PLANNING AHEAD

This is the umbrella term for a set of mental processes that help you perform activities such as planning, organising, putting things in order, and being able to rapidly switch between tasks. You’ve got great executive functioning if you can happily plan a complex meal for a large group of people, juggling the pre-planning and organising the preparation for each dish so the food arrives on the table at exactly the right time. If the thought of it fills you with horror, these could be the types of puzzles you should focus on.

DECIPHER THE LETTER CODE

Complete the phrase by determining the number that is assigned to the used letters. Begin by filling in the letters that you are given, then figure out which letters make sense to make words in the phrase. You don’t have to figure out all the letters, just the ones you need. For example, if the letters are AG— , you can guess the word is likely 19 to be age, so 19 = E, therefore you can add in all the 19s as Es.