Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers

Memory techniques lesson 10: Chunking numbers · Set 542 · 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.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
2. 2.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
3. 3.📅 The digits 06032004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/0320/04 (b) 06/03/2004 (c) 060/320/04 (d) 0603/20/04
4. 4.📅 The digits 01092023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/0920/23 (b) 0109/20/23 (c) 01/09/2023 (d) 010/920/23
5. 5.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
6. 6.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
7. 7.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
9. 9.📅 The digits 08031967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/0319/67 (b) 080/319/67 (c) 0803/19/67 (d) 08/03/1967
10. 10.📅 The digits 12081953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/08/1953 (b) 1208/19/53 (c) 12/0819/53 (d) 120/819/53
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 384932494179. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3849 3249 1479 (b) 3849 3224 94179 (c) 3849 3249 4179 (d) 8493 2494 179
12. 12.📅 The digits 03011974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/0119/74 (b) 03/01/1974 (c) 030/119/74 (d) 0301/19/74
13. 13.📅 The digits 10051999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 100/519/99 (b) 10/0519/99 (c) 1005/19/99 (d) 10/05/1999
14. 14.📅 The digits 25041966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0419/66 (b) 250/419/66 (c) 25/04/1966 (d) 2504/19/66
15. 15.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
16. 16.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) changes daily
17. 17.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
18. 18.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
19. 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 6673467510. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 663 746 7510 (b) 667 346 75100 (c) 667 346 7510 (d) 667 346 510
20. 20.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
21. 21.📅 The digits 25022012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0220/12 (b) 25/02/2012 (c) 250/220/12 (d) 2502/20/12
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 752168843567. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7521 6884 3567 (b) 7521 6884 3657 (c) 7521 6688 43567 (d) 5216 8843 567
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 533561111384. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5333 5611 11384 (b) 5335 6111 184 (c) 5335 6111 1834 (d) 5335 6111 1384
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 3850161077. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 385 016 107 (b) 385 016 1077 (c) 388 501 61077 (d) 358 016 1077
25. 25.📅 The digits 10021953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0219/53 (b) 1002/19/53 (c) 10/02/1953 (d) 100/219/53
26. 26.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
27. 27.📅 The digits 12032008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/0320/08 (b) 1203/20/08 (c) 12/03/2008 (d) 120/320/08
28. 28.📅 The digits 16051965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 160/519/65 (b) 1605/19/65 (c) 16/0519/65 (d) 16/05/1965
29. 29.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
30. 30.📅 The digits 11031997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/319/97 (b) 1103/19/97 (c) 11/0319/97 (d) 11/03/1997
31. 31.📅 The digits 02071967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 020/719/67 (b) 02/07/1967 (c) 0207/19/67 (d) 02/0719/67
32. 32.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 421770836368. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2417 7083 6368 (b) 4217 7083 63368 (c) 4277 0836 368 (d) 4217 7083 6368
34. 34.📅 The digits 12021997 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/0219/97 (b) 12/02/1997 (c) 120/219/97 (d) 1202/19/97
35. 35.📅 The digits 27011961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2701/19/61 (b) 27/01/1961 (c) 27/0119/61 (d) 270/119/61
36. 36.📅 The digits 11022022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/220/22 (b) 11/0220/22 (c) 1102/20/22 (d) 11/02/2022
37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 423040149900. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4230 4019 900 (b) 4230 4014 99000 (c) 4230 4014 9900 (d) 2430 4014 9900
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 112345042164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1123 4504 264 (b) 1123 4054 2164 (c) 1123 4504 2164 (d) 1122 3450 42164
39. 39.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
40. 40.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?

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