7991 /www/nrich/html/content/id/7991/ 1 0000-00-00T00:00:00 <mdoxml version="1.0"><p>Here is the alphabet that you have learnt about.</p> <p> </p> <p class="chalkboard" style="text-align: center;">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   </p> <p class="chalkboard"> </p> <p>I have made a code that means we move $3$ places to the left to discover what the code stands for. By the way, when it comes to A B C being coded they reach back to the end of the alphabet so that the letters go,</p> <p class="chalkboard" style="text-align: center;">v  w  x  y  z  a  b  c  d  e </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div>So can you work out what these codes stand for?</div> <div> </div> <p class="chalkboard" style="text-align: center;"> sdw - d - fdnh</p> <p class="chalkboard" style="text-align: center;">  wkh - zhvw - zlqg - eorzv</p> <p class="chalkboard" style="text-align: center;">  brx - duh - zrunlqj - kdug</p> <div> </div> <div>How about if we changed the way we code and more $3$ places to the RIGHT this time?</div> <div> </div> <div>So can you work out what these new codes stand for?</div> <div> </div> <div> <p class="chalkboard" style="text-align: center;">mlpq - qeb - ibqqbo</p> <p class="chalkboard" style="text-align: center;">pnka - qefp - jbppxdb - ql - vlro - c ofbka</p> <p class="chalkboard"> </p> </div> <p>You probably could invent some way of coding for yourself that may be like the two above or a bit different.</p> <p>Please send in your ideas to us. </p></mdoxml> 2 3 1 0 0 0 0