Memory SystemsThe Major System

Words to Digits

To read a Major word as a number, say it and turn each consonant sound into its digit.

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Decoding is how you get the number back out. You see the image (a goat), say the word, and read the sounds.

Key idea

Say the word. Keep consonant sounds only. Drop vowels and w, h, y. Change each sound to its digit.

Worked example: Worked example

Decode "rocket."
  1. Sounds: r, k, t (the ck is one k sound).
  2. 4, 7, 1.

Answer: 471.

Worked example: Free letters

Decode "honey."
  1. h is free; n = 2; y is free.
  2. Only one sound counts.

Answer: 2.

Worked example: Silent letters

Decode "lighthouse."
  1. Sounds: l, t, h (free), s.
  2. 5, 1, 0.

Answer: 510.

Practice

Pass with 3 right answers, the last 2 in a row. Each right answer earns 2 XP.

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