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.🔢 You want to remember the number 761606324. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 761 606 234 (b) 761 606 324 (c) 766 063 24 (d) 761 606 3224
- 2.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 663680020906. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6663 6800 20906 (b) 6636 8000 906 (c) 6638 6002 0906 (d) 6636 8002 0906
- 4.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 5.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 2409469302. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 240 946 9302 (b) 240 094 69302 (c) 209 469 302 (d) 240 949 6302
- 7.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 8.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.📅 The digits 07121979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/12/1979 (b) 071/219/79 (c) 07/1219/79 (d) 0712/19/79
- 10.📅 The digits 25051953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0519/53 (b) 250/519/53 (c) 25/05/1953 (d) 2505/19/53
- 11.📅 The digits 22031965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/319/65 (b) 2203/19/65 (c) 22/03/1965 (d) 22/0319/65
- 12.📅 The digits 23122016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/1220/16 (b) 23/12/2016 (c) 231/220/16 (d) 2312/20/16
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 535704147. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 533 570 4147 (b) 535 701 447 (c) 535 041 47 (d) 535 704 147
- 14.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 15.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 16.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 17.📅 The digits 01111990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/1119/90 (b) 0111/19/90 (c) 011/119/90 (d) 01/11/1990
- 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 600708778. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 600 707 878 (b) 600 708 8778 (c) 600 708 778 (d) 600 787 78
- 19.📅 The digits 03071978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0719/78 (b) 030/719/78 (c) 0307/19/78 (d) 03/07/1978
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 918225385. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 918 225 5385 (b) 918 225 835 (c) 918 225 385 (d) 918 225 85
- 21.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 22.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 23.📅 The digits 19091993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0919/93 (b) 1909/19/93 (c) 190/919/93 (d) 19/09/1993
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 140913850. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 140 913 850 (b) 149 138 50 (c) 140 931 850 (d) 140 091 3850
- 25.📅 The digits 24011958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/01/1958 (b) 2401/19/58 (c) 24/0119/58 (d) 240/119/58
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.📅 The digits 10041974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1004/19/74 (b) 10/0419/74 (c) 100/419/74 (d) 10/04/1974
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 8743546008. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 874 354 60008 (b) 874 354 6008 (c) 874 534 6008 (d) 874 354 600
- 30.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 8162537709. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 862 537 709 (b) 816 253 7709 (c) 881 625 37709 (d) 861 253 7709
- 32.📅 The digits 09091993 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/0919/93 (b) 0909/19/93 (c) 09/09/1993 (d) 090/919/93
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 476164874. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 461 648 74 (b) 476 164 8774 (c) 476 164 874 (d) 467 164 874
- 34.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 35.📅 The digits 26082006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0820/06 (b) 26/08/2006 (c) 260/820/06 (d) 2608/20/06
- 36.📅 The digits 14101950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1410/19/50 (b) 141/019/50 (c) 14/10/1950 (d) 14/1019/50
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 8419846874. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 841 984 6784 (b) 841 984 6874 (c) 849 846 874 (d) 841 984 68874
- 38.📅 The digits 03022010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0220/10 (b) 0302/20/10 (c) 03/02/2010 (d) 030/220/10
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 320148192. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 332 014 8192 (b) 320 481 92 (c) 320 148 192 (d) 302 148 192
- 40.📅 The digits 20102011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 201/020/11 (b) 2010/20/11 (c) 20/10/2011 (d) 20/1020/11
Answer key
- 761 606 324
- 4
- 6636 8002 0906
- 8
- 2
- 240 946 9302
- 5
- 3
- 07/12/1979
- 25/05/1953
- 22/03/1965
- 23/12/2016
- 535 704 147
- three chunks, not ten
- 4
- 4
- 01/11/1990
- 600 708 778
- 03/07/1978
- 918 225 385
- splitting into groups
- means something to you
- 19/09/1993
- 140 913 850
- 24/01/1958
- 7
- 3
- 10/04/1974
- 874 354 6008
- 5
- 816 253 7709
- 09/09/1993
- 476 164 874
- 6
- 26/08/2006
- 14/10/1950
- 841 984 6874
- 03/02/2010
- 320 148 192
- 20/10/2011
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