Ima Thinker
ABC CODE CRACKERS
Name _____ Date __
What is the value of each letter?
The numbers at the tops of the columns are the column sums.
The same letters have the same values. Crack the code.
58
I’ll start with the first column.
11 +A+A= 35 , so
A+A= 35 — 11 ,or 24.
Ais 24 ÷2, or 12. In the third
column, I’ll replace Awith 12.
1.Why did Ima start with the first column? __
2.What is the value of B? ___
3.How did you figure out the value of C? ____
4.What is the value of (2 x A)+B+C? ___
PROBLEM
2
35
11
A
A
29
B
C
A
28
A
B
B
Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Gr. 5
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