2008 AMC8 Report for all schools in Hawaii
Number of schools returning results 12
Average of school highest score 19.25
Average school team score 52.50
# of State Student Participants 941
Overall State Average Score 12.12
Average Score by Grade level
Grade # of Students Average
5th 8 12.13
6th 86 10.88
7th 343 11.92
8th 497 12.45
Number of Female Students 516
Average Score of Female Students 11.63
Average Female Scores by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 12.25
6th 53 10.68
7th 181 11.37
8th 276 11.96
Number of Male Participants 415
Average Score of Male Participants 12.75
Average score for Males by Grade
Grade # of Students Average
5th 4 12.00
6th 32 11.28
7th 161 12.53
8th 216 13.12
2008 American Mathematics Contest 8
Number of Students Achieving Indicated Score
SCORE MALE FEMALE TOTAL*
25 2 0 2
24 2 0 2
23 4 0 4
22 8 1 9
21 3 3 6
20 4 9 13
19 10 6 16
18 17 6 24
17 20 28 48
16 37 20 57
15 35 36 71
14 34 48 83
13 24 52 77
12 55 55 112
11 38 44 83
10 30 56 86
9 21 51 74
8 28 38 66
7 15 26 42
6 16 16 33
5 6 10 16
4 4 8 12
3 1 1 2
2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 (@) 1 0 1
0 ($) 0 2 2
(@) These students attempted some of the problems
($) 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 2
24 0 0 0 2
23 0 0 1 3
22 0 0 3 6
21 0 0 5 1
20 0 2 2 9
19 0 1 7 8
18 0 2 6 15
17 0 3 13 32
16 0 3 24 29
15 0 3 32 35
14 1 4 31 46
13 2 4 26 43
12 3 9 34 66
11 1 11 29 42
10 1 10 37 38
9 0 11 25 38
8 0 10 23 33
7 0 6 16 20
6 0 4 11 17
5 0 3 8 5
4 0 0 7 5
3 0 0 1 1
2 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
0(@) 0 0 2 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
68 1
59 1
57 1
55 1
54 1
50 1
47 1
46 1
43 1
40 1
Table of Item Difficulty for the 2008
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tabulation of responses by 941 Students
Percent of Responses
ITEM A B C D E OMITS ?
____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
1 1.59 92.99* 3.93 1.17 0.11 0.21 0.00
2 70.24* 10.84 2.76 11.69 3.29 1.17 0.00
3 76.94* 6.27 2.44 2.13 12.01 0.21 0.00
4 4.99 8.61 74.81* 6.70 2.02 2.87 0.00
5 3.93 7.01 6.91 9.56 70.35* 2.23 0.00
6 17.96 18.49 1.70 60.36* 0.85 0.64 0.00
7 2.66 3.61 4.68 10.31 77.15* 1.38 0.21
8 4.04 1.81 7.65 84.70* 1.49 0.32 0.00
9 4.25 2.87 3.08 32.31* 56.64 0.74 0.11
10 41.34 5.10 6.38 43.25* 2.44 1.49 0.00
11 78.32* 9.35 7.55 1.06 2.23 1.49 0.00
12 11.16 24.65 32.31* 17.43* 11.80* 2.55 0.11
13 6.16 8.50 49.10* 10.73 19.45 5.95 0.11
14 23.06 17.22 31.46* 5.95 20.51 1.70 0.11
15 14.24 41.66* 17.11 11.80 8.40 6.80 0.00
16 12.86 12.01 13.18 52.28* 5.63 3.93 0.11
17 17.64 24.65 15.94 29.12* 4.99 7.65 0.00
18 19.23 15.41 19.02 12.11 26.57* 7.33 0.32
19 33.90 24.76* 11.05 14.56 10.10 5.53 0.11
20 16.47 26.99* 30.07 9.56 8.71 7.97 0.21
21 33.90 20.62 19.34* 12.65 3.19 10.10 0.21
22 21.57* 20.30 18.38 15.41 11.69 12.22 0.43
23 11.80 19.02 19.23* 24.65 12.11 13.07 0.11
24 22.53 18.17 25.19* 11.05 9.67 13.39 0.00
25 21.57* 18.38 18.17 11.48 16.79 13.60 0.00
(*) Correct Response
(?) Response the computer was unable to read due to incomplete
erasures or two answers marked for the same problem