Trying to find the answer to the math code in the September 2010 issue of Focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine? Just put 2-and-2 together!
If you missed it, here’s what was in the magazine:
4+3 3×5 2×2 20-1 7×3 8+8 4×4 14-2 8+1 5×1 25-6
How It Works:
You’re probably familiar with this code key of A=1 through Z=26. Easy enough, right? Wrong! First you have to solve a math problem. Then you can break the code.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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
Here’s what the word Odyssey would look like:
O D Y S S E Y
7+8 9-5 5×5 20-1 9+10 3+2 25×1
15 4 25 19 19 5 25
Coolness!
Did you know that ancient Greeks had a hard time accepting zero as a number? Since it was nothing, they didn’t believe it could be something. It wasn’t recognized as a number until around A.D. 9 when an Indian scholar proved its “value” to mathematics!
Look for another secret message next month!
