Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers

Memory techniques lesson 10: Chunking numbers · Set 283 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
2. 2.📅 The digits 15072020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0720/20 (b) 15/07/2020 (c) 1507/20/20 (d) 150/720/20
3. 3.📅 The digits 16091969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0919/69 (b) 1609/19/69 (c) 16/09/1969 (d) 160/919/69
4. 4.📅 The digits 26061993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0619/93 (b) 260/619/93 (c) 2606/19/93 (d) 26/06/1993
5. 5.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
6. 6.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 636026702. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 636 026 7002 (b) 636 026 072 (c) 636 026 702 (d) 636 026 72
8. 8.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
9. 9.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 170331385. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 170 331 835 (b) 703 313 85 (c) 117 033 1385 (d) 170 331 385
11. 11.📅 The digits 15021958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/02/1958 (b) 15/0219/58 (c) 150/219/58 (d) 1502/19/58
12. 12.📅 The digits 24041958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2404/19/58 (b) 24/0419/58 (c) 240/419/58 (d) 24/04/1958
13. 13.📅 The digits 17011962 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1701/19/62 (b) 170/119/62 (c) 17/0119/62 (d) 17/01/1962
14. 14.📅 The digits 15051964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0519/64 (b) 15/05/1964 (c) 150/519/64 (d) 1505/19/64
15. 15.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
16. 16.📅 The digits 01031981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 010/319/81 (b) 01/0319/81 (c) 01/03/1981 (d) 0103/19/81
17. 17.📅 The digits 04061970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/619/70 (b) 04/0619/70 (c) 0406/19/70 (d) 04/06/1970
18. 18.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
19. 19.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
20. 20.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) is very long (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
21. 21.📅 The digits 24081988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/08/1988 (b) 24/0819/88 (c) 2408/19/88 (d) 240/819/88
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 284741743. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 847 417 43 (b) 248 741 743 (c) 284 741 743 (d) 284 474 1743
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 223499681. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 223 496 81 (b) 223 499 618 (c) 223 499 9681 (d) 223 499 681
24. 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 213411261377. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2131 4126 1377 (b) 2134 1126 13377 (c) 2134 1126 1377 (d) 2134 1161 377
26. 26.📅 The digits 16081981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1608/19/81 (b) 160/819/81 (c) 16/0819/81 (d) 16/08/1981
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 700505159. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 700 055 159 (b) 700 505 19 (c) 700 505 1159 (d) 700 505 159
28. 28.📅 The digits 12092010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/0920/10 (b) 120/920/10 (c) 12/09/2010 (d) 1209/20/10
29. 29.📅 The digits 28072007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/07/2007 (b) 280/720/07 (c) 2807/20/07 (d) 28/0720/07
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 132524980666. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1325 2498 0666 (b) 3125 2498 0666 (c) 1132 5249 80666 (d) 1325 2498 066
31. 31.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
32. 32.📅 The digits 02041996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0419/96 (b) 0204/19/96 (c) 020/419/96 (d) 02/04/1996
33. 33.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 4312930338. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 431 229 30338 (b) 413 293 0338 (c) 431 293 0338 (d) 431 293 038
35. 35.📅 The digits 15022013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1502/20/13 (b) 15/02/2013 (c) 150/220/13 (d) 15/0220/13
36. 36.📅 The digits 25031954 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 250/319/54 (b) 25/0319/54 (c) 2503/19/54 (d) 25/03/1954
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 449808356384. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4498 0853 6384 (b) 4498 8356 384 (c) 4498 0835 6384 (d) 4449 8083 56384
38. 38.📅 The digits 05051967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0519/67 (b) 050/519/67 (c) 0505/19/67 (d) 05/05/1967
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 111229041023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1112 2904 1023 (b) 1112 2904 1203 (c) 1112 9041 023 (d) 1112 2904 10233
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 258213210527. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2582 1321 10527 (b) 2582 1321 057 (c) 2582 1321 0527 (d) 2852 1321 0527

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