Ima Thinker
Name _____ Date __
ABC CODE CRACKERS
59
I’ll start with the third column.
B+C= 23—9, or 14. Band
Care in the first column.
I’ll replace them with 14.
1.Why did Ima start with the third column? __
2.What is the value of A? ___
3.How did you figure out the value of A? ____
4.What is the value of (3 x A)+(2x B)+C? ___
PROBLEM
(^3) 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.
16
A
C
B
8
A
C
C
23
9
B
C
Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Gr
. 5
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