Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.
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- 1.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 3.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) a beat or a tune (b) saying it once quietly (c) no rhythm at all (d) writing it tiny
- 4.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a rhyme about cats
- 7.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 917107803085. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9710 7803 085 (b) 9171 0780 3805 (c) 9917 1078 03085 (d) 9171 0780 3085
- 9.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 760302312. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 760 302 12 (b) 760 330 2312 (c) 763 002 312 (d) 760 302 312
- 11.🎵 Which word does “plane” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) cake (d) night
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: radio, cat, drum, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CRDG (b) GDCR (c) RCDG (d) CDGR
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Fly Jump (b) Jump Fly My All (c) Fly Jump My All (d) Fly My All Jump
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 563132039066. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5631 3203 9066 (b) 5631 3203 0966 (c) 5631 3203 90066 (d) 6313 2039 066
- 15.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 5 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Australia (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) white (c) kite (d) smell
- 17.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
- 18.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 19.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
- 21.📅 The digits 09101953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 091/019/53 (b) 09/10/1953 (c) 09/1019/53 (d) 0910/19/53
- 22.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for spoon, bucket, owl, cat is “Sing Bakes Only ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Kind (c) Yaks (d) Red
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: candle, wallet, fan, needle, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WFNKC (b) KNFWC (c) WCFNK (d) CWFNK
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 27.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) only numbers (c) numbers and letter lists (d) nothing at all
- 28.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umbrella, mango, rose, sock, frog is “___ Mum Red Seven Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) Every (c) Bakes (d) Uncle
- 29.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 30.🧰 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
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 748419249. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 744 192 49 (b) 748 841 9249 (c) 748 412 949 (d) 748 419 249
- 32.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 9533153576. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 953 315 5376 (b) 953 315 35776 (c) 953 315 3576 (d) 953 153 576
- 35.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) collection (d) precipitation
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 2804401471. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 208 440 1471 (b) 280 440 471 (c) 280 440 1471 (d) 280 444 01471
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, violin, apple, banana, key is “Love Vans All ___ Kids”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Toys (c) Kind (d) Bunny
- 38.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, watch, frog? (a) Old Wet Fly (b) Wet Fly Old (c) Wet Old Fly (d) Fly Wet Old
- 40.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
Answer key
- chunking
- MVEMJSUN
- a beat or a tune
- 4
- False
- initials match the list
- one word holds a list
- 9171 0780 3085
- the letters make no word
- 760 302 312
- rain
- RCDG
- Jump Fly My All
- 5631 3203 9066
- Antarctica
- smell
- splitting into groups
- 5
- False
- south
- 09/10/1953
- 4
- 4
- Crazy
- CWFNK
- VIBGYOR
- numbers and letter lists
- Uncle
- a list in a fixed order
- chunking
- 748 419 249
- 5
- SWG
- 953 315 3576
- precipitation
- 280 440 1471
- Bunny
- True
- Old Wet Fly
- Pacific
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