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Cryptic Challenge

This resource, from the Maths Careers website, contains a quiz in which teams have to solve a different type of code of cypher in each round.

The topics covered include mobile texting, transposition of messages, pencil code, binary and frequency analysis.

The activity was written in conjunction with More Maths Grads and Leeds University. It includes a PowerPoint and teacher information, an Excel score sheet and a variety of student worksheets required for the activity.

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