Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 136 · 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 blocked practice (one type only)? (a) same type, page by page (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) old and new topics mixed (d) a shuffled set of sums
2. 2.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
3. 3.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
5. 5.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) a sign to stop (c) a waste of time (d) normal and useful
6. 6.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
7. 7.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) skipping hard topics (b) reading only (c) one topic for weeks (d) mixing different topics
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one topic all evening (d) algebra and area mixed
12. 12.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one formula, 20 times (d) same type, page by page
15. 15.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2. (a) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
19. 19.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
20. 20.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) it skips topics (c) it is shorter (d) you practise choosing
21. 21.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
23. 23.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) when first learning (c) never at all (d) for every revision
24. 24.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) switching topic each sum
25. 25.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) only fraction sums (c) switching topic each sum (d) one formula, 20 times
26. 26.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) only fraction sums (c) same type, page by page (d) old and new topics mixed
34. 34.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) all area sums together (c) one formula, 20 times (d) only fraction sums
35. 35.🔀 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) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) old and new topics mixed (d) switching topic each sum
37. 37.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
38. 38.True or false: “all area sums together” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) only fraction sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) switching topic each sum

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