How to Memorize Numbers, Part 3
Part 3 of The Math Dude’s series on memorizing numbers.
Jason Marshall, PhD
If you’ve been following along with the past few Math Dude articles, you’ll know that we’ve been right in the middle of a pretty big story. It’s a story complete with secret agents, last minute efforts to defuse a bomb, and—wait for it—of course, math. Well, actually, what we’ve been talking about hasn’t really been about math per se, but rather about numbers. Or more specifically, how to memorize them.
As we learned in the first part of this series, the first step in using what’s called the “Major System” is turning the number you want to memorize into a series of consonants. As we learned in the second part of this series, you next need to add as many vowels and perhaps the letters “w,” “h,” or “y” to these consonants to make memorable words. And as we learned in the final part of this series, the last step is to turn these memorable words into memorable pictures in your mind so that you never forget them. Read More »