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Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 873 · 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 603423160334. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6034 2316 0334 (b) 6033 4231 60334 (c) 6034 2316 3034 (d) 6034 2160 334
  2. 2.🧰 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
  3. 3.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a type of exam (d) a memory trick
  4. 4.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 546368059872. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5463 6085 9872 (b) 5466 8059 872 (c) 5463 6880 59872 (d) 5463 6805 9872
  8. 8.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  10. 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 915353911. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 915 335 3911 (b) 915 353 11 (c) 915 335 911 (d) 915 353 911
  11. 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
  12. 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Eat Lions Pigs Ants (b) Lions Pigs Ants Eat (c) Lions Eat Pigs Ants (d) Ants Pigs Lions Eat
  13. 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 375345234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 375 344 5234 (b) 375 345 234 (c) 373 545 234 (d) 753 452 34
  14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Lions Fly Runs (b) Runs Silly Lions Fly (c) Silly Runs Lions Fly (d) Fly Lions Silly Runs
  15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
  16. 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pink Love Eight (b) Love Eight Pink Aunty (c) Eight Love Pink Aunty (d) Love Pink Aunty Eight
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: urn, pillow, apple? (a) Uncle Pigs All (b) Pigs All Uncle (c) All Pigs Uncle (d) Pigs Uncle All
  19. 19.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, frog, orange? (a) Only Frogs Pigs (b) Frogs Pigs Only (c) Pigs Frogs Only (d) Frogs Only Pigs
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 502812196997. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5028 1219 69997 (b) 5028 1219 6997 (c) 5028 1216 997 (d) 5028 1291 6997
  23. 23.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  24. 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 221380139. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 213 801 39 (b) 221 380 139 (c) 221 308 139 (d) 221 388 0139
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Jolly My Aunty (b) Aunty My Fly Jolly (c) Jolly Fly My Aunty (d) Fly My Aunty Jolly
  26. 26.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, drum, apple, jug. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TDAJ (b) DAJT (c) DTAJ (d) JADT
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 124121881647. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1241 2188 647 (b) 1421 2188 1647 (c) 1244 1218 81647 (d) 1241 2188 1647
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 743110024. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 743 100 24 (b) 743 311 0024 (c) 743 110 024 (d) 741 310 024
  30. 30.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: vase, bucket, radio? (a) Big Rani Vines (b) Rani Big Vines (c) Vines Big Rani (d) Big Vines Rani
  32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 931232843. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 232 8443 (b) 912 328 43 (c) 931 232 843 (d) 913 232 843
  33. 33.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, whistle, shoe, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CSWL (b) WLSC (c) LWSC (d) WSCL
  35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 970060321. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 907 060 321 (b) 970 060 21 (c) 977 006 0321 (d) 970 060 321
  36. 36.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rope, duck, owl? (a) Dogs Owls Red (b) Owls Dogs Red (c) Red Dogs Owls (d) Dogs Red Owls
  38. 38.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 8857960280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 885 796 00280 (b) 857 960 280 (c) 885 796 0280 (d) 885 790 6280
  40. 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Goats Silly (b) Silly Wet Goats (c) Goats Wet Silly (d) Wet Silly Goats

Answer key

  1. 6034 2316 0334
  2. a first-letter sentence
  3. a memory trick
  4. False
  5. True
  6. True
  7. 5463 6805 9872
  8. a rhyme
  9. a first-letter sentence
  10. 915 353 911
  11. chunking
  12. Eat Lions Pigs Ants
  13. 375 345 234
  14. Runs Silly Lions Fly
  15. an acronym
  16. a first-letter sentence
  17. Eight Love Pink Aunty
  18. Uncle Pigs All
  19. False
  20. Pigs Frogs Only
  21. an acronym
  22. 5028 1219 6997
  23. chunking
  24. 221 380 139
  25. Jolly Fly My Aunty
  26. False
  27. TDAJ
  28. 1241 2188 1647
  29. 743 110 024
  30. False
  31. Vines Big Rani
  32. 931 232 843
  33. True
  34. LWSC
  35. 970 060 321
  36. False
  37. Red Dogs Owls
  38. True
  39. 885 796 0280
  40. Silly Wet Goats

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