There are 12 months in a year: January through December. A year contains 365 days. A leap year occurs every 4 years, with 366 days
Kanji are Chinese characters used in Japanese writing system. Approximately 2,000 Standard Use Kanji needed for basic literacy. Kanji have up to seven possible readings
List organized by frequency of use in modern Japanese texts. Starts with basic numbers and fundamental concepts. Includes directional, spatial, and natural element Kanji. Moves to common objects, colors, and educational terms. Ends with practical objects and basic verbs
Use acrostics or silly sentences starting with planet initials. Create acronyms like MVEMJSUN (Mercury-Neptune). Set planet names to songs for memorization
Chunking groups small pieces of information into larger, more memorable groups. Short-term memory has capacity for about four chunks of information. Neuroscientist Daniel Bor argues chunking helps hack memory limits. Brain naturally seeks patterns and connections for better memory recall
Square root is a number that when multiplied by itself equals the original number. Perfect squares have square roots of 0, 1, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100. Square root symbol is a check mark with a line across top