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Maths and Physics

Need help with The distance, speed, time stuff?? this is good Dads Silly Triangle Distance= speed x time Speed= distance/time Time= distance/speed Cover the part of the triangle you’re looking for and the equation for it will show! Hope this helps Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or Stalagmites Part 2 [...]

Memorize Components of Soil

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! Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or Stalagmites Part 2 Converting Kilometres to Miles Converting Kilos to pounds Sign up to our Newsletter Be Notified [...]

Port Or Starboard – Which is Which?

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 [...]

Memorize Maths Formulas II

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 [...]

Decimal Equivalents of Fractions

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 [...]

Number Adjustment Trick

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 [...]

Chemistry – Oxidation Reduction

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 GainĀ  Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or [...]

Memorizing Military Rankings

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) Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or Stalagmites Part 2 [...]

How to Memorize Resistor Colour Codes

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 [...]

Memorizing Longitude and Latitude

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 [...]