Remembering Numbers - Additional Exercises

Topic 6: Remembering Numbers - Additional Exercises

Remembering Numbers relies on you mastering the rules of the Phonetic Alphabet. Playing a simple mental game will help you learn the Phonetic Alphabet backwards, forwards, and inside out.

Daily Practice Exercises

Whenever you see a number - a telephone number, car registration number, price tag, whatever - mentally transpose the digits into phonetic sounds. Whenever you see a word on a billboard or sign, mentally transpose the phonetic consonant sounds to digits.

Telephone: 07123 456789 → ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Car Plate: BD51 SMR → ? ? ? ? ? ?
Word: ELEPHANT → ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Price: £19.99 → ? ? ? ? ?

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Numbers to Words

Practice converting any numbers you encounter throughout your day into phonetic words or phrases.

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Words to Numbers

Take words from signs, books, or conversations and convert them back to their numeric equivalents.

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Mental Linking

Create mental associations between numbers and their phonetic translations to strengthen recall.

Play this game for a while, and the sounds will be second nature to you. When you know the phonetic sounds really well, you will be ready to learn the most powerful of all the Memory Master systems - the Peg System.

Ready for the Next Level?

Once you've mastered the Phonetic Alphabet through these exercises, you'll be prepared to learn the powerful Peg System - the ultimate memory technique for remembering large amounts of information in sequence.