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
|