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Mnemonic devices help people to remember the order of something by using the first letter of each name in the set to make other words in a catchier phrase or another word that is easier to remember. For example: ROY G. BIV stands for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. These are the order of colors in the rainbow, or light spectrum.
Try to figure these two out!
1. My very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas.
2. Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.
Try to figure these two out!
1. My very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas.
2. Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.
Hint
Use the first letter of each word.Answer
1. The planets-Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto-
2. Order of Operations
- Parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction-
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I knew the PEMDAS one.
My mother taught me a variation of the first one which went "my very earthly mother just showed us nine planets" (works well given what it stands for).
I learned BODMAS rather than PEMDAS (brackets, of, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction), so I had no idea what you were talking about with "parenthesis" and "exponents" (or whatever they were, i forget ) Good otherwise!!
I learned BODMAS rather than PEMDAS (brackets, of, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction), so I had no idea what you were talking about with "parenthesis" and "exponents" (or whatever they were, i forget ) Good otherwise!!
Completely stumped me!
fun. yet.............educational
I heard those a few too many times, so i thought it was easy. You could add LASER light amplification by stimulated emissions of radiation. There are peobably hundreds of others too.
I believe you need to look up "acronym". You've provided menmonic sentences, not acronyms. How would you pronounce "MVEMJSUNP" ?
dude, on the please excuse my dear aunt sally, i learned that one in math the other day. wow. lol. mr lorsung is his name and he is always saying"mkay" and it sis so annoying cuz hes like older than the teacher on south park and he still tries to act like him. w/out the puppet. lol. mgay!!
These aren't acronyms, they are memory joggers. The first one I was familiar with a variation, but the second one stumped me.
These were cute. The one I heard regarding the planets was sung to the tune of "Way down upon the Swanee River" and said: "My very educated mother just served us nine pizzapies." (I put pizza and pies together b/c otherwise it doesn't really work...)
I didn't realize what I was supposed to be doing.
The first was a no brainer but the second got me..Cool thinking..Slick very slick..need to brush up on the math skills.
My Very Excellent Mother Just Sewed(?) Us New Pajamas
For the planets, you can also have 'my very easy method just speeds up naming planets' Good teaser cheerleader.
those were pretty easy. Isn't there one for the animal groupings? Like the family, genus, species thing?
menmonic devices... yeah I teach those. But make sure next time you call whatever it is you are asking for by the right name.
I had never heard of that laser thing, so thanx smurfy, and GarnetLover, I don't know of any one about the animals, but I'll try to find out!
elementary my dear watson, elementary.
this was very easy
I got it!!!
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
i new the first one right away because i use that one, and i remembered the second saying but couldnt remember what it stood for!
bodmas not pedmas or w.e
My Very Energetic Mother Jumped Straight Up Near Pluto.
Men Very Easily Make Jokes Serve Useful Needs and Purposes.
Men Very Easily Make Jokes Serve Useful Needs and Purposes.
pretty easy.This year i made one for kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species- Ken the Pope Canonized Other Friends God Saved
Did not have a clue. Even when i looked at answers was too hard. lol. I thought it was just dumb.
same as needlepoint. and you only thought it was dumb because you got it wrong!
I learned those same ones in jr. high, that was at least 9 years ago.Needless to say I forgot what they meant sad thing is the dumbest thing I still remember from back then is my locker combination.
I needed the answers for both. I guess I'm not too good at those.
Lovely teaser but, it would fit series a bit better, don't you think? Now, i think i need one of those to remember my name sometimes... Keep them coming.
I've just spent ages looking at mnemonics, so this was easy-peasy. Prefer to use My Very Easy Method, Just Set Up Nine Planets, and BODMAS. Good,though.
Wow...I thought that was really easy. Maybe it is just because I learned those same ones and not too long ago. The first one probably in 2nd or 3rd grade and the second in 9th. Im now in 12th grade. Oh well...
Got the first one right... I do know a similar one in German...
Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten ,
meaning something like
my dad explains our nine planets to me on every sunday! ;)
Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten ,
meaning something like
my dad explains our nine planets to me on every sunday! ;)
THE HINT MADE IT A DEAD GIVEAWAY.
LASER *does* stand for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation", so the phrase is not a mnemonic, while the ones in the teaser are.
The "Nine Pizzas" Method has been changed to exclude Pluto. Good!
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