Secret Codes: Phone-a-Code

Worksheet by Conrad Folkes
Secret Codes:
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How It Works! Phone buttons can be used to create a code. They have all of the letters except Q and Z. To solve this problem, let 1 be Q and 0 be Z.Because each button has three letters on it, you will need a way to distinguish among the letters in each group of three:1) If the letter is on the left-hand side, place a dot to the left of the button number.2) If the letter is on the right-hand side, place a dot to the right of the number.3) If the letter is in the middle, no dot is needed.So: •2 = A 2 = B 2• = CWhat does the message in the picture below say? Your brother is here. Look at the telephone pad above and decipher (translate, decode) the messages below:1) 8 7• 3 •8 4 3 •7 4 6• 6 3 2 8 •8 •8 6• 6 7•2) 4• 5• 4• 5 3 4 6• 7 7• 3 7• •2 6 •3 •3 6• •4 7• 1) Use the phone buttons.2) I like horses and dogs. Encipher (encode, put into code) the messages below:3) Fred has your pencil.4) Derek is sick today.Use this symbol button to find the dot:

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