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 07011998 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0701/19/98 (b) 070/119/98 (c) 07/0119/98 (d) 07/01/1998
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 211290910. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 211 290 910 (b) 221 129 0910 (c) 211 290 190 (d) 211 299 10
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 827860971507. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8227 8609 71507 (b) 8278 6097 1507 (c) 8287 6097 1507 (d) 8278 6097 507
- 4.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 820096119966. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8200 9611 996 (b) 8209 0611 9966 (c) 8220 0961 19966 (d) 8200 9611 9966
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 365889151. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 365 891 51 (b) 365 889 151 (c) 356 889 151 (d) 365 889 9151
- 7.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 8.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 945404062. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 945 404 062 (b) 945 404 026 (c) 944 540 4062 (d) 945 404 62
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 335396736. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 335 396 736 (b) 335 397 636 (c) 335 396 7336 (d) 353 967 36
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 293922605. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 293 926 05 (b) 293 992 2605 (c) 293 922 605 (d) 293 922 065
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 742967940692. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7429 6974 0692 (b) 7429 6794 0692 (c) 7442 9679 40692 (d) 7429 6740 692
- 15.📅 The digits 25042022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 250/420/22 (b) 2504/20/22 (c) 25/04/2022 (d) 25/0420/22
- 16.📅 The digits 21051961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 210/519/61 (b) 21/0519/61 (c) 21/05/1961 (d) 2105/19/61
- 17.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
- 18.📅 The digits 12021964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/0219/64 (b) 1202/19/64 (c) 120/219/64 (d) 12/02/1964
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 910020904281. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9100 2094 281 (b) 9102 0090 4281 (c) 9100 2090 42881 (d) 9100 2090 4281
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 254264889295. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2542 6488 9295 (b) 5426 4889 295 (c) 2542 6488 9259 (d) 2542 6488 89295
- 21.📅 The digits 01032014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 010/320/14 (b) 0103/20/14 (c) 01/0320/14 (d) 01/03/2014
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 9510290631. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 951 029 0613 (b) 951 029 0631 (c) 951 022 90631 (d) 910 290 631
- 23.📅 The digits 08041952 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0804/19/52 (b) 080/419/52 (c) 08/0419/52 (d) 08/04/1952
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 4797467720. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 479 746 7720 (b) 479 746 7270 (c) 479 746 77200 (d) 797 467 720
- 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 506636978252. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5066 3669 78252 (b) 5066 3697 8252 (c) 5066 3697 822 (d) 5066 3679 8252
- 26.📅 The digits 02041959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0419/59 (b) 0204/19/59 (c) 020/419/59 (d) 02/04/1959
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 284581190119. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2845 8190 119 (b) 2845 8119 90119 (c) 8245 8119 0119 (d) 2845 8119 0119
- 28.📅 The digits 28051951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2805/19/51 (b) 28/0519/51 (c) 28/05/1951 (d) 280/519/51
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 130473611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 130 447 3611 (b) 310 473 611 (c) 130 473 611 (d) 130 436 11
- 30.📅 The digits 08011967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/119/67 (b) 0801/19/67 (c) 08/01/1967 (d) 08/0119/67
- 31.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 33.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 34.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 35.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 36.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) only numbers
- 37.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 19 and 47 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 194 and 7
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 2264091107. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 226 409 107 (b) 226 409 1107 (c) 224 609 1107 (d) 226 409 91107
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 260181780553. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2608 1780 553 (b) 2610 8178 0553 (c) 2601 1817 80553 (d) 2601 8178 0553
- 40.📅 The digits 14101951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1410/19/51 (b) 141/019/51 (c) 14/10/1951 (d) 14/1019/51
Answer key
- 07/01/1998
- 211 290 910
- 8278 6097 1507
- 4
- 8200 9611 9966
- 365 889 151
- 6
- splitting into groups
- 945 404 062
- 8
- 6
- 335 396 736
- 293 922 605
- 7429 6794 0692
- 25/04/2022
- 21/05/1961
- means something to you
- 12/02/1964
- 9100 2090 4281
- 2542 6488 9295
- 01/03/2014
- 951 029 0631
- 08/04/1952
- 479 746 7720
- 5066 3697 8252
- 02/04/1959
- 2845 8119 0119
- 28/05/1951
- 130 473 611
- 08/01/1967
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 9
- numbers and letter lists
- 19 and 47
- 226 409 1107
- 2601 8178 0553
- 14/10/1951
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