Short-Term and Long-Term Memory Worksheet

Memory techniques lesson 3: Short-term and long-term memory · Set 359 · 40 questions

Memory tip (A small desk and a big cupboard): Short-term memory: a number you just heard, a carry while adding, directions told just now, an OTP you just got. Long-term memory: your home address, how to ride a bicycle, your mother tongue, tables learned long ago. Short-term holds only a few things, so group digits into chunks: 8 digits as 4 chunks means 8 − 4 = 4 fewer things to hold.

1. 1.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) hundreds (b) only a few (c) a whole book (d) no limit
2. 2.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) no reason (b) to make them longer (c) to change the number (d) fewer things to hold
3. 3.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the national anthem? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
4. 4.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) only your notebook (c) nowhere (d) long-term memory
5. 5.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) a number you just heard (d) tables learned long ago
6. 6.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) a price you just heard (c) your home address (d) an OTP you just got
8. 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
9. 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
10. 10.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a new word for a minute (c) your home address (d) tables learned long ago
11. 11.True or false: “directions told just now” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
14. 14.True or false: “a carry while adding” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a price you just heard? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
16. 16.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a carry while adding (b) the national anthem (c) your best friend’s name (d) your birthday
17. 17.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
18. 18.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
20. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
21. 21.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) how to swim (c) a price you just heard (d) the national anthem
25. 25.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
26. 26.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) long-term memory (b) no memory (c) short-term memory (d) muscle memory
27. 27.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a new word for a minute (c) your mother tongue (d) how to swim
29. 29.True or false: “a price you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
31. 31.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
32. 32.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
33. 33.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
34. 34.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) for years (b) only a short while (c) until next month (d) forever
35. 35.True or false: “a number you just heard” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “how to swim” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
38. 38.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
39. 39.True or false: “the national anthem” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “your mother tongue” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False

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