Verbal Reasoning: Letter Codes
If CAT is written as DBU, what is DOG? Fizz the fox shows how to find the rule for each letter (+1) and apply it to a new word (EPH). Then crack a code where every letter moves back two (FROG → DPME), and learn that the alphabet wraps round from Z to A.
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1:42Verbal Reasoning: Number Codes for Words
If PAN is 5 3 8 and TAP is 2 3 5, what is the code for NAP? Leo the lion matches each letter to its number, starting with the letters the words share, then builds the new code (8 3 5). Then work out MEG from LEG = 4 7 1 and GEM = 1 7 9.
2:02Verbal Reasoning: Symbol Codes
If CAT is written ★▲● and TEA is written ●◆▲, how do you write EAT? Professor Hoot the owl matches the letters the words share (A and T) to the symbols the codes share, works out every letter, and writes EAT as ◆▲●. Then decode ●◆▲■ yourself.
1:36Verbal Reasoning: Mirror Codes (A = Z, B = Y)
In a mirror code, A swaps with Z, B with Y, C with X and so on. Percy the penguin writes A to M on top and Z to N underneath, then codes BAG as YZT. Decode SLG yourself, and learn the handy check: a letter and its mirror partner always add up to 27.