Mnemonics Worksheet: Chunking Numbers

Memory techniques lesson 10: Chunking numbers · Set 556 · 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 222968055412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2226 9805 5412 (b) 2229 6805 542 (c) 2229 6800 55412 (d) 2229 6805 5412
2. 2.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
3. 3.🔢 What is chunking? (a) splitting into groups (b) reading very fast (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
4. 4.📅 The digits 07121971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/1219/71 (b) 071/219/71 (c) 07/12/1971 (d) 0712/19/71
5. 5.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
6. 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 7731783063. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 773 177 83063 (b) 773 178 3063 (c) 771 378 3063 (d) 773 178 303
7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 2312463234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 231 246 32234 (b) 231 246 234 (c) 213 246 3234 (d) 231 246 3234
8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
9. 9.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
10. 10.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
11. 11.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
12. 12.📅 The digits 19111960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1911/19/60 (b) 191/119/60 (c) 19/1119/60 (d) 19/11/1960
13. 13.📅 The digits 06091980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/09/1980 (b) 0609/19/80 (c) 06/0919/80 (d) 060/919/80
14. 14.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
15. 15.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) is very long (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) has no pattern
16. 16.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 1 and 947
17. 17.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
18. 18.📅 The digits 26081975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0819/75 (b) 26/08/1975 (c) 260/819/75 (d) 2608/19/75
19. 19.📅 The digits 08081957 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/0819/57 (b) 08/08/1957 (c) 0808/19/57 (d) 080/819/57
20. 20.📅 The digits 10071976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0719/76 (b) 100/719/76 (c) 10/07/1976 (d) 1007/19/76
21. 21.📅 The digits 10111975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/1119/75 (b) 10/11/1975 (c) 101/119/75 (d) 1011/19/75
22. 22.📅 The digits 19102005 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 191/020/05 (b) 19/1020/05 (c) 19/10/2005 (d) 1910/20/05
23. 23.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only pictures
24. 24.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) it has fewer digits
25. 25.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
26. 26.📅 The digits 03091983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/09/1983 (b) 030/919/83 (c) 03/0919/83 (d) 0309/19/83
27. 27.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
28. 28.📅 The digits 02022022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0220/22 (b) 02/02/2022 (c) 0202/20/22 (d) 020/220/22
29. 29.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
30. 30.📅 The digits 09081999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0908/19/99 (b) 09/08/1999 (c) 09/0819/99 (d) 090/819/99
31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 5060322860. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 032 2680 (b) 506 032 2860 (c) 506 032 860 (d) 506 032 22860
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 272706118206. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2727 0611 8206 (b) 2277 0611 8206 (c) 2727 0611 206 (d) 2727 0611 18206
33. 33.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
34. 34.📅 The digits 06071964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/719/64 (b) 0607/19/64 (c) 06/0719/64 (d) 06/07/1964
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 6744003692. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 674 040 3692 (b) 674 400 36992 (c) 674 400 369 (d) 674 400 3692
36. 36.📅 The digits 04061955 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/06/1955 (b) 04/0619/55 (c) 040/619/55 (d) 0406/19/55
37. 37.📅 The digits 27041994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 270/419/94 (b) 27/04/1994 (c) 27/0419/94 (d) 2704/19/94
38. 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 947981784567. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9479 8187 4567 (b) 9479 8817 84567 (c) 9479 8178 456 (d) 9479 8178 4567
39. 39.📅 The digits 06071956 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/0719/56 (b) 0607/19/56 (c) 060/719/56 (d) 06/07/1956
40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 247351436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 247 351 36 (b) 427 351 436 (c) 247 351 4436 (d) 247 351 436

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