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1. The iTest is a free math competition for US high school students. Middle school students are allowed to participate. International students are allowed to participate on a case-by-case basis.
2. The answer to each question is a nonnegative integer.
3. Teams of up to 5 students work together during the competition period and do not have to be supervised. The test covers all typical competitive math subjects (algebra, combinatorics, trigonometry, geometry, number theory, probability, logic, etc.) that can be understood with- out the need for calculus. Faculty sponsors for each team are encouraged, but not required. Students are allowed to work on the iTest at school or away from school throughout the com- petition period. Students are allowed to ask faculty, parents, etc. regarding mathematical concepts that may arise on the iTest, but not about how to work specific or closely related problems.
4. Graphing calculators or four-function calculators are allowed. Writing programs on graphing calculators, or using computer programs such as Matlab or Mathematica, is strictly pro- hibited. Use of references and information indexing tools such as internet search engines and/or textbooks is allowed. For instance, a student may consult the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences or a table of primes.
5. Above all, the iTest is designed to encourage mathematical exploration, and we encourage educators to embrace iTest questions and use them throughout the year to supplement the standard school curriculum.
6. If you believe there is more than one valid interpretation for a problem or answer, please answer the problem according to your best interpretation. Obscure intrepretations will not be grounds to change the answer to any problem.
7. There is no limit to the number of students from a school that may participate. Students at any given school may form many teams, and some of those students may be members of teams with students from other schools, so long as all students on a team go to school in the same state.
8. The 2008 iTest will begin at 7 PM Central Standard Time on Wednesday, September 10, when the problems will be made available to all registered students via our website, www.theitest.com. The deadline for exam submission is 7 PM Central Standard Time on Sunday, September 14. Each team of students will designate a Team Captain, who will be repsonsible for exam submission. iTest teams are encouraged to use the online tools made available on the iTest website to enhance team productivity throughout the competition period.
9. Teams are not required to show work for any problem.
10. Ties will only be broken when necessary to determine awards. Time is the only form of tiebreaker. When two teams submit the same number of correct answers, the team that submitted earlier is awarded the better ranking.
11. All tests submitted for grading become iTest property. All decisions made by the iTest organization are final.
12. Each of the following is grounds for disqualification without notification from the 2008 iTest exam:
    • multiple exams submitted for grading from the same student team,
    • failure to adhere to the test submission deadline,
    • offensive team names,
    • evidence of cheating or receiving unauthorized assistance in completing this exam.
13. A list of state winners and top national teams is released to the top 50 colleges in the US on an annual basis, and to other schools if they request a copy. This list will be published on our website at a later date as well.
14. Participating students will be required to have a valid, working email address that we will use to contact them during the competition period if necessary. Additionally, participating students will be required to provide their name and school name for internal iTest purposes. The iTest may ask for other information from students as necessary to assist in compiling the iTest National Rankings, a list of the top math students in the United States. This Ranking System will be computed based on 2008 iTest score and other competition scores. More details will be provided on this year’s Ranking System after the 2008 iTest concludes.
15. Students or educators attempting to hack the iTest website or utilize hostile code in iTest educational activities will be prosecuted.
16. While problems are enumerated in generally increasing order, some harder problems may be near the beginning and some easier problems may be near the end. For this reason, teams are encouraged to explore all 100 problems in order to see how many each team can solve.

• 1 point will be awarded to a team for each correct answer submitted by that team. There is no penalty for guessing.
• Ties will be broken solely on order of solutions received. In other words, if three teams tie with a highest score of 99, then the 2008 iTest champions will be the one of those three teams that submitted its solutions first.

Email questions@TheiTest.com with any additional questions.