A game is played with a deck of 50 cards numbered from 1 to 50. At the end of each round, players calculate their score by addin

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A game is played with a deck of 50 cards numbered from 1 to 50. At the end of each round, players calculate their score by addin

g the numbers on their cards.
What is the least score a player could have if he or she has 7 cards remaining at the end of a round?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Eddi Din [679] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-18T11:32:58+03:00

Answer:

28, 329, 11

Step-by-step explanation:

What is the least score a player could have if he or she has 7 cards remaining at the end of a round?

28 points

What is the greatest score a player could have if he or she has 7 cards remaining at the end of a round?

329 points

Glenna needs to get 60 points in the next round to win the game. What is the least number of cards Glenna needs to be guaranteed a win?

11

liberstina [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-18T09:46:44+03:00

liberstina [14]2 years ago

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Answer:

28

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the score is the sum of all cards a player has, the way to make it smallest is to use the smallest cards. So the 7 smallest cards are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. So you want to add these up. This gets 28