The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

March 6, 2000
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
74 1 56 32 41 68.5 27 172.5 21 217.5 9 953
71 2 55 34 40 79.5 26 179 20 289.5 8 989
70 3 54 35 39 93.5 25 183 19 367.5 4 1008
69 5 51 37 38 102 24 184.5 18 397 3 1015
68 7.5 50 40.5 37 109 23 186 17 411 2 1049
66 10 49 44.5 36 113.5 22 191 16 414.5 1 1116.5
62 13 48 48.5 35 115 21.9 197 15 416 0 2027.5
61 16 47 53 32 116.5 21.8 200 14 418.5    
60 20 46 57 31 120.5 21.7 202 13 422.5    
59 23.5 45 59.5 30 132 21.6 203 12 447    
58 26 43 61.5 29 147 21.5 204 11 497    
57 29 42 64.5 28 161.5 21.4 205 10 729    

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
10 124 61 103 33 5 31 126 38 44 0 0 3 568
9 17 16 10 27 1 11 17 27 2 0 0 5 133
8 34 28 2 3 4 9 17 9 2 0 0 5 113
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 10 2 1 3 3 1 6 9 13 1 1 3 53
1 4 4 18 2 10 5 0 0 14 0 0 0 57
0 11 52 27 14 63 28 23 74 56 31 43 80 502
blank 5 42 44 123 119 120 16 48 74 173 161 109 1034
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