Process

Our mindset with most of the POWs I am given is simply this. We could spend our mental
capacity and time to find a statistically efficient way of doing the problem or we could
literally go through each number from 1 to 50 and write down whether they work or don't
work for the specific problem. This is exactly what we did, at least the second method of
completing the POW, went from 1 to 30ish and marked a check or x next to the number. A
check mark if the score was possible to make and a x if it was not possible. To quicken this
process we put a checkmark next to the multiples of 5 and 3 because we knew that any
number such as 3,6,9,12 (multiples of 3) or 5,10,15,20 (multiples of 5) were possible. We
did the same thing for the second part of the POW, examined our scoring systems (2,2)
and (4,3).

Conclusions
1) We believe the highest possible score for the freethinkers football team is 7. We think
this because 5+3=8(too high), 5=5(too low), 3+3=6(too low), 5+5=10(too high) and 3=3(too
low). We also know that there are no higher impossible scores because there is none
between 8 and 32, they are all possible [ex (5*4)+3=23]. Statistically speaking with this
many possible scores in a row all other scores higher than 7 will be possible.
2) We found that (2,2) have no highest possible score. Every odd number will always be
impossible because both the field goal and touchdown amount are even making every score
ever achieved even. I found that (4,3) had a highest possible score of 2 because every
number after it is a possible score up to 25. Once again statistically speaking this means
that no other score will be impossible after 2.

Evaluation
We did not find this POW very worth our while, it was very repetitive, plugging a x amount
of 3 and 5 into a number and seeing if it had any possibility. Garnet has no ideas of how to
change this project to make is better. But Ari thought that if the touchdown and field
goal values differed on a larger scale it would make the POW harder. Example touchdown
3, field goal 15. It would increase the difficulty in a variety of ways. We were somewhat
indifferent about working on the POW, more of seeking the grade than any large
knowledge until the class explained it, it different ways. This POW we found was much too
easy as Ari said it would be harder with different score values that had bigger
differences. Overall the POW was an easy 30-45 minute exercise we enjoyed solving.