- What job do the worked examples in a shape-codes question do?
They teach you what each letter position means
提示Without them the code would be pure guesswork.
为什么Nothing else in the question defines the code. The examples are not decoration or a warm-up — they are the whole key, and everything you decide afterwards has to come from them.
- In a two-letter code, does the first letter always describe the same kind of feature?
Yes — each position is tied to one feature throughout
提示The slot, not the letter, is what holds the meaning.
为什么That steadiness is what lets you decode at all. Once you know the first slot tracks the outline, every first letter you meet in that question tracks the outline too.
- Does a code letter mean the same thing from one shape-codes question to the next?
No — the letters are relabelled every time
提示Each puzzle brings its own private key.
为什么The labels are shuffled deliberately, so nothing you learned in the last question helps you here. Trying to remember letters across questions is worse than useless — it plants a reading you never checked.
- A shape-codes question runs down a column instead of across a row. What changes?
Only the layout — the method is identical
提示Turn your head and it becomes the puzzle you already know.
为什么Examination papers print both arrangements, and the switch rattles children far more than it should. Work top to bottom exactly as you would work left to right.
- How do you work out what one letter position stands for?
Compare the examples and see which feature moves with it
提示Line the figures up and hunt for what shifts alongside.
为什么You are looking for a partnership: whenever that slot takes a new letter, something in the figure should have changed too. The feature that keeps step with the slot is the feature it names.
- One slot of a code can stand for the ____ itself, another for its ____, and another for the ____ of shapes drawn.
shape, shading and number
提示Which outline, how it is filled in, and how much of it there is.
为什么Only two of these are coded in any one question, and the rest of the figure is held still so nothing but the code varies. Knowing the short list of candidates makes the hunt quick.
- Each pattern in a shape-codes question carries a code of the same length. How many letters long is it? Answer with a number.
2
提示One slot for each feature the puzzle tracks.
为什么Two slots, two features. That fixed shape is useful: a code with a different length would mean you had misread the question.
- Before the pattern you have to code, how many worked examples does the question show you? Answer with a number.
3
提示Enough to pin down both slots, and no more.
为什么Every value you need for your answer has already appeared among them. If some feature of the test pattern seems never to have been labelled, you are watching a feature the code ignores.
- In a shape-codes question, why can a wrong option still look half familiar?
One of its two letters can be correct while the other is not
提示Check both slots before you choose, not just the one you spotted first.
为什么The options are built from letters the examples really did teach, so none can be thrown out on looks alone. Every one of them has to be judged slot by slot.
- What order do you work in on a shape-codes question?
Decode the examples first, then code the new pattern
提示Build the key before you try to use it.
为什么Children often start by staring at the shape they must label, which is the last step, not the first. Nothing about it can be read until the mapping is settled.
- You think you know what each letter position means. How do you test your reading?
Reapply it to every worked example and see if it fits
提示A rule that only suits one of them is not the rule.
为什么A reading that explains a single example is a coincidence; one that explains all of them is the answer. This check takes seconds and catches the mistake that costs the mark.
- A feature stays exactly the same across every worked example. Can a letter position be tracking it?
No — a coded feature has to vary across the examples
提示If it never budges, it teaches you nothing.
为什么Something that never changes gives the letters nothing to distinguish, so it cannot be what they name. Ruling out the still features first is the fastest way into the mapping.
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