Fractional Cipher
7/8 3/9 4/5 11/12, * 8/12 3/6 11/15 6/7 2/5 * 2/5 9/10 12/14 1/6 * 7/11 * 6/8 8/10 1/19 8/11 2/5 * 6/7 4/8 1/6 * 3/5 5/7 * 7/7 2/4 11/13 9/10 *
4/4 10/12 9/13 7/9 * 3/4 4/8 * 12/13 4/18 * 6/9 4/8 2/3 9/13 11/12 * 12/14 3/5 * 3/4 4/8 * 6/9 4/8 2/3 9/13
Each letter in the cipher is represented by a fraction. To solve the puzzle:
Add the numbers in the fraction together. 6/8 =14, 12/13=25, 2/10=12
Write the alphabet backwards Z to A,
Give each letter a number and solve the puzzle 14=M, 25=B, 12=O
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Z | Y | X | W | V | U | T | S | R | Q | P | O | N |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
M | L | K | J | I | H | G | F | E | D | C | B | A |
Here is the solution to this week’s cipher:
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. St Francis of Assisi