In a code A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on. What is the code for the letters BE?
Correct: A — 2-5. B is the 2nd letter and E is the 5th, so BE is coded 2-5.
Number Codes
Letters turned into numbers — using alphabet positions, doubled values and decoding back into words.
Number codes use the position of each letter in the alphabet: A = 1, B = 2 ... Z = 26. Learn the positions of the vowels (A1, E5, I9, O15, U21) and you can decode most of these quickly.
Practising: Alphabet positions · Encoding and decoding · Checking the rule
Verbal Reasoning · Question 1 of 4
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If CAR is coded as 3-1-18, which word is coded as 4-15-7?
Correct: B — DOG. 4 = D, 15 = O, 7 = G, which spells DOG.
In a code every letter’s number is doubled: A = 2, B = 4, C = 6. What is the code for E?
Correct: C — 10. E is the 5th letter, and 5 × 2 = 10.
If 20-8-5 stands for THE, what does 3-1-20 stand for?
Correct: A — CAT. 3 = C, 1 = A, 20 = T, which spells CAT.
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More Verbal Reasoning practice
Letter and Number Codes
Work out the rule behind a code, then apply it — letter shifts, reversed words and alphabet-number codes.
Word Analogies
Kitten is to cat as puppy is to...? Build the habit of naming the relationship before you choose the answer.
Odd One Out: Words
Find the word that does not belong — and then prove it by naming the rule the other three share.