Here are some words for sale and their prices:
ace.......9¢ wow.......61¢ up.........37¢
go........22¢ pin..........39¢ in.......23¢ I........9¢
be........7¢ dad........9¢ bee........12¢ ice.......17¢
Words for Sale
Find the price of each letter in the alphabet following these two rules
1. Each letter is a different price
( if ‘a’ is 6¢ no other letter can be 6¢)
2. A letter will be the same price in all words
( if ‘a’ is 6¢ in one word it will be 6¢ in all words)
NOTE: ‘a’ does not cost 6¢
When you have discovered the code.
calculate how much your first name is worth.
Can you find 5 words that cost exactly $1.00?
What is the most expensive word you know?
hint: find as many letter prices that you can using the words above,
then look for a pattern to find the rest.
Write about how you found the price of each letter.
Tell which words helped you.
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