Send a secret code that involves substituting letters for numbers.

YOU WILL NEED

HERE'S HOW

1. To make an easy number cipher, substitute a number for every letter in the alphabet. Begin with a number one for the letter A.
   
   Look at the numbers that the girl is holding in the picture above. Can you read what they say? Check your answer.

2. For a different number cipher, put the alphabet in a box (See the picture above.) Put either I and J or Y and Z together in one box. Write each letter as a double number: A=11. B=12, C=13, and so on.

Art by Barbara L. Gibson

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