The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

March 4, 1998
The following tables have been prepared by the directors of the competition. The table below indicates the rank corresponding to each attained score on the contest.
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
92 1 56 20 42 55.5 30 136 23 223.5 10 802
88 2 55 22 41 61 29 161 22 241 9 957.5
78 3 54 24 40 67 28 181.5 21 272 8 995
71 4 53 27 39 75.5 27 192 20 329.5 5 1015
69 5.5 52 30.5 38 83 26 196.5 19 389.5 4 1022.5
68 7.5 51 34 37 86 25.9 199 18 425 3 1040.5
63 9.5 50 36.5 36 87.5 25.8 200.5 17 444 2 1113.5
62 11.5 49 40.5 35 89 25.7 202 15 448.5 1 1244.5
61 14 48 45.5 34 90 25.6 203.5 14 453 0 1912
60 16 47 48.5 33 92.5 25.5 205 13 470
59 17 44 50 32 105 25 207.5 12 530
58 18 43 51.5 31 119.5 24 214.5 11 620.5

Frequency Distribution of Problem Scores of the Top 205 Contestants

A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 B-6 TOTAL
10 138 42 5 100 22 0 171 28 1 23 9 5 544
9 3 42 28 21 10 1 6 1 4 6 4 4 130
8 8 44 4 1 15 1 8 1 7 7 3 5 104
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 18 3 3 24 8 1 1 22 5 17 3 106
1 2 7 36 8 11 8 8 3 20 4 24 0 106
0 21 19 29 24 37 35 10 38 89 35 44 51 432
blank 32 33 100 48 86 152 1 133 62 125 104 137 1013