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.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 241147684. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 241 114 7684 (b) 241 147 864 (c) 241 147 68 (d) 241 147 684
- 3.📅 The digits 20081960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 20/0819/60 (b) 20/08/1960 (c) 2008/19/60 (d) 200/819/60
- 4.📅 The digits 19011983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/01/1983 (b) 19/0119/83 (c) 1901/19/83 (d) 190/119/83
- 5.📅 The digits 03121958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0312/19/58 (b) 031/219/58 (c) 03/12/1958 (d) 03/1219/58
- 6.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 7.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) only pictures (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 191145726302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1114 5726 302 (b) 1911 4576 2302 (c) 1911 4572 6302 (d) 1911 1457 26302
- 9.📅 The digits 28051961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/05/1961 (b) 28/0519/61 (c) 2805/19/61 (d) 280/519/61
- 10.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) saying it backwards
- 11.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 13.📅 The digits 01051996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/0519/96 (b) 01/05/1996 (c) 010/519/96 (d) 0105/19/96
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 491102103. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 491 102 1103 (b) 491 102 103 (c) 491 102 013 (d) 491 121 03
- 15.📅 The digits 01051991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0105/19/91 (b) 010/519/91 (c) 01/0519/91 (d) 01/05/1991
- 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 553038408. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 550 338 408 (b) 553 384 08 (c) 553 003 8408 (d) 553 038 408
- 17.📅 The digits 05012004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0120/04 (b) 05/01/2004 (c) 0501/20/04 (d) 050/120/04
- 18.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 337293923. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 337 293 3923 (b) 373 293 923 (c) 337 293 23 (d) 337 293 923
- 20.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 848411871402. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8484 4118 71402 (b) 8484 1817 1402 (c) 8484 1187 1402 (d) 8841 1871 402
- 23.📅 The digits 18091987 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/09/1987 (b) 180/919/87 (c) 1809/19/87 (d) 18/0919/87
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1347217033. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 134 721 7033 (b) 347 217 033 (c) 113 472 17033 (d) 134 727 1033
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 704675009719. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7046 7009 719 (b) 7046 7500 9719 (c) 7046 7500 97719 (d) 7046 7509 0719
- 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 2882180592. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 288 281 0592 (b) 288 218 0592 (c) 282 180 592 (d) 228 821 80592
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 101991198456. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1019 9198 456 (b) 1019 9119 8465 (c) 1019 9119 8456 (d) 1019 9911 98456
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 4824789797. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 482 478 7997 (b) 482 478 9797 (c) 482 478 97997 (d) 824 789 797
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 781072200502. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7180 7220 0502 (b) 7817 2200 502 (c) 7810 7722 00502 (d) 7810 7220 0502
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 8826893327. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 882 268 93327 (b) 882 893 327 (c) 882 689 3372 (d) 882 689 3327
- 31.📅 The digits 03061979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0306/19/79 (b) 030/619/79 (c) 03/0619/79 (d) 03/06/1979
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 585799919912. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5857 9991 9912 (b) 5885 7999 19912 (c) 5579 9919 912 (d) 5587 9991 9912
- 33.📅 The digits 05042019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/0420/19 (b) 05/04/2019 (c) 0504/20/19 (d) 050/420/19
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 929156612091. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9291 6561 2091 (b) 9291 5661 2091 (c) 9291 5661 20991 (d) 9291 5612 091
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 312136840. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 312 136 840 (b) 121 368 40 (c) 132 136 840 (d) 311 213 6840
- 36.📅 The digits 22052020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2205/20/20 (b) 22/05/2020 (c) 22/0520/20 (d) 220/520/20
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 329842366. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 328 942 366 (b) 329 842 366 (c) 398 423 66 (d) 322 984 2366
- 38.📅 The digits 25121971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/12/1971 (b) 2512/19/71 (c) 251/219/71 (d) 25/1219/71
- 39.📅 The digits 08031985 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/319/85 (b) 0803/19/85 (c) 08/03/1985 (d) 08/0319/85
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 912809641718. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9128 0964 17718 (b) 9120 9641 718 (c) 9128 0694 1718 (d) 9128 0964 1718
Answer key
- 5
- 241 147 684
- 20/08/1960
- 19/01/1983
- 03/12/1958
- 6
- numbers and letter lists
- 1911 4572 6302
- 28/05/1961
- splitting into groups
- 4
- 9
- 01/05/1996
- 491 102 103
- 01/05/1991
- 553 038 408
- 05/01/2004
- 3
- 337 293 923
- 5
- 8
- 8484 1187 1402
- 18/09/1987
- 134 721 7033
- 7046 7500 9719
- 288 218 0592
- 1019 9119 8456
- 482 478 9797
- 7810 7220 0502
- 882 689 3327
- 03/06/1979
- 5857 9991 9912
- 05/04/2019
- 9291 5661 2091
- 312 136 840
- 22/05/2020
- 329 842 366
- 25/12/1971
- 08/03/1985
- 9128 0964 1718
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