Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 473 · 40 questions

Study tip (Every mistake is a map): Concept gap → relearn and practise; careless slip → add it to your checking list; time problem → plan minutes per mark; misread question → circle key words. Helpful steps: listing your mistakes, redoing wrong sums, asking about doubts, noting weak topics, updating your plan. Unhelpful: hiding the paper, blaming the teacher, giving up the subject. Score as a percentage = marks ÷ total × 100 (26 out of 50 → 52%).

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) redoing wrong sums (c) never looking at it (d) blaming the teacher
2. 2.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
4. 4.📝 You scored 15 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) comparing with friends (c) redoing wrong sums (d) tearing up the paper
6. 6.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) updating your plan (d) hiding the paper
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
8. 8.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) hide it
10. 10.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) skipping numbers (c) writing faster (d) a unit check at the end
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
12. 12.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
16. 16.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) asking about doubts (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) comparing with friends
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
20. 20.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
22. 22.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
25. 25.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) giving up the subject (c) noting weak topics (d) updating your plan
26. 26.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 You scored 72 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) hiding the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
30. 30.📝 You scored 33 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
31. 31.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
33. 33.📝 You scored 28 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.📝 You scored 25 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.📝 You scored 56 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
37. 37.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to change the mark (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
39. 39.📝 You scored 26 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False

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