Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Memory tip (Know your memory): Find the topic of the question: memory steps, attention, short or long term, forgetting, or habits. Use that lesson’s tip — notice, store, recall; you keep what you notice; a small desk and a big cupboard; review before it fades; a rested brain remembers. For sums: add the gaps to the learning day, add study blocks and breaks, or count the hours of sleep.
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- 1.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 2.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) you keep what you notice (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it makes you tired
- 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 6.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) linking to what you know (c) cramming the last night (d) explaining to a friend
- 7.Which of these helps your memory? (a) screens till midnight (b) staying up very late (c) feeling very stressed (d) a full night’s sleep
- 8.True or false: “playing outdoors” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 11.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you need a review (b) you should give up (c) memory is broken (d) you are not smart
- 12.😴 You go to bed at 8:30 PM and wake up at 4:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 13.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) a healthy breakfast (c) skipping breakfast (d) drinking enough water
- 14.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) we forget fast at first (c) memory is fixed (d) forgetting starts late
- 15.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 16.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 18.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) meaning makes it stick (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
- 20.True or false: “revising before bed” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 22.😴 You go to bed at 8:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 23.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) studying very hungry (c) short study breaks (d) a calm, happy mind
- 24.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it wastes time (b) it erases memory (c) it is only for babies (d) it helps learning stick
- 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) never testing yourself (c) studying when sleepy (d) using it in a sum
- 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
- 28.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
- 30.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) you forget more (c) it speeds up (d) nothing changes
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) everyone forgets things (d) we forget without review
- 32.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 33.True or false: “the national anthem” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 34.😴 You go to bed at 9:30 PM and wake up at 6:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 35.True or false: “your birthday” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “the national anthem” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 38.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) bringing it back to mind (c) writing it neatly (d) reading it again
- 39.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 40.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
Answer key
- 5
- you keep what you notice
- helps attention
- a fact
- helps you keep it
- cramming the last night
- a full night’s sleep
- False
- False
- step 2
- you need a review
- 8
- skipping breakfast
- we forget fast at first
- 3
- helps you keep it
- a myth
- long-term memory
- you keep all you read
- True
- step 3
- 9
- studying very hungry
- it helps learning stick
- everyone forgets things
- using it in a sum
- memory can’t improve
- 6
- notice it
- it slows down
- one reading is enough
- breaks attention
- False
- 9
- True
- True
- a myth
- bringing it back to mind
- lets it fade
- 12
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