# Expanding to 3 digit number system

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**Created:** [December 5, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/expanding-to-3-digit-number-system/27239 "2011-12-05T03:33:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dale](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/dale/32/2636_2.png) [@Dale](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Dale)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/expanding-to-3-digit-number-system/27239/2 "2011-12-05T04:32:07Z")

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For what it’s worth I’ll outline my process:

1. Start with ten numbers. Write down the letter codes for the number for each of the ten numbers. Then create a word from them. Then select an image suggested by that word. Then create a crazy story using those ten words. Taperecord that story to listen to a couple of times later. Count exercises like situps using those words. Then I used the numbers as loci for memorizing playing cards against. That took care of the sequential learning.

Then to randomize access to the words I created flashcards and shuffled them and tested with them. Then for long-term I added them to a quiz that showed 3 random 3-digit numbers to memorize together as practice. If this is at all interesting I’d be glad to write up an example of this process.

Best of luck  
Dale

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