Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

If each of the letters of the English alphabet is assigned odd numerical value beginning with A = 1, B = 3 and so on, then what will be the total value of the letters of the word CARDINAL?

Options:

114

116

110

119

Correct Answer:

116

Explanation:

Alphabets  A   B   C   D   E    F    G   H    I    J    K    L    M

Value        1   3   5   7   9   11  13  15  17  19  21  23  25

Alphabets  N   O   P    Q   R    S    T   U    V   W    X    Y    Z

Value       27  29  31  33  35  37  39  41  43  45  47  49  51

So,

CARDINAL:-

C=5, A=1, R=35, D=7, I=17, N=27, A=1, L=23

Thus, after adding these we get 116