Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers

Memory techniques lesson 10: Chunking numbers · Set 332 · 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.📅 The digits 06102003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0610/20/03 (b) 061/020/03 (c) 06/1020/03 (d) 06/10/2003
2. 2.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
3. 3.📅 The digits 25121970 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 251/219/70 (b) 25/12/1970 (c) 25/1219/70 (d) 2512/19/70
4. 4.📅 The digits 13031999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1303/19/99 (b) 13/03/1999 (c) 130/319/99 (d) 13/0319/99
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 3304051904. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 330 405 1904 (b) 330 405 11904 (c) 330 401 5904 (d) 304 051 904
6. 6.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) is very long
7. 7.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
9. 9.📅 The digits 08031972 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/319/72 (b) 0803/19/72 (c) 08/0319/72 (d) 08/03/1972
10. 10.📅 The digits 25111951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 251/119/51 (b) 2511/19/51 (c) 25/1119/51 (d) 25/11/1951
11. 11.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
12. 12.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 194 and 7 (d) 1 9 4 7
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 957275822. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 975 275 822 (b) 952 758 22 (c) 957 275 8222 (d) 957 275 822
14. 14.📅 The digits 12092004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1209/20/04 (b) 12/0920/04 (c) 12/09/2004 (d) 120/920/04
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 2624167278. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 226 241 67278 (b) 262 416 7278 (c) 262 146 7278 (d) 262 416 728
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 914350303. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 914 350 303 (b) 991 435 0303 (c) 913 503 03 (d) 914 350 033
17. 17.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 7073742142. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 770 737 42142 (b) 707 734 2142 (c) 707 374 2142 (d) 707 374 214
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 173079533483. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1730 7953 3438 (b) 1730 7953 3483 (c) 1730 7953 483 (d) 1730 7953 33483
20. 20.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) writing it twice (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
21. 21.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
22. 22.📅 The digits 08111989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0811/19/89 (b) 08/1119/89 (c) 08/11/1989 (d) 081/119/89
23. 23.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 8185287759. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 818 528 7759 (b) 818 258 7759 (c) 818 528 77759 (d) 818 528 775
25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 275074484. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 725 074 484 (b) 227 507 4484 (c) 275 074 484 (d) 275 044 84
26. 26.📅 The digits 07111989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0711/19/89 (b) 07/11/1989 (c) 07/1119/89 (d) 071/119/89
27. 27.📅 The digits 24122010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/12/2010 (b) 2412/20/10 (c) 241/220/10 (d) 24/1220/10
28. 28.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
29. 29.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
30. 30.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
31. 31.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is printed bigger (c) it is a smaller number (d) it has fewer digits
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 7121362294. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 711 236 2294 (b) 712 136 22944 (c) 712 362 294 (d) 712 136 2294
33. 33.📅 The digits 24092019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/0920/19 (b) 240/920/19 (c) 2409/20/19 (d) 24/09/2019
34. 34.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
35. 35.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 571519139899. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5715 1913 98999 (b) 7515 1913 9899 (c) 5715 1913 9899 (d) 5715 9139 899
37. 37.📅 The digits 11051978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/519/78 (b) 1105/19/78 (c) 11/0519/78 (d) 11/05/1978
38. 38.📅 The digits 01012009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0101/20/09 (b) 010/120/09 (c) 01/0120/09 (d) 01/01/2009
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 174211891549. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1742 1198 1549 (b) 1742 1189 1549 (c) 1774 2118 91549 (d) 1721 1891 549
40. 40.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?

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