Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers

Memory techniques lesson 10: Chunking numbers · Set 544 · 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 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
2. 2.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it has fewer digits
3. 3.📅 The digits 28122001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2812/20/01 (b) 28/12/2001 (c) 28/1220/01 (d) 281/220/01
4. 4.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
5. 5.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
6. 6.📅 The digits 02081979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/08/1979 (b) 02/0819/79 (c) 020/819/79 (d) 0208/19/79
7. 7.📅 The digits 02091976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0209/19/76 (b) 02/09/1976 (c) 020/919/76 (d) 02/0919/76
8. 8.📅 The digits 18102019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1810/20/19 (b) 181/020/19 (c) 18/10/2019 (d) 18/1020/19
9. 9.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 and 947
10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 774225232187. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7742 2253 2187 (b) 7742 2523 217 (c) 7774 2252 32187 (d) 7742 2523 2187
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 789731395. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 789 731 95 (b) 789 731 359 (c) 778 973 1395 (d) 789 731 395
12. 12.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only numbers (d) nothing at all
13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 6321918605. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 632 191 8605 (b) 321 918 605 (c) 632 911 8605 (d) 663 219 18605
15. 15.📅 The digits 28061996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/0619/96 (b) 28/06/1996 (c) 280/619/96 (d) 2806/19/96
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 103298081. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 102 980 81 (b) 103 298 018 (c) 103 299 8081 (d) 103 298 081
17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 309858877. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 309 588 877 (b) 309 858 877 (c) 309 885 8877 (d) 398 588 77
19. 19.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
20. 20.📅 The digits 22071966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/07/1966 (b) 22/0719/66 (c) 2207/19/66 (d) 220/719/66
21. 21.📅 The digits 25092022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2509/20/22 (b) 25/0920/22 (c) 250/920/22 (d) 25/09/2022
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 3276303792. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 326 730 3792 (b) 327 630 3792 (c) 326 303 792 (d) 327 630 37922
23. 23.📅 The digits 15021950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 15/0219/50 (b) 1502/19/50 (c) 15/02/1950 (d) 150/219/50
24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 9315172262. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 517 2262 (b) 913 517 2262 (c) 993 151 72262 (d) 931 572 262
25. 25.📅 The digits 17061965 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1706/19/65 (b) 17/06/1965 (c) 17/0619/65 (d) 170/619/65
26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 4842272520. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 484 227 5220 (b) 484 272 520 (c) 484 227 2520 (d) 484 222 72520
27. 27.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 1918606860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 191 186 06860 (b) 191 860 6860 (c) 191 860 660 (d) 119 860 6860
29. 29.📅 The digits 16062024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 160/620/24 (b) 16/06/2024 (c) 16/0620/24 (d) 1606/20/24
30. 30.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
31. 31.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 158801849324. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1580 8184 9324 (b) 1158 8018 49324 (c) 1588 0184 934 (d) 1588 0184 9324
33. 33.📅 The digits 16031956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1603/19/56 (b) 160/319/56 (c) 16/0319/56 (d) 16/03/1956
34. 34.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
35. 35.📅 The digits 27042016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/04/2016 (b) 27/0420/16 (c) 270/420/16 (d) 2704/20/16
36. 36.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
37. 37.📅 The digits 18031958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 180/319/58 (b) 18/0319/58 (c) 1803/19/58 (d) 18/03/1958
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 184040024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 184 040 02 (b) 184 040 024 (c) 118 404 0024 (d) 148 040 024
39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 9669053541. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 966 095 3541 (b) 996 690 53541 (c) 966 905 354 (d) 966 905 3541
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 220110957. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 220 111 0957 (b) 220 110 975 (c) 220 110 957 (d) 220 110 95

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