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.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) it is a smaller number (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: spoon, drum, mango, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SDML (b) DMLS (c) LMDS (d) DSML
- 6.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 7.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) only numbers
- 8.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) stem (c) root (d) leaf
- 9.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) done (b) run (c) shock (d) bun
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “___ Silly Lazy Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Nine (b) Play (c) Aunty (d) Red
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 308813573677. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0388 1357 3677 (b) 3088 1357 73677 (c) 3088 1357 3677 (d) 3088 3573 677
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: glass, tiger, umpire? (a) Green Tiny Up (b) Tiny Up Green (c) Up Tiny Green (d) Tiny Green Up
- 13.📅 The digits 20061988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2006/19/88 (b) 20/0619/88 (c) 20/06/1988 (d) 200/619/88
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty (b) Frogs Mice Aunty Jolly (c) Frogs Jolly Mice Aunty (d) Aunty Mice Frogs Jolly
- 15.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) night (c) clock (d) cake
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: urn, guava, duck, vase. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GUDV (b) UGDV (c) VDGU (d) GDVU
- 17.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) pupa (b) adult (c) larva (d) egg
- 18.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, anchor, jalebi, drum, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AJDGF (b) GDJAF (c) AFJDG (d) FAJDG
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 9817126604. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 987 112 6604 (b) 981 712 66044 (c) 981 712 6604 (d) 981 712 604
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 656194505119. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6561 9450 55119 (b) 6561 4505 119 (c) 6569 1450 5119 (d) 6561 9450 5119
- 22.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 24.📅 The digits 05071996 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/07/1996 (b) 0507/19/96 (c) 05/0719/96 (d) 050/719/96
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Play Love Every (b) Love Play Aunty Every (c) Every Love Play Aunty (d) Love Every Play Aunty
- 26.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 251465114771. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2514 6511 4771 (b) 2514 6511 47771 (c) 2514 6511 471 (d) 2514 6514 1771
- 28.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, ice cream, kettle, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RKIB (b) IKRB (c) BIKR (d) IBKR
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
- 31.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “Eat Crazy ___ Crazy”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Play (b) Frogs (c) Mum (d) Bunny
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 668094281188. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6688 0942 81188 (b) 6680 9428 118 (c) 6680 9428 1188 (d) 6608 9428 1188
- 33.🎵 Which word does “string” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) night (d) tree
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) LPAE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) APLE
- 35.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) April (b) March (c) January (d) February
- 36.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) right (b) clear (c) true (d) known
- 37.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Eat ___ Play Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Love (c) Uncle (d) Yaks
- 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, coconut, shoe? (a) Vans Crazy Seven (b) Seven Crazy Vans (c) Crazy Vans Seven (d) Crazy Seven Vans
Answer key
- three chunks, not ten
- MVEMJSUN
- 8
- False
- SDML
- 9
- numbers and letter lists
- stem
- shock
- Red
- 3088 1357 3677
- Green Tiny Up
- 20/06/1988
- Jolly Frogs Mice Aunty
- night
- UGDV
- adult
- 2
- FAJDG
- 981 712 6604
- 6561 9450 5119
- a rhyme
- a list in a fixed order
- 05/07/1996
- Every Love Play Aunty
- a silly, funny one
- 2514 6511 4771
- 5
- BIKR
- AANSAEA
- Play
- 6680 9428 1188
- king
- ELPA
- February
- true
- white
- Love
- an acronym
- Vans Crazy Seven
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