the tutor help please

[senthi]

WISH SHOW WHAT THAW
5416 6415 3425

WHAT IS THE WORD FOR 5764?

THE ANSWER IS :WITH

WORK OUT THE CODE FOR WAIST?

THE ANSWER IS :51736

THE TUTORS PAPER 9B QNOS:78 AND 79

CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THE WORKOUT PLEASE.THANKYOU.

[Sally-Anne]

WISH SHOW WHAT THAW
5416 6415 3425

Using the usual method:

5 4 1 6
6 4 1 5
3 4 2 5

5 = W, 4 = H, 1 = A, therefore:

6415 = THAW
5416 = WHAT
3425 = SHOW

So far, so straightforward.

WHAT IS THE WORD FOR 5764?

From the above, the word must be W(*)TH. The only possible answer is WITH. You therefore now know that 7 = I, and the rest follows from there.

I proof-read these papers when they were first published some years ago and queried the tortuous route required to solve this question, but the author was adamant that it was a valid question. I am still not convinced!

Senthi - as an aside, please could I ask you to try not to make whole posts in capital letters? I do appreciate that for this type of question it is perhaps more difficult/fiddly, especially if using a mobile.

[senthi]

thankyou .