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: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 2.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) NESW
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 861854295197. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8618 5249 5197 (b) 8618 5542 95197 (c) 8618 5429 519 (d) 8618 5429 5197
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 853470868. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 853 470 68 (b) 853 470 868 (c) 853 470 0868 (d) 854 370 868
- 6.🔢 You want to remember the number 8694371880. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 869 437 1880 (b) 869 437 180 (c) 896 437 1880 (d) 869 437 11880
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lions Silly Runs (b) Runs Silly Lions Funny (c) Silly Runs Lions Funny (d) Silly Lions Funny Runs
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, watch, cat? (a) Owls Wins Cats (b) Wins Owls Cats (c) Wins Cats Owls (d) Cats Wins Owls
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 954212755. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 955 421 2755 (b) 954 212 75 (c) 954 212 755 (d) 954 212 575
- 10.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
- 11.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 12.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 400350243. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 400 305 243 (b) 400 350 23 (c) 400 350 243 (d) 400 035 0243
- 14.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 15.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly ___.” (a) done (b) ended (c) over (d) learnt
- 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) nothing else (d) its spelling backwards
- 18.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 20.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) saying it backwards (c) reading very fast (d) splitting into groups
- 21.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Pacific (d) Atlantic
- 22.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) Asia (c) Europe (d) Africa
- 24.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 25.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) tree (d) bell
- 26.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the rainbow colours (b) the planets (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “The river runs down to the sea, from mountains high and wild and ___.” (a) fast (b) cold (c) free (d) long
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 767219155677. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7721 9155 677 (b) 7677 2191 55677 (c) 7672 1915 5677 (d) 7672 1951 5677
- 29.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) MVEMJSUN (d) NUSJMEVM
- 31.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, glass, banana? (a) Green Up Big (b) Big Green Up (c) Green Big Up (d) Up Green Big
- 32.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 33.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) changes daily (c) means something to you (d) is very long
- 34.📅 The digits 22051961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/519/61 (b) 2205/19/61 (c) 22/05/1961 (d) 22/0519/61
- 35.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) only numbers (d) numbers and letter lists
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
- 37.🎵 Which word does “knock” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) bell (c) rain (d) clock
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, onion, candle, net, lemon. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNCOB (b) OBCNL (c) OCNLB (d) BOCNL
- 39.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) there is no list
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Grab Seven (b) Wins Seven Grab (c) Grab Wins Seven (d) Seven Wins Grab
Answer key
- chunking
- True
- NESW
- 8618 5429 5197
- 853 470 868
- 869 437 1880
- Runs Silly Lions Funny
- Owls Wins Cats
- 954 212 755
- three chunks, not ten
- 19 and 47
- saffron
- 400 350 243
- 5
- first letters as a word
- done
- what each letter means
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- splitting into groups
- Atlantic
- False
- Africa
- 8
- bell
- the rainbow colours
- free
- 7672 1915 5677
- initials match the list
- MVEMJSUN
- Up Green Big
- a rhyme
- means something to you
- 22/05/1961
- numbers and letter lists
- a silly, funny one
- clock
- BOCNL
- the letters make no word
- Seven Wins Grab
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