Words for sale


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.