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.📅 The digits 08062021 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 080/620/21 (b) 08/0620/21 (c) 0806/20/21 (d) 08/06/2021
- 2.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 833997453812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8339 7945 3812 (b) 8339 9745 3812 (c) 8339 9974 53812 (d) 8339 7453 812
- 4.📅 The digits 22051967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/519/67 (b) 2205/19/67 (c) 22/0519/67 (d) 22/05/1967
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 270912106. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 912 1006 (b) 270 921 106 (c) 270 912 16 (d) 270 912 106
- 6.📅 The digits 14041978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/0419/78 (b) 14/04/1978 (c) 140/419/78 (d) 1404/19/78
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 922362210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 922 362 2210 (b) 922 362 210 (c) 923 622 10 (d) 923 262 210
- 8.📅 The digits 24022006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/02/2006 (b) 24/0220/06 (c) 240/220/06 (d) 2402/20/06
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 474366320. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 474 336 6320 (b) 473 466 320 (c) 474 363 20 (d) 474 366 320
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 9755578561. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 975 557 8561 (b) 975 557 8651 (c) 755 578 561 (d) 975 555 78561
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 963112783. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 963 112 78 (b) 963 112 783 (c) 936 112 783 (d) 963 112 7883
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 9112169427. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 911 216 9427 (b) 911 219 6427 (c) 911 216 99427 (d) 912 169 427
- 14.📅 The digits 28101966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 281/019/66 (b) 28/1019/66 (c) 2810/19/66 (d) 28/10/1966
- 15.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it is printed bigger
- 16.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) means something to you
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 985442164097. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9854 4221 64097 (b) 9854 4216 4907 (c) 9854 4216 097 (d) 9854 4216 4097
- 18.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 817605196. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 817 605 916 (b) 817 605 196 (c) 817 660 5196 (d) 876 051 96
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 261358434891. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2613 5843 891 (b) 2261 3584 34891 (c) 2615 3843 4891 (d) 2613 5843 4891
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 2607054691. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 260 704 691 (b) 260 705 4691 (c) 206 705 4691 (d) 260 770 54691
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 4924438610. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 492 443 8610 (b) 492 443 860 (c) 492 443 86610 (d) 942 443 8610
- 23.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.📅 The digits 28082013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 280/820/13 (b) 2808/20/13 (c) 28/08/2013 (d) 28/0820/13
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.📅 The digits 25091989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 25/0919/89 (b) 25/09/1989 (c) 2509/19/89 (d) 250/919/89
- 27.📅 The digits 18082008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 18/0820/08 (b) 1808/20/08 (c) 18/08/2008 (d) 180/820/08
- 28.📅 The digits 24081963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 240/819/63 (b) 24/0819/63 (c) 2408/19/63 (d) 24/08/1963
- 29.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 30.📅 The digits 07102003 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 071/020/03 (b) 0710/20/03 (c) 07/1020/03 (d) 07/10/2003
- 31.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 3477692685. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 347 769 2685 (b) 347 769 2865 (c) 347 692 685 (d) 344 776 92685
- 33.📅 The digits 17011996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/0119/96 (b) 17/01/1996 (c) 1701/19/96 (d) 170/119/96
- 34.📅 The digits 16111983 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1611/19/83 (b) 16/1119/83 (c) 161/119/83 (d) 16/11/1983
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 560493942441. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5049 3942 441 (b) 5064 9394 2441 (c) 5604 9394 2441 (d) 5604 9394 24411
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 304331610977. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3043 3160 1977 (b) 3043 3161 09977 (c) 3043 1610 977 (d) 3043 3161 0977
- 37.📅 The digits 03041972 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/04/1972 (b) 030/419/72 (c) 0304/19/72 (d) 03/0419/72
- 38.📅 The digits 16052013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1605/20/13 (b) 16/0520/13 (c) 160/520/13 (d) 16/05/2013
- 39.📅 The digits 19061999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 19/0619/99 (b) 190/619/99 (c) 1906/19/99 (d) 19/06/1999
- 40.🔢 A 15-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- 08/06/2021
- 2
- 8339 9745 3812
- 22/05/1967
- 270 912 106
- 14/04/1978
- 922 362 210
- 24/02/2006
- 474 366 320
- 975 557 8561
- 7
- 963 112 783
- 911 216 9427
- 28/10/1966
- three chunks, not ten
- means something to you
- 9854 4216 4097
- 3
- 817 605 196
- 2613 5843 4891
- 260 705 4691
- 492 443 8610
- 3
- 28/08/2013
- 7
- 25/09/1989
- 18/08/2008
- 24/08/1963
- splitting into groups
- 07/10/2003
- 5
- 347 769 2685
- 17/01/1996
- 16/11/1983
- 5604 9394 2441
- 3043 3161 0977
- 03/04/1972
- 16/05/2013
- 19/06/1999
- 5
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