 1 3
17 3 4 7
16 4 6 10
15 12 5 17
14 12 9 21
13 19 8 27
12 17 19 37
11 26 24 50
10 30 31 61
9 32 27 59
8 23 43 69
7 28 25 53
6 23 24 47
5 14 25 39
4 7 15 22
3 7 13 20
2 1 3 4
1 0 1 1
0 (@) 0 1 1
0 ($) 0 0 0
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2005 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 0 0
22 0 0 0 0
21 0 0 0 0
20 0 0 0 2
19 0 0 0 1
18 0 0 0 3
17 0 1 2 4
16 0 1 5 4
15 0 1 4 12
14 0 2 5 14
13 0 3 9 15
12 0 1 12 24
11 0 6 19 24
10 0 13 22 26
9 0 13 18 27
8 0 18 23 27
7 0 21 18 14
6 0 17 17 12
5 0 17 12 10
4 0 16 5 1
3 0 9 7 4
2 0 2 0 2
1 0 0 0 1
0(@) 0 0 1 0
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 2005
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 551 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 0.36 62.98* 28.86 7.08 0.36 0.36 0.00
2 13.43 17.97 58.80* 5.44 3.45 0.91 0.00
3 8.35 8.17 34.85 38.66* 9.26 0.73 0.00
4 29.22 3.81 52.81* 9.07 3.63 1.45 0.00
5 7.62 65.52* 6.72 3.45 16.52 0.18 0.00
6 17.60 16.15 24.14* 19.42 20.87 1.81 0.00
7 31.40 17.97* 7.08 38.48 4.17 0.91 0.00
8 14.88 10.53 14.34 10.34 47.73* 2.18 0.00
9 12.34 20.87 18.15 37.93* 7.26 3.45 0.00
10 2.72 3.45 2.54 85.66* 4.36 1.27 0.00
11 7.80 9.26 55.35* 9.98 13.43 4.17 0.00
12 4.72 5.26 22.50 54.26* 11.43 1.63 0.18
13 25.05 45.37 16.15* 7.62 2.90 2.90 0.00
14 12.34 36.12* 5.99 21.23 20.15 3.99 0.18
15 21.23 23.05 21.23* 12.16 15.06 7.26 0.00
16 4.17 4.90 10.34 17.97* 58.62 3.99 0.00
17 12.34 2.36 35.03 4.36 42.11* 3.63 0.18
18 27.22 19.78 24.32* 17.97 5.44 5.08 0.18
19 37.57* 26.86 13.97 6.72 8.17 6.53 0.18
20 24.32* 20.33 21.60 13.79 6.72 13.07 0.18
21 31.03 32.30 19.24* 5.08 2.54 9.80 0.00
22 10.16 18.15 16.33 25.95 14.34* 14.70 0.36
23 7.26 16.88* 28.68 12.70 14.16 20.15 0.18
24 12.16 12.34* 21.78 14.88 17.60 21.23 0.00
25 20.15* 21.23 15.43 10.89 9.07 23.23 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem