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Letter Series Problem Solving

Letter series problems occur in many American tests for measuring quantitative ability of supervisory personnel. They are more difficult than number-series used for measuring mathematical ability because are unusual and complex.

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Letter Series Problem Solving

Letter series problems occur in many American tests for measuring quantitative ability of supervisory personnel. They are more difficult than number-series used for measuring mathematical ability because are unusual and complex.

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METHODS FOR SOLVING LETTER SERIES

Florentin Smarandache, Ph D Associate Professor Chair of Department of Math & Sciences University of New Mexico 200 College Road Gallup, NM 87301, USA E-mail:smarand@[Link] Letter series problems occur in many American tests for measuring quantitative ability of supervisory personnel. They are more difficult than number-series used for measuring mathematical ability because are unusual and complex. According to the English alphabetic order: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ as well as to the a given sequence of letters, the equation consists of finding letters of the sequence which obey same rules. For example, let b d f h j be a given sequence; find the next two letters in this series. Of course they are l n because the letters are taken two by two from the alphabet: bc d e f g hi j k l m n. In order to solve easier letter series we transform them into number-series, and in this case its simpler to use some well-known mathematical procedures. Method I. Associate to each letter from the alphabet a number in this way: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Sample: d c i h n m becomes 14, 3; 9, 8; 14,13... , whence the next two numbers will be 19, 18, i.e. s r Method II. Let ( ) be the order of the letter in the above succession. For example (F)=6, (S)=19, etc. According to the given sequence associate the number zero (0) to its first letter, for the second one the difference between second letters order and first letters order,

Sample: b f e c g k j h becomes 0, 4, next numbers will be 4; 4, 1, See the rule:

1,

2; 4,

1,

2;..., whence the

2 ; equivalent to l p o m .

-2

-1

A B C D E F G H I -2 -1

N -2

P -1

REFERENCE Passbooks for career opportunities, computer Aptitude Test (CAT), ew York, 1983, National Learning Corporation.

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