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Weekly Challenge
January 29 - February 2, 2007
This Sunday is the Superbowl and I'm learning
all about football trying to make up this problem! When you play
football, points can be scored the following ways:
(T) Touchdown
- 6 points
(E) Extra point only after a touchdown - 1 point
or
(C)
Two point conversion only after a touchdown - 2 points
(F) Fieldgoal - 3 points
(S) Two Point Safety - 2
points
Note: You can only score an extra point or a two point conversion
after a touchdown. You can score as many fieldgoals, safetys, and
touchdowns as you like.
If during the first quarter, a team scored 12
points, what are the possible ways that could have been done ?
Use the abreviations above (T, E, C, F, S) in your answer below.
There are eight ways.
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For 4th and 5th graders: Suppose the team scored two touchdowns
with a total of 20 points, what are the possible ways that could have
been done ?
Hint: There are six ways.