how many numbers can you memorize in a minute?

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sixty

ruveyn

3.1416 - Pi - That's five.

At the same time, I can recall my social security number of nine digits and a phone number of ten digits.

However, I cannot easily spell:

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

but Google can.

I have no idea. I have a recall of 15-16 numbers per 2-5 sek though.

If given the right number, infinite.

what is 1/9

.111111111111111111111111111111...

See

But in all honesty, probably 10 at most.

I don't know, maybe 5 or 6 at the most, I mix numbers up if they had more than 2 units each, and often confuse them a lot, 1876 becomes 1769, 186, or whatever

1. Maybe 2 in a good day.

depends on how many digits per number.

ruveyn

Very interesting forum with all the people who probably hold the skills needed to save our wrong planet!

Pgd mentioned Pi : You can create a mnemonic for this and any other string of numbers by creating a zany memorable phrase whereby each word has that number of letters (though you need to be able to spell the words!):
Eg
1 = a, I...
2 = to, by, an...
3 = bus, try, can...

So Pi mnemonic =
HOW I WANT A DRINK, ALCOHOLIC OF COURSE, AFTER THE HEAVY LECTURES INVOLVING QUALITY STANDARDS
3 . 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9

JogLab com can help with this and creating a mnemonic for anything.

Dan

The interplay between the individual cognitive functions (recognition, memory, organisation, retrieval, etc) is fascinating. On this very narrow function of "how many numbers can you memorize", I do badly.

In my work, however, I frequently need to transfer large tables of numbers from one place to another - usually from a book to a computer - which involves temporarily memorizing the position in the table and memorizing one, two or a few values; typing these into a keyboard; returning my gaze to the correct location for more; repeating until complete. In some cases, like strict libraries, I have to transfer from the library copy to a paper notepad and take that away to work on. On any single aspect of this task (even finding the right book and page, let alone memorizing numbers and opening spreadsheets) I perform much, much more slowly than my colleagues. In real-world tests though, I do the entirety of the task far faster, far more accurately and for very much longer than anyone I ever worked with.

probably none, At most 2. with my severe auditory.