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Memorizing Numbers

(Modified) Major System to memorizing numbers

The first step is to turn the individual digits in your number into consonants. Each of the numerals from 0 through 9 receives its own letter. The letters I've chosen are as follows:

  • 0 → “z” or “s” since “z” is the first letter of “zero” and “s” kind of sounds like “z”
  • 1 → "L" since the lowercase version is one vertical line.
  • 2 → “n” since it’s written with 2 vertical lines
  • 3 → “m” since it’s written with 3 vertical lines and actually looks like a sideways “3”
  • 4 → “r” since it’s the last letter of “four” and since “4” and “R” are almost mirror images of each other
  • 5 → "f" or "v" since since both letters are found in "five"
  • 6 → "d" since it looks similar to the number "6" mirror imaged.
  • 7 → “T” since it looks like two mirror-image number “7s” back-to-back. Latin september ("seventh month"), from septem ("seven").
  • 8 → "g" script version resembles "8".
  • 9 → “p” since “p” is a mirror-image of 9

For example: 743-0547 becomes Trm-sfrt. Then create a mnemonic like: The room (is) safe (to) rent. Another phone number example, 818-428-7992 becomes "age-leg, are-nag, tap-pen." This can be further enhanced by chunking into 2 (or 3) digits and giving them permanent words/names. Thus, you learn the numbers 00 to 99.

Two-digit names (work-in-progress)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 - as 1 - ale 2 - an 3 - am 4 - are 5 - if 6 - aid 7 - the 8 - age 9 - ape
00 - s-s 01 - s-l 02 - s-n 03 - s-m 04 - s-r 05 - s-f 06 - s-d 07 - s-t 08 - s-g 09 - s-p
10 - l-s 11 - l-l 12 - l-n 13 - l-m 14 - l-r 15 - l-f 16 - l-d 17 - l-t 18 - l-g 19 - l-p
20 - n-s 21 - n-l 22 - n-n 23 - n-m 24 - n-r 25 - n-f 26 - n-d 27 - n-t 28 - n-g 29 - n-p
30 - m-s 31 - m-l 32 - m-n 33 - m-m 34 - m-r 35 - m-f 36 - m-d 37 - m-t 38 - m-g 39 - m-p
40 - r-s 41 - r-l 42 - r-n 43 - r-m 44 - r-r 45 - r--f 46 - r-d 47 - r-t 48 - r-g 49 - r-p
50 - f-s 51 - f-l 52 - f-n 53 - f-m 54 - f-r 55 - f-f 56 - f--d 57 - f-t 58 - f-g 59 - f-p
60 - d-s 61 - d-l 62 - d-n 63 - d-m 64 - d-r 65 - d--f 66 - d-d 67 - d-t 68 - d-g 69 - d-p
70 - t-s 71 - t-l 72 - t-n 73 - t-m 74 - t-r 75 - t-f 76 - t-d 77 - t-t 78 - t-g 79 - t-p
80 - g-s 81 - g-l 82 - g-n 83 - g-m 84 - g-r 85 - g--f 86 - g-d 87 - g--t 88 - g-g 89 - g-p
90 - p-s 91 - p-l 92 - p-n 93 - p-m 94 - p-r 95 - p--f 96 - p-d 97 - p-t 98 - p-g 99 - p-p

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