Help please on code question

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SleepyHead
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Re: Help please on code question

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hermanmunster wrote:
BucksBornNBred wrote:I think you are overthinking this particular example. Z appears in both codes which discounts three options. Of the two options left one has the same letter twice (dead) but the code has 4 unique letters therefore "deaf" is the only real option. Start with the obvious before breaking out the whole alphabet would be my advice.
Good advice, re excluding the impossible answers - actually thinking about it, that is how I would have done it when I did 11 plus.

That's a great way of eliminating the wrong answers - thank you for all your replies :)
BucksBornNBred
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Re: Help please on code question

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SleepyHead wrote:
hermanmunster wrote:
BucksBornNBred wrote:I think you are overthinking this particular example. Z appears in both codes which discounts three options. Of the two options left one has the same letter twice (dead) but the code has 4 unique letters therefore "deaf" is the only real option. Start with the obvious before breaking out the whole alphabet would be my advice.
Good advice, re excluding the impossible answers - actually thinking about it, that is how I would have done it when I did 11 plus.

That's a great way of eliminating the wrong answers - thank you for all your replies :)
This was the way we were taught (by the school in my day) to approach this type of question. If it isn't immediately obvious then you have only lost a few seconds before going on to use a codebreaker - if it is immediately obvious then you have saved valuable time for the rest of the test!

I do wonder about the wisdom of not teaching for the 11+ as they are logic skills that I still use to this day. Good luck.
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