Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers

Memory techniques lesson 10: Chunking numbers · Set 284 · 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.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) reading very fast
2. 2.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) nothing at all (d) numbers and letter lists
3. 3.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
4. 4.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it has fewer digits
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 970004629. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 970 004 692 (b) 970 004 6629 (c) 970 004 629 (d) 970 006 29
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 804528693945. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8045 2886 93945 (b) 8045 2869 3945 (c) 0845 2869 3945 (d) 8045 2863 945
7. 7.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
8. 8.📅 The digits 19052005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/05/2005 (b) 1905/20/05 (c) 190/520/05 (d) 19/0520/05
9. 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5650090222. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 565 000 90222 (b) 565 009 0222 (c) 565 000 222 (d) 560 509 0222
10. 10.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
11. 11.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 980681291608. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9806 8129 1680 (b) 9806 8129 1608 (c) 9806 8129 11608 (d) 9806 8121 608
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 729458048. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 279 458 048 (b) 729 458 048 (c) 729 458 48 (d) 772 945 8048
14. 14.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
15. 15.📅 The digits 19041981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/04/1981 (b) 19/0419/81 (c) 190/419/81 (d) 1904/19/81
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 539941932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 599 419 32 (b) 539 941 932 (c) 553 994 1932 (d) 539 941 392
17. 17.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
18. 18.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 470686000175. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4706 8600 01175 (b) 7406 8600 0175 (c) 4706 6000 175 (d) 4706 8600 0175
20. 20.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
21. 21.📅 The digits 18061993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/619/93 (b) 18/06/1993 (c) 1806/19/93 (d) 18/0619/93
22. 22.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 486776484. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 486 764 84 (b) 486 774 684 (c) 486 776 484 (d) 486 677 6484
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 228829727302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2288 2972 7032 (b) 2288 2972 73022 (c) 2288 2972 7302 (d) 2288 2977 302
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 362472181. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 364 272 181 (b) 364 721 81 (c) 362 472 1181 (d) 362 472 181
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 422340064. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 422 340 604 (b) 422 340 064 (c) 423 400 64 (d) 422 340 0664
27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 4654435243. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 465 443 5243 (b) 465 445 243 (c) 465 443 52443 (d) 465 443 2543
28. 28.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
29. 29.📅 The digits 08021964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/0219/64 (b) 080/219/64 (c) 08/02/1964 (d) 0802/19/64
30. 30.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 3399768564. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 339 976 564 (b) 339 976 8564 (c) 393 976 8564 (d) 339 976 85664
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 563064511268. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5630 6451 268 (b) 5630 6451 1268 (c) 6530 6451 1268 (d) 5630 6455 11268
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 588773588. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 588 737 588 (b) 588 735 88 (c) 588 773 5588 (d) 588 773 588
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9887090307. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 988 870 90307 (b) 887 090 307 (c) 988 709 0307 (d) 987 809 0307
35. 35.📅 The digits 04061995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0406/19/95 (b) 04/0619/95 (c) 040/619/95 (d) 04/06/1995
36. 36.📅 The digits 22101998 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/1019/98 (b) 2210/19/98 (c) 221/019/98 (d) 22/10/1998
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 9352660452. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 935 260 452 (b) 935 266 4052 (c) 935 266 04452 (d) 935 266 0452
38. 38.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 222899558883. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2228 9955 883 (b) 2282 9955 8883 (c) 2228 9995 58883 (d) 2228 9955 8883
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 969823186. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 969 283 186 (b) 969 821 86 (c) 996 982 3186 (d) 969 823 186

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