Discussion Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words Topic: Remembering Numbers Compare and contrast how you first learned about that topic with the way it is presented in this week’s...

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Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words Topic: Remembering Numbers




  • Compare and contrast how you first learned about that topic with the way it is presented in this week’s materials.

  • What did you learn that you may not have expected?

  • Give an example of how you can apply what you learned to a situation outside the classroom.


Remembering numbers



A common task is to remember a string of numbers, like the address 2305 Maple St., a phone number, or a credit card number. Except for numbers used a lot like a person's own address or a spouse's phone number, the brain is not very good at remembering miscellaneous numbers. The brain's short-term memory can store just a few numbers (about 7), and only for a short period. But the brain is quite good at remembering images and stories. So, one helpful memory technique converts numbers into images with a story.



Remembering numbers using images and a story.2305 Maple ST



An animal'stooth



Biting at atree



That falls on aball



Rolling to afire



0Ball (0 is round)


1Pencil (1 looks like a pencil)


2Tooth (starts with "two" sound)


3Tree (close to "three" sound)


4Fort (starts with "fo" like "four")


5Fire (starts with "fi" like "five")


6Chair (6 looks like a chair)


7Axe (7 looks like an axe)


8Snowman (8 looks like a snowman


9Balloon (9 looks like a ballon)


The brain isn't great at remembering a string of numbers. People may easily forget the "2305" in address "2305 Maple Street".


1.The brain is better with images and/or stories. A number memory technique starts by a person having an image for each digit, like a ball for 0 (as 0 is round).


2.Then the person creates a short "story" with those images. 2305 is a "tooth" biting at a "tree" that falls on a "ball" that rolls to a "fire".


3.The images and story are easier to remember. From the remembered images and story, a person can convert back to numbers.



Respond to the following in a minimum of 75 words



SS. Post 1


I was just reading the section on remembering numbers and found it quite interesting. I have never thought about remembering numbers in that such a way. (Class, if you have not read this part yet, there is a word associated with a picture that corresponds with the number which allows one to create a story to help remember a string of numbers) This way of remembering numbers kind of reminds me of using a melody to help memorize history or actually anything that needs to be remembered.



I did not quite "get" why they said "the brains short-term memory can store just a few numbers" because remembering numbers is one thing I am fairly good at. I have always been able memorize phone numbers, credit card numbers, airline frequent flyer numbers and various other numbers as well. That being said, as I get older it does seem a bit harder to do that, so I may just have to try this image/story thing out. (Now I just need to remember what all the images of the number are!)



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Parul answered on Sep 16 2021
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I agree with you, associating the numbers with their sound and creating a story is
perhaps most innovative and effective idea that can enable anyone to remember the number. For instance, 2305 can be remembered as Tooth came out while biting a Tree which fall On the Fire. Sound of Tooth is linked to ‘2’, Tree represents ‘3’, fall on highlights ‘0’ while fire shows ‘5’. I found it very insightful and quiet intriguing to implement...
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