Try a few of these for your mental enjoyment. Some of these can be
used for students as well. You will find cryptograms, number messages, sentence strings, and syllaboxes. They're free so help yourself.
example
1. rubbing your tongue on a piece of wood - lick stick
2. - a canine that lives in the marshes.
3. - a tall plant at no cost.
4. - a tearless weeping
5. - a silly creature of the air
6. - the automobile of a famous person.
7. - jogging for enjoyment
8. - glancing at a small body of water
9. - a section of the cardiac area
10. - a highway for frogs
11. - a young deer at the break of day
12. - a special shelf for storing a certain narcotic
13. - an uncooperative little boy
14. - a house built with a half spherical roof
view the answers
I S T Y G I G Y G K G O V G Y I N
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P T E N P T Y K T G I G D E C D T G
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Y C V L G H I S G K Q Z G T Y
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R N V D G Y H P B V X N H W G Z G Y
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Follow these steps to baffle your students, or audience.
This can be done with 9 yr olds - adults
1. - ask them to write down a three digit number on a paper. You are not allowed to see it. the number must have NO zero's or repeating numbers
- not allowed - 400
556 605 - etc.
2. - take the number and reverse it - ex - 391 becomes 193
3. - subtract the smaller number from the larger one - 391 - 193
4. - you can give them the answer - you say 198
- How ??? - you can simply memorize the answers
below and take a few guesses - - or - -
ask them for the first number of the answer and then
guess the answer.
- - - the answer's middle digit is always 9 - - -
(unless the answer is 99) - - - and the OUTSIDE digits
add up to nine.
If they say 2 (for the first digit) you think - - 2, 9, and 7 - and answer 297. If they did their math right, you can't miss.
follow the instructions strictly, or it will not work.
Your answers can only be 99, 198, 297, 396, 495, 594,
693, or 792. This is fun when done in groups, since
several answers may match.
V N V X Y M C N H M U C K D P C V T F C
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Y V V O Q C U N M C V N Q M N H N M C
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H X O V E N C U O T N F M B A N L C U O T N F M B
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O R C M M J U O C B Y U O R C M M J C O T M C B
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1215184 238120 615151219 2085195 1315182011219 25.
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7151541497820 19235520
161891435.
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2385185615185 11820 2081521 181513515 ?
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81523 141523 1916918920
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2085 1612125'19 2085 2089147
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Three song titles are intermingled in each line below. Decode them to find the titles. (hint - every third letter)
S T A T I U A M T I E U R I M W N N A A I Y B N
T O N O T E H T W E L Y A E O V 2 R E 4 K N
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2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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T Y S E E I E S X N T T A E E N R E G D N E A T
L Y O 2 3 N 4 3 S
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5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Y H T E E H L L I L P S O M D W E I S R A
U H M B O O M N N A D D R A R I 3 I N 5 N E 6 G
7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You already know that A = 1, B = 2 and so on. The
trouble comes when deciphering single or double digits.
For example, if you see 919 you can interpret it
as I A I, or I S. The answer is 'IS' since
IAI is not a word.
Remember that 26 is the highest possible number to use - any number
higher than that must be divided.
Younger people may need some help.
2. bog dog 3. free tree 4. dry cry 5. absurd bird
6. star car 7. fun run 8. creek peek 9. heart part
10. toad road 11. dawn fawn 12. crack rack 13. bad lad
14. dome home
answers to Shakespeare
Lord what fools these mortals be.
Goodnight sweet Prince.
Wherefore art thou Romeo?.
How now spirit.
1. Stairway to heaven
2. Time in a bottle 3. Autumn in New York
4. Teen angel 5. Yesterday 6. Sixteen tons
7. Yellow submarine 8. Help me Rhonda
9. This diamond ring
answers to Wise sayings
To thin own self be true.
It takes one to know one.
What goes around, comes around.
A penny save is a penny earned.