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Match each mnemonic in the left column to its description in
the right column. (Place the letter from column 2 in the blank next
to its mnemonic.)

Mnemonic Represented by Mnemonic
1. ___ A rat in the house might a. Order of operations on a hand
eat the ice cream. calculator: parentheses,
2. ___ ROY G BIV exponents, multiply and divide,
add and subtract.
3. ___ Say, I like a cuppa
aspartame in drinks. b. The fate of Henry VIII’s six wives.
4. ___ Please excuse my c. The choirs of angels: Seraphim,
dearAunt Sally. Cherubim,Thrones,
Dominations,Virtues, Powers,
5. ___ GAG SALE
Principalities,Archangels, and
6. ___ All animals play Angels.
instruments.
d. 3.1415926,first eight digits of π.
7. ___ Some chaps think Da e. Oceans of the world:Atlantic,
Vinci painted portraits Arctic, Pacific, and Indian.
and angels.
f. Spelling of arithmetic.
8. ___ When a jury makes
miscreants angry, justice g. Washington,Adams, Jefferson,
very happily triumphs. Madison, Monroe,Adams,
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison,
9. ___ AAA goes Anywhere and Tyler.
Everywhere, North and
South. h. Colors of the rainbow: red,
orange, yellow, green, blue,
10. ___ Divorced, beheaded, died. indigo, and violet.
divorced, beheaded,
survived. 2 i. The seven deadly sins: greed,
avarice, gluttony, sloth, anger,
lust, and envy.
j. The continents:Asia,Africa,
Australia,Antarctica, Europe,
North America, and South
America.

Hierarchies
Making connections between bits of information tends to
help us retrieve that information faster and more completely
with less effort than that expended trying to recall disasso-
ciated memories. Organizing the memories into groups of
people or things, by class, type, or rank helps to make more