MemoryMentor’s Blog

This is how I remember it
Soil is made up of humus, air, water, organisms and minerals so just remember that:

hungry
aligators
wear
orange
mittens!

Do you know which one means left and which means right?
Below are a collection of various ways to remember which is which.
Port and starboard are terms used on ships. Imagine a ship coming into a port. There are lights in the water, a red and a green one. The ship is to sail in between […]

If you need to learn a formula, and need to rearrange it, the easiest way is just to learn one part of it and use a cross to find out the others. For example, I’ve put an image of the mass = moles * Mr .
Then because mass is on the top of a multiplication […]

With a little practice, it’s not hard to recall the decimal equivalents of fractions up to 10/11!
First, there are 3 you should know already:
1/2 = .5
1/3 = .333…
1/4 = .25
Starting with the thirds, of which you already know one:
1/3 = .333…
2/3 = .666…
You also know 2 of the 4ths, as well, so there’s only one […]

Explain that you can adjust even large numbers quickly, so that they’re evenly divisible by a chosen number from 1-10.
First, you ask for a number from 1-10. Then, someone from your audience is asked to create a large random number (about 15-20 digits long). You take a brief glance at the number, make some minor […]

Tips for remembering the redox reaction involving electrons:
LEO the lion goes GER
LEO - Loses electrons, oxidation
GER - Gains electrons, reduction
Another way: Remembering OIL RIG helps to define the redox reaction.
OIL = Oxidation Is Loss
RIG = Reduction Is Gain 

A little mnemonic here to help you remember the rankings in the US Military:
Be My Little General
B = Brigadier General (one star)
M = Major General (two stars)
L = Lieutenant General (three stars)
G = General (four stars)

Bold Boys Ravage Only Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly
Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White
How to remember which resistor has the value of 0, Black always reminds me of black holes, where nothing can escape, so this makes me think of 0!
Therefore, the rest of the colours have the code 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 […]

I have always wondered which way these go, is longitude North/South or East/West?
Well here is a nice easy way to remember which one is which.
Think of a ladder as it sounds like latitude.
The rungs of the ladder are horizontal, going from left to right, or east to west.
When you hear latitude you will think of […]

The Knight’s tour is a great feat of mathematics that allow you to move the Knight around a chess board landing on all squares only once.
To see just how difficult it is, get out your chess board and try moving the Knight around the chess board in its L shaped motion. Imagine now that you […]