Codes and Ciphers
        "You have the right to remain silent..."
 
 
 
"Hidden Words"
Hidden in the problems below are hidden words. (Hint: There is only one word in each in problem.)

The Reason Why- How can a dangerous pastime like sledding be popular?

A Big Pain- "Now, let the Doctor see Jumbo's tongue."
 
 

"Toy Trains"
When I was a little boy my father gave me a set of toy trains for my birthday.  Besides just the regular cars it came with, he bought me 20 extra cars for an additional $20.00.  The passenger cars cost $4.00 each, the freight cars cost .50 cents each, and the coal cars .25 cents each.  I want to figure out how many of each type of car he bought for the $20.00 he had.
 
"Surveying"
 
John Jam the jam man needs some help solving his problem.  John has to lay out a fence that will exactly divide the above area into two equal parts of land each having the same amount of land. Each part of land needs to be the same size and shape.  Can you help John Jam lay out his fence?
 

                                                        "Thinking Cap"
Sir Sarwick Luflen, inventor of the Luflen Electronic Thinking Cap has come out of India to answer a question from Rogers Elementary School's REACH class.  He donated his famous device and is trying to solve the problem, below.  Try to get to the fifth number in the problem.  Good Luck!
 

 5-7-11-17-X-35
 
 
"M-y-s-t-e-r-y"
 
M      ind bending brain teasers

Y      ours to solve

S       ometimes scary but fun to answer

T        ough to solve twisters

E       xamine closely they will fool the eye

R       ed herrings... BEWARE

Y       ou did it!  You cracked the case.
 
 
                                     "SECRET CODE FUN!"   by Debra Briatico.  Reproduced with permission from SEMNET, 1733 storrsRoad, Holiday Mall, Storrs, CT 06268

                                                Become A Code Cracker
                    Use your logic to solve the following secret codes. KCUL DOOG!

                        NEL LIE SPIL LEDP AINTO NTHEC HAIRAN DBLAME DHUGO

                            F.G_ R.NG *_T C*D+S C#N B+ T*_GH *N TH+ BR#.N

                     STCEPSUS GNIWEIVRETNI DEKIL SYAWLA ENIALB EVITCETED

                                            THM EESSAGI EI SINSIDT EHD EESD KRAWER

                     IL IK EE AT IN GP OP CO RN WH EN IR EA DA GR EA TM YS TE RY

                TH3 B6RGL2R CR2CK3D H4S T55TH 5N TH3 5P3N W4ND5W. (hint 2=A)

                                        KNOCKED WOLF THE BAD DOOR THE BIG

                        POTO LIKOD BRASHING HIS TOOTH IN THO MERNING

                            ^L4^KS  LIK*  %$  %1^K  %HR$UGH$U%  %H*  NIGH%

        THES*UNSH*INES*ONDA*YSWH*ENTH*ECLO*UDSA*RESL*EEPI*NG

                IALLE OGREENA IPEOPLEE OLOKEA ITOE OEATA IBROCCOLIE
 
 

     Fun Fact:  When you change a message into code, you encode or encipher it.

     Fun Fact:  When you translate an ecoded message, you decode or decipher it.

 
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