Maths Puzzles: Cryptarithms, Symbologies and Secret Codes
Explore and solve encrypted maths puzzles, in which numbers are replaced by letters or symbols, with this free online maths puzzles course.
Duration
3 weeks
Weekly study
4 hours
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Explore fascinating maths puzzles
Discover maths puzzles, explore their history and practise problem-solving techniques.
You’ll explore: + Cryptarithms - puzzles where the digits have been replaced by letters. + Symbologies - puzzles where numbers are represented by symbols. + Mathematical operator puzzles - puzzles where the numbers are given, but the mathematical operator is missing (for example, what does the asterisk stand for in *1320=6?)
Through the course you will develop problem-solving skills, gain knowledge about the history, art and methodology of encrypted puzzles, and exercise your brain with fun challenges.
What topics will you cover?
- Encoding maths puzzles, secret codes and symbologies
- Solving and creating cryptarithms - puzzles where numbers in a mathematical expressions are encoded
- Genres of cryptarithm including, ancient Hindu problems and alphametics
- Special and unique cryptarithms, including prime numbers, logarithms, square roots and powers
- Symbologies from ancient times to modern bar codes
- The language of computers including, binary, ternary and gray codes
- Decrypting ancient Egyptian number systems, Roman and Greek numerals
- Barcode puzzles and how to solve them
- Different types of operator puzzles including unary, binary and ternary
- Modern operators including, logic operators, text operators and operators in Excel
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