Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test
Memory tip (Notice, link, review): Find the topic: memory basics, a mnemonic, a picture or place method, or a study habit. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For sums: add gaps to the learning day, wrong answers = all − right, revision days = days − learning days.
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- 1.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 2, the tens digit is 2 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 2. What is 9 × 2?
- 2.📅 The digits 07082019 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/0820/19 (b) 070/820/19 (c) 07/08/2019 (d) 0708/20/19
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the last line you read (b) a new word for a minute (c) directions told just now (d) your home address
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a violin by the library, a ball by the classroom door, a mirror by the stairs, an urn by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the blackboard. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) mirror (b) urn (c) violin (d) ball
- 5.True or false: “only easy subjects” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📅 The digits 28012022 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/01/2022 (b) 2801/20/22 (c) 280/120/22 (d) 28/0120/22
- 7.👋 You meet a new classmate called Neel. The name means “blue”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) floating up in the sky (b) covered in blue paint (c) wearing a shiny star (d) glowing like the sun
- 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) closed-book writing (b) copying notes neatly (c) staring at the page (d) only listening again
- 9.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the months (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 10.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no time for review? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 12.🔢 You want to remember the number 2621748027. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 262 174 8027 (b) 262 174 88027 (c) 226 174 8027 (d) 262 178 027
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) eyes (b) skin (c) ears (d) tongue
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 15.🗓️ Your exam is in 10 days. You have 3 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 16.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) a small detail (b) your name (c) the date (d) the main topic
- 17.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking it to a picture (b) noticing the face (c) writing it down later (d) rushing the greeting
- 19.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 20.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) your birthday (c) how to swim (d) your home address
- 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 22.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase tickles a kite; the kite crashes into a spoon; the spoon falls into a frog; the frog sits on a pencil. Which item comes right after the kite? (a) pencil (b) vase (c) frog (d) spoon
- 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 24.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
- 25.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant ant chases an anchor; the anchor jumps over a needle; the needle rolls into a rope; the rope tickles a net. Which item comes right before the net? (a) rope (b) net (c) anchor (d) ant
- 27.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) holds up the leaves (c) green, flat and thin (d) attract bees
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat Lions ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Pink (c) Very (d) Dogs
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only listening again (b) covering the answers (c) re-reading the chapter (d) staring at the page
- 30.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 31.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 0 or 5 (b) 2 or 7 (c) 1 or 6 (d) any digit
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinking of your reply (b) asking how to spell it (c) rushing the greeting (d) looking at your phone
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute bounces onto a frog; the frog rolls into a sock; the sock pulls a fan; the fan chases a banana. Which item comes right before the fan? (a) frog (b) fan (c) flute (d) sock
- 35.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 36.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 37.📅 The digits 17112010 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 171/120/10 (b) 17/1120/10 (c) 17/11/2010 (d) 1711/20/10
- 38.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
- 39.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
- 40.True or false: “test yourself weekly” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 18
- 07/08/2019
- your home address
- ball
- True
- 28/01/2022
- covered in blue paint
- closed-book writing
- the rainbow colours
- a poor timetable
- link it to the meaning
- 262 174 8027
- skin
- an acronym
- 4
- the main topic
- passive review
- rushing the greeting
- 2
- a new word for a minute
- a fact
- spoon
- picture the first item
- yes, with new pictures
- step 2
- rope
- green, flat and thin
- Pink
- covering the answers
- False
- 0 or 5
- step 3
- asking how to spell it
- sock
- 16
- long-term memory
- 17/11/2010
- memory can’t improve
- we forget without review
- False
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