2007 AMC8 Report for all schools in Maine
Number of schools returning results 10
Average of school highest score 16.50
Average school team score 44.00
# of State Student Participants 361
Overall State Average Score 10.03
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 7 6.14
6th 33 7.64
7th 103 9.82
8th 214 10.67
Number of Female Students 171
Average Score of Female Students 9.68
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 6.50
6th 19 8.16
7th 47 9.40
8th 101 10.17
Number of Male Participants 185
Average Score of Male Participants 10.36
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 5 6.00
6th 14 6.93
7th 54 10.02
8th 111 11.19
2007 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 1 0 1
21 0 0 0
20 0 0 0
19 2 0 2
18 5 1 6
17 3 4 7
16 2 4 7
15 13 1 14
14 13 10 23
13 8 11 19
12 14 12 27
11 25 21 46
10 17 24 41
9 23 16 40
8 21 28 49
7 16 14 30
6 7 12 19
5 6 6 14
4 5 5 10
3 3 1 4
2 1 1 2
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 0 0 0
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
2007 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 1 0
21 0 0 0 0
20 0 0 0 0
19 0 0 0 2
18 0 0 2 4
17 0 0 0 7
16 0 0 2 5
15 0 0 3 11
14 0 0 4 18
13 0 2 4 13
12 0 2 8 17
11 0 1 17 28
10 1 3 14 23
9 1 3 10 26
8 0 6 17 26
7 0 3 6 20
6 2 7 7 3
5 1 2 5 4
4 1 2 1 6
3 1 1 2 0
2 0 1 0 1
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 0 0 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 2007
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 361 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 3.88 3.32 2.22 86.98* 3.05 0.55 0.00
2 16.90 3.60 3.32 5.82 70.08* 0.00 0.28
3 6.65 9.42 65.93* 10.25 5.26 1.94 0.55
4 6.09 13.02 3.32 54.02* 22.99 0.28 0.28
5 4.71 84.76* 4.71 2.22 3.32 0.28 0.00
6 6.37 27.15 34.07 5.54 25.48* 1.11 0.28
7 8.31 11.08 5.26 64.54* 9.42 1.11 0.28
8 4.71 63.99* 6.09 18.01 5.54 1.39 0.28
9 5.26 81.16* 3.60 2.22 7.20 0.55 0.00
10 26.32 9.14 32.41 21.05* 5.54 5.54 0.00
11 6.09 7.48 20.78 39.34* 23.55 2.77 0.00
12 55.40* 13.30 9.42 10.25 8.86 2.77 0.00
13 42.94 32.96 14.96* 3.60 2.77 2.77 0.00
14 49.03 14.68 12.74* 5.82 13.57 4.16 0.00
15 43.49* 8.03 6.37 20.50 19.11 2.49 0.00
16 20.50* 5.54 8.03 52.08 9.42 4.16 0.28
17 9.97 30.47 30.75* 20.22 4.71 3.88 0.00
18 10.80 15.51 15.79 43.77* 8.03 6.09 0.00
19 27.70 29.64 18.01* 11.36 5.82 7.48 0.00
20 19.67* 14.96 21.61 12.19 21.61 9.97 0.00
21 12.47 20.78 31.30 12.19* 14.96 8.03 0.28
22 6.09 25.76 23.55* 22.44 11.63 9.97 0.55
23 10.25 24.10* 29.64 16.07 10.53 9.42 0.00
24 24.65 23.82 13.85* 14.68 11.63 11.08 0.28
25 11.91 12.47* 33.52 18.56 12.19 11.36 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem