2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Florida
Number of schools returning results 85
Average of school highest score 18.59
Average school team score 50.85
# of State Student Participants 6817
Overall State Average Score 9.91
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 3 15.67
6th 881 8.70
7th 1927 9.93
8th 3920 10.17
Number of Female Students 3327
Average Score of Female Students 9.56
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 1 11.00
6th 442 8.60
7th 934 9.66
8th 1922 9.71
Number of Male Participants 3291
Average Score of Male Participants 10.27
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 2 18.00
6th 429 8.81
7th 949 10.18
8th 1875 10.64
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 2 4
24 4 2 6
23 4 0 4
22 9 3 12
21 10 12 22
20 25 5 32
19 32 13 51
18 57 22 82
17 74 41 120
16 74 48 124
15 138 87 228
14 172 119 299
13 215 214 442
12 269 267 546
11 328 345 699
10 386 408 821
9 365 408 796
8 342 418 775
7 305 347 668
6 221 272 510
5 148 173 333
4 67 66 138
3 27 37 69
2 11 10 21
1 3 3 6
0 (@) 0 0 0
0 ($) 3 5 9
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) These students attempted none of the problems
(*) Total includes students who failed to mark their gender
2008 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 4
24 0 0 1 5
23 0 1 1 2
22 1 1 3 7
21 0 2 7 13
20 0 0 7 25
19 0 1 19 28
18 0 3 22 56
17 0 4 30 84
16 0 13 26 84
15 0 12 63 148
14 1 24 88 182
13 0 31 138 270
12 0 44 173 324
11 1 72 207 411
10 0 121 233 455
9 0 113 206 467
8 0 109 216 441
7 0 115 185 358
6 0 101 138 268
5 0 59 94 177
4 0 31 36 69
3 0 14 23 29
2 0 8 6 6
1 0 0 0 6
0(@) 0 2 5 1
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
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Schools with 3+ students
Achieving team Scores
SCORE school count
74 1
71 2
68 1
66 2
63 1
61 5
60 3
59 1
58 5
57 3
56 7
55 6
54 5
52 2
51 2
50 4
49 3
48 4
47 1
46 5
45 2
43 2
42 3
41 1
40 2
39 2
38 3
37 2
36 1
35 1
26 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 6817 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 2.20 88.19* 6.45 2.90 0.09 0.16 0.00
2 54.39* 12.69 8.23 16.75 6.69 1.19 0.06
3 77.04* 6.26 2.52 2.58 11.28 0.23 0.07
4 5.56 16.43 59.88* 12.28 4.58 1.26 0.01
5 5.56 12.25 10.00 13.77 56.84* 1.51 0.06
6 35.82 12.12 3.29 46.91* 1.44 0.41 0.01
7 5.69 7.38 8.45 20.79 56.42* 1.20 0.07
8 7.26 4.34 8.61 76.50* 2.83 0.40 0.06
9 6.40 2.44 2.77 16.12* 71.50 0.60 0.18
10 47.45 8.29 11.66 25.85* 5.72 1.00 0.03
11 70.21* 13.50 6.85 3.59 5.05 0.69 0.12
12 11.41 23.91 27.53* 18.69* 17.35* 0.98 0.12
13 5.12 10.28 37.41* 9.64 35.24 2.17 0.15
14 23.07 24.32 20.21* 6.91 24.38 0.98 0.12
15 18.45 30.44* 25.23 16.34 6.35 3.12 0.06
16 20.73 22.18 15.65 30.94* 8.21 2.22 0.07
17 22.69 26.89 20.13 20.05* 6.76 3.33 0.15
18 26.98 19.07 18.57 13.58 18.47* 3.14 0.19
19 37.91 16.85* 9.78 23.19 8.87 3.26 0.13
20 18.48 21.24* 33.42 11.87 10.40 4.52 0.07
21 40.96 19.92 18.03* 12.59 3.86 4.52 0.13
22 23.38* 22.00 19.77 19.07 10.08 5.41 0.28
23 13.75 21.12 21.30* 26.40 10.33 6.84 0.26
24 28.12 21.51 19.89* 13.51 9.93 6.91 0.13
25 20.70* 16.69 19.82 16.02 19.29 7.29 0.19
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem