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very useful. For example, let's deal with the number 360489297. Using the image vocabulary we could build a story as follows:
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A Martian jumps into the sea. A rescuer follows with a pole. A navy patrol comes.
You could also use the number rhyme system, or the number shape system. However, they are by no means ideal, because the story of images will be so long that it will, itself, be hard to remember.
Using the Number Rhyme System
If we were to use this system, we might build a story as follows:
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A tree (3) collapses into sticks (6) but they are all caught (0) in a net hooked onto the door (4). They will be used to make a new gate (8) on which there will be a red line (9) and nailed to it will be a shoe (2) which will also bear a red line (9) with an arrow pointing to Devon (7).
Just compare the complexity of this with the simplicity of using the major image vocabulary. The beauty of the latter is that it chunks the numbers in threes, leaving only three units to be memorised rather than 15. It becomes, therefore, dead easy.
Exercise
Now try it for yourself with the following numbers:
356924153
295431658
397276340
898872531
295453162
When you have proved to yourself that you can recall these numbers with the page covered, wait ten minutes and prove to yourself that you can still remember them. Test yourself again after a day. You'll be amazed.
Card Memory
Would you like to be a really good card player? The big money games rely a great deal on being able to guess what cards are in the

 
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