Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 113 · 40 questions

Study tip (Mix it up): Interleaving: mixed sets, old and new topics together, switching topic each question. Blocked: one type, page by page. Read each question for clues: “%” → percentage; “m by m” or tiles → area; “a : b” → ratio; 3/4 → fractions. Block when first learning; mix for revision and exam practice.

1. 1.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) same type, page by page (c) one topic all evening (d) one formula, 20 times
2. 2.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
3. 3.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) one percentage page (d) algebra, area, %, mixed
4. 4.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) old and new topics mixed (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one topic all evening
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
6. 6.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) area (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) ratio
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one topic all evening (d) one chapter’s sums only
8. 8.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) switching topic each sum (c) old and new topics mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) algebra and area mixed (d) same type, page by page
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) old and new topics mixed (c) algebra and area mixed (d) only fraction sums
12. 12.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) switching topic each sum (c) one topic all evening (d) same type, page by page
13. 13.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
16. 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) all area sums together
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a waste of time (b) bad for learning (c) a sign to stop (d) normal and useful
18. 18.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) all area sums together (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) old and new topics mixed
19. 19.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
22. 22.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) you practise choosing (c) it needs no thinking (d) it skips topics
24. 24.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) area (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) percentage
25. 25.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
26. 26.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) area (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) percentage
27. 27.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) reading only (c) mixing different topics (d) skipping hard topics
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) same type, page by page (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
29. 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
30. 30.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
32. 32.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) area (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) percentage
33. 33.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) area (d) percentage
36. 36.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one topic all evening (c) one formula, 20 times (d) a mixed revision quiz
37. 37.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) when first learning (b) for every revision (c) the night before exams (d) never at all
39. 39.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False

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