Help with a question please!
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Help with a question please!
Hi all,
I am new to this site and I'm in the process of preparing my daughter for a grammar school test which she is due to take end Nov. For the last week or so I have been running through some sample test papers with her and pp until today all has gone well (i.e. whenever she has not understood a question I have been able to support her). However, I have now come across a question which I cannot fathom out, so I'd appreciate it if someone could offer me an explanation to the following question (from the Dynamite Education Publishers Ltd; Verbal Reasoning Standard Format Paper): -
Work out the answers to the following questions, using the alphabet below.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
38. If the code for IMAGE is RNZTV what does ELRXV mean?
40. If the code for FRAME is UIZNV what does GZYOV mean?
(Note: I have managed to work out questions 35, 36, 37, 39 which are in the same section)
Any help you cn provide would be very much appreciated !
Dean
I am new to this site and I'm in the process of preparing my daughter for a grammar school test which she is due to take end Nov. For the last week or so I have been running through some sample test papers with her and pp until today all has gone well (i.e. whenever she has not understood a question I have been able to support her). However, I have now come across a question which I cannot fathom out, so I'd appreciate it if someone could offer me an explanation to the following question (from the Dynamite Education Publishers Ltd; Verbal Reasoning Standard Format Paper): -
Work out the answers to the following questions, using the alphabet below.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
38. If the code for IMAGE is RNZTV what does ELRXV mean?
40. If the code for FRAME is UIZNV what does GZYOV mean?
(Note: I have managed to work out questions 35, 36, 37, 39 which are in the same section)
Any help you cn provide would be very much appreciated !
Dean
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Re: Help with a question please!
I think these are 'mirror codes' - imagine drawing a line halfway down the alphabet, so between M & N.
A would then correspond to Z, B to Y etc.
So 38. would be VOICE
and 39. would be TABLE
Hope this helps
A would then correspond to Z, B to Y etc.
So 38. would be VOICE
and 39. would be TABLE
Hope this helps
Re: Help with a question please!
MIRROR CODES
A B C D E F G H I J K L M | N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Immediately put a line between the M and N to signify the mirror.
If the code for ESTATE is VHGZGV
What is the code for HOUSE
Is it a mirror. Look at the first letter of the word and code are they mirrors = yes E is 5 in from the beginning of the alphabet and V is 5 in form the end. Must make a second check. Find a pair of letters that are obvious if possible. In this case A is obviously the mirror of Z.
Checks done. Proceed as mirror code.
What is the mirror of H = S
What is the mirror of O = L
What is the mirror of U= F
what is the mirror of S= H
What is the mirror of E= V
I teach my children to know the alphabet well. I explain that the mirror is between M and N ie 13 letters each side of the mirror. I also show them that E is the 5th letter from the left and V is the 5th letter from the right.
With this knowledge it makes it easier to find mirrors reasonably quickly.
If they are looking for mirror of P its 3 away from the mirror, 3 away from the other side of the mirror is K
If they are looking for the mirror of F, they know E is 5th, therefore F is 6th. they know V is 5th so the sixth is U.
If they are looking for the mirror of X then its 3 away from the right end so its pair is 3 away from the left end.= C
Patricia
A B C D E F G H I J K L M | N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Immediately put a line between the M and N to signify the mirror.
If the code for ESTATE is VHGZGV
What is the code for HOUSE
Is it a mirror. Look at the first letter of the word and code are they mirrors = yes E is 5 in from the beginning of the alphabet and V is 5 in form the end. Must make a second check. Find a pair of letters that are obvious if possible. In this case A is obviously the mirror of Z.
Checks done. Proceed as mirror code.
What is the mirror of H = S
What is the mirror of O = L
What is the mirror of U= F
what is the mirror of S= H
What is the mirror of E= V
I teach my children to know the alphabet well. I explain that the mirror is between M and N ie 13 letters each side of the mirror. I also show them that E is the 5th letter from the left and V is the 5th letter from the right.
With this knowledge it makes it easier to find mirrors reasonably quickly.
If they are looking for mirror of P its 3 away from the mirror, 3 away from the other side of the mirror is K
If they are looking for the mirror of F, they know E is 5th, therefore F is 6th. they know V is 5th so the sixth is U.
If they are looking for the mirror of X then its 3 away from the right end so its pair is 3 away from the left end.= C
Patricia
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Re: Help with a question please!
Dottie1974 & Patricia,
Thank you very much for your quick replies and explanations. I can't believe how simple the answer was !! I gave my daughter a quick verbal explanation this morning (based on your info) and she was able to crack the codes easily by herself.
Thanks again!
Dean
Thank you very much for your quick replies and explanations. I can't believe how simple the answer was !! I gave my daughter a quick verbal explanation this morning (based on your info) and she was able to crack the codes easily by herself.
Thanks again!
Dean