Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers

Memory techniques lesson 10: Chunking numbers · Set 538 · 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.🔢 You want to remember the number 688503393542. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6885 0333 9542 (b) 6885 0339 35422 (c) 6885 3393 542 (d) 6885 0339 3542
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 1281327536. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 128 137 536 (b) 128 132 7536 (c) 128 132 75536 (d) 128 137 2536
3. 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 176336026. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 176 336 026 (b) 176 336 062 (c) 176 336 26 (d) 176 633 6026
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2109834005. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 983 4005 (b) 210 098 34005 (c) 219 834 005 (d) 219 083 4005
5. 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 329156044. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 329 156 44 (b) 329 156 044 (c) 321 956 044 (d) 332 915 6044
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 721035057014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7210 3505 7014 (b) 7211 0350 57014 (c) 7210 5057 014 (d) 7201 3505 7014
7. 7.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
8. 8.🔢 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
9. 9.📅 The digits 23042002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2304/20/02 (b) 23/04/2002 (c) 23/0420/02 (d) 230/420/02
10. 10.📅 The digits 23031950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2303/19/50 (b) 230/319/50 (c) 23/03/1950 (d) 23/0319/50
11. 11.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
12. 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 489003170635. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4890 0317 0635 (b) 4980 0317 0635 (c) 4899 0031 70635 (d) 4800 3170 635
13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 747136369. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 747 136 639 (b) 747 136 369 (c) 747 136 36 (d) 747 136 3699
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 177068321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 170 683 21 (b) 177 706 8321 (c) 177 068 321 (d) 177 608 321
15. 15.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) has no pattern (d) means something to you
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 669936611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 669 936 611 (b) 699 366 11 (c) 669 963 611 (d) 666 993 6611
17. 17.📅 The digits 04081992 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/819/92 (b) 0408/19/92 (c) 04/08/1992 (d) 04/0819/92
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 6206718320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 620 671 8230 (b) 206 718 320 (c) 620 671 8320 (d) 620 671 83200
19. 19.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
20. 20.📅 The digits 23022021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/02/2021 (b) 2302/20/21 (c) 23/0220/21 (d) 230/220/21
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 523924143733. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5239 2414 33733 (b) 5239 2414 373 (c) 5239 2414 3733 (d) 5239 4214 3733
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 492841192806. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4928 4119 92806 (b) 4982 4119 2806 (c) 4928 4119 2806 (d) 4928 4119 280
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 6811289142. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 681 182 9142 (b) 681 128 9142 (c) 681 289 142 (d) 681 128 99142
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1340517614. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 133 405 17614 (b) 134 051 7614 (c) 140 517 614 (d) 134 051 7641
25. 25.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
26. 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) splitting into groups (d) writing it twice
27. 27.📅 The digits 05081965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/08/1965 (b) 05/0819/65 (c) 050/819/65 (d) 0508/19/65
28. 28.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 291164835. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 291 146 835 (b) 291 164 35 (c) 299 116 4835 (d) 291 164 835
30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 962039391. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 962 039 9391 (b) 962 039 391 (c) 962 393 91 (d) 962 093 391
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 228160740. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 160 470 (b) 228 160 7440 (c) 228 160 740 (d) 281 607 40
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 803980142289. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8039 8041 2289 (b) 8003 9801 42289 (c) 8038 0142 289 (d) 8039 8014 2289
33. 33.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 2358223750. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 235 822 3705 (b) 258 223 750 (c) 235 822 3750 (d) 233 582 23750
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 579544941328. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5794 4941 328 (b) 5795 4494 1328 (c) 5795 4494 13328 (d) 5795 4449 1328
36. 36.📅 The digits 08091968 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/09/1968 (b) 08/0919/68 (c) 0809/19/68 (d) 080/919/68
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 548986627. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 548 986 67 (b) 554 898 6627 (c) 548 968 627 (d) 548 986 627
38. 38.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
39. 39.📅 The digits 27021964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/0219/64 (b) 2702/19/64 (c) 27/02/1964 (d) 270/219/64
40. 40.📅 The digits 09072002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/720/02 (b) 09/0720/02 (c) 0907/20/02 (d) 09/07/2002

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