[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need help with Algebra problem

Posted: 11/28/2013 3:54:44 PM EDT

Helping niece with algebra problem:

In football, points are awarded as follows:

6 points for a touchdown, 1 point for a kicked conversion, 2 points for a run or passed conversion, 2 for a safety and 3 for field goal. What are the only natural numbers less than 45 that cannot be a team's total score in a football game?

Posted: 11/28/2013 4:01:53 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/28/2013 4:03:40 PM EDT

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87..

Posted: 11/28/2013 4:03:42 PM EDT

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And people say sports knowledge is useless.

Posted: 11/28/2013 4:06:24 PM EDT

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Every multiple of 2 and every multiple of 3 carve out a huge chunk right from the start.

Posted: 11/28/2013 4:07:22 PM EDT

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Factoring. Go through one by one to 45 and determine if that # could be made by that set.

Posted: 11/28/2013 4:19:20 PM EDT

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I already ran the numbers. You can get any score except 1.

Posted: 11/28/2013 4:20:05 PM EDT

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Which teams are playing?

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Posted: 11/28/2013 4:51:02 PM EDT

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At least everyone scored.

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