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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 79 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

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  1. 1.🔢 You want to remember the number 4424175800. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 442 415 7800 (b) 444 241 75800 (c) 442 417 5800 (d) 442 417 800
  2. 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
  3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
  4. 4.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, goat, flute? (a) Funny Green Pigs (b) Green Pigs Funny (c) Green Funny Pigs (d) Pigs Green Funny
  6. 6.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 1452326095. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 145 232 605 (b) 145 236 2095 (c) 145 232 6095 (d) 145 232 60095
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) WGS (d) SWG
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  10. 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, ladder, tomato? (a) Lions Uncle Toys (b) Lions Toys Uncle (c) Toys Lions Uncle (d) Uncle Lions Toys
  13. 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a memory trick (c) a long book (d) a kind of pen
  14. 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 7440100040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 744 010 040 (b) 474 010 0040 (c) 744 401 00040 (d) 744 010 0040
  15. 15.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  17. 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 592948670. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 592 486 70 (b) 592 946 870 (c) 599 294 8670 (d) 592 948 670
  18. 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
  19. 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: umbrella, ant, coconut, frog, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NFCAU (b) UACFN (c) AUCFN (d) ACFNU
  20. 20.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
  21. 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Red Lazy Funny (b) Red Seven Lazy Funny (c) Funny Lazy Seven Red (d) Seven Lazy Funny Red
  22. 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
  23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 967090403. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 967 009 403 (b) 670 904 03 (c) 967 090 4033 (d) 967 090 403
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 174399752. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 174 939 752 (b) 174 399 752 (c) 174 399 52 (d) 117 439 9752
  25. 25.🔢 You want to remember the number 505745163. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 505 745 613 (b) 500 574 5163 (c) 505 745 13 (d) 505 745 163
  26. 26.🔢 You want to remember the number 659511346496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6595 1134 6496 (b) 6595 1134 66496 (c) 6955 1134 6496 (d) 6595 1146 496
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 791691412. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 791 169 1412 (b) 791 691 412 (c) 719 691 412 (d) 791 691 41
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, kettle, radio? (a) Ink Kids Rani (b) Kids Ink Rani (c) Rani Kids Ink (d) Kids Rani Ink
  29. 29.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Play Aunty Eight (b) Lazy Eight Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Lazy Eight (d) Eight Lazy Play Aunty
  32. 32.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 848504200. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 884 850 4200 (b) 845 042 00 (c) 848 504 200 (d) 848 540 200
  34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, watch, mirror? (a) Wet Mum Red (b) Wet Red Mum (c) Mum Wet Red (d) Red Wet Mum
  35. 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: frog, drum, ant, tent. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DATF (b) FDAT (c) TADF (d) DFAT
  36. 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 927738317. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 972 738 317 (b) 927 738 317 (c) 927 383 17 (d) 927 773 8317
  37. 37.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: shoe, mirror, apple? (a) Mice Seven Aunty (b) Seven Mice Aunty (c) Mice Aunty Seven (d) Aunty Mice Seven
  39. 39.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 725564208426. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2755 6420 8426 (b) 7255 6420 8426 (c) 7255 4208 426 (d) 7255 6642 08426

Answer key

  1. 442 417 5800
  2. ECPC
  3. an acronym
  4. True
  5. Pigs Green Funny
  6. False
  7. 145 232 6095
  8. SWG
  9. a first-letter sentence
  10. a rhyme
  11. a first-letter sentence
  12. Uncle Lions Toys
  13. a memory trick
  14. 744 010 0040
  15. False
  16. a first-letter sentence
  17. 592 948 670
  18. an acronym
  19. UACFN
  20. chunking
  21. Red Seven Lazy Funny
  22. a rhyme
  23. 967 090 403
  24. 174 399 752
  25. 505 745 163
  26. 6595 1134 6496
  27. 791 691 412
  28. Ink Kids Rani
  29. False
  30. a first-letter sentence
  31. Eight Lazy Play Aunty
  32. False
  33. 848 504 200
  34. Red Wet Mum
  35. FDAT
  36. 927 738 317
  37. False
  38. Seven Mice Aunty
  39. True
  40. 7255 6420 8426

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