Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers
Memory tip (Fewer, bigger pieces): Split long numbers into groups of 3 or 4: a 10-digit phone number as 3-3-4; a 12-digit number as 4-4-4. Dates: 2 digits for the day, 2 for the month, 4 for the year: 26011950 → 26/01/1950. Check every digit stays in the same order — chunks group digits, they never change them.
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- 1.📅 The digits 11041951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/0419/51 (b) 110/419/51 (c) 1104/19/51 (d) 11/04/1951
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 4438106414. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 434 810 6414 (b) 443 810 66414 (c) 443 810 414 (d) 443 810 6414
- 3.📅 The digits 15091976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/09/1976 (b) 1509/19/76 (c) 15/0919/76 (d) 150/919/76
- 4.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 8666320992. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 866 620 992 (b) 866 623 0992 (c) 866 663 20992 (d) 866 632 0992
- 6.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 232109281506. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2321 0928 81506 (b) 2321 0928 1560 (c) 2321 0928 506 (d) 2321 0928 1506
- 9.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) means something to you (d) changes daily
- 10.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 876120193. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 876 112 0193 (b) 876 120 193 (c) 871 201 93 (d) 876 120 913
- 12.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 723503304978. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7235 0334 978 (b) 7233 5033 04978 (c) 7235 0330 4978 (d) 7235 0303 4978
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 713177545. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 713 175 45 (b) 173 177 545 (c) 771 317 7545 (d) 713 177 545
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4400903578. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 903 578 (b) 440 900 3578 (c) 440 090 03578 (d) 440 090 3578
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 6087163783. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 608 716 3783 (b) 608 716 3738 (c) 608 713 783 (d) 608 716 33783
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 387433177633. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8374 3317 7633 (b) 3743 3177 633 (c) 3874 3317 76633 (d) 3874 3317 7633
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 267690451570. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2676 9045 1570 (b) 2677 6904 51570 (c) 2766 9045 1570 (d) 2676 9045 170
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 702407712813. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7024 0771 2813 (b) 7020 4771 2813 (c) 7024 0771 813 (d) 7702 4077 12813
- 21.📅 The digits 25071993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/07/1993 (b) 25/0719/93 (c) 250/719/93 (d) 2507/19/93
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 710897921186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7108 9792 116 (b) 1708 9792 1186 (c) 7108 9792 1186 (d) 7108 9792 21186
- 23.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 589520210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 598 520 210 (b) 589 520 210 (c) 589 522 0210 (d) 589 502 10
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.📅 The digits 12111954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1211/19/54 (b) 121/119/54 (c) 12/11/1954 (d) 12/1119/54
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 5402972696. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 504 297 2696 (b) 540 972 696 (c) 540 029 72696 (d) 540 297 2696
- 29.📅 The digits 26011995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/01/1995 (b) 2601/19/95 (c) 26/0119/95 (d) 260/119/95
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 617196820524. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1671 9682 0524 (b) 1719 6820 524 (c) 6171 9682 0524 (d) 6171 9668 20524
- 31.📅 The digits 01101963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0110/19/63 (b) 01/1019/63 (c) 011/019/63 (d) 01/10/1963
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 2774694969. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 464 969 (b) 277 469 4969 (c) 277 469 9469 (d) 277 469 49699
- 33.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 34.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 35.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 345336404. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 353 364 04 (b) 345 336 044 (c) 345 336 404 (d) 345 533 6404
- 37.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 38.📅 The digits 09072010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/720/10 (b) 09/0720/10 (c) 09/07/2010 (d) 0907/20/10
- 39.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 40.📅 The digits 17012013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1701/20/13 (b) 17/01/2013 (c) 170/120/13 (d) 17/0120/13
Answer key
- 11/04/1951
- 443 810 6414
- 15/09/1976
- 3
- 866 632 0992
- 5
- 9
- 2321 0928 1506
- means something to you
- 2
- 876 120 193
- splitting into groups
- 7235 0330 4978
- 713 177 545
- 7
- 440 090 3578
- 608 716 3783
- 3874 3317 7633
- 2676 9045 1570
- 7024 0771 2813
- 25/07/1993
- 7108 9792 1186
- 3
- 589 520 210
- 5
- 6
- 12/11/1954
- 540 297 2696
- 26/01/1995
- 6171 9682 0524
- 01/10/1963
- 277 469 4969
- 19 and 47
- 4
- 6
- 345 336 404
- three chunks, not ten
- 09/07/2010
- 5
- 17/01/2013
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