Question

The patriots beat the giants in a football game. the sum of their scores was 44. the diffrence of thier score was 20 how many points did the patriots score
i am so confused i have worked on it for a half hour im tired i dont get it!!!!

Answer 1

Relax.  Take deep breaths.  Feel the fresh air flowing down to your toes.
It's only some lame math.  It can't scare you, because you have a brain
and you know how to use it.

You need to find the Patriots' score.  You don't know what it is yet, so
let's give it a label.    I've got a brilliant idea !  Let's call it 'P' !

What do we know ?

We know that the Patriots won the game, so we know that the Giants'
score was less than 'P'.

How much less was it ?  The question tells us that the difference in
their scores was 20.  So the Giants scored  P-20  in the game.

What else do we know ?  The question tells us the sum of the scores.
OK.  Let's addum up:

Patriots' score:    P
Giants' score:      P - 20

Sum of the scores:  P + (P - 20)  =  2P - 20

The question tells us that their sum was 44.

OK.                         2P - 20  =  44

That's an equation.  Solve it for 'P' and you'll have the answer.

Add  20  to each side:    2P  =  64

Divide each side by  2:    P = 32

There you are.  The Patriots scored 32. 
The Giants scored 20 less ... (32 - 20) = 12.
The sum of their scores was (32 + 12) = 44.
Everything checks out.

Answer 2

Subtract 44 from 20 you get 24 the Patriots scored 24 the Giants scored 20