Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 174 · 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.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
2. 2.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one topic all evening (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one chapter’s sums only
3. 3.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) area sums only (d) 20 algebra sums only
4. 4.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
5. 5.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) it skips topics (c) it needs no thinking (d) you practise choosing
6. 6.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) when first learning (c) the night before exams (d) for every revision
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) one topic for weeks (c) mixing different topics (d) skipping hard topics
8. 8.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) area (d) percentage
9. 9.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) all area sums together
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) switching topic each sum (d) a mixed revision quiz
13. 13.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) one topic all evening
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one formula, 20 times (c) same type, page by page (d) all area sums together
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
16. 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one topic all evening (d) switching topic each sum
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) one topic all evening (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
18. 18.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
20. 20.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
22. 22.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) all area sums together (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) a shuffled set of sums
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) old and new topics mixed
24. 24.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) only fraction sums (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) a mixed revision quiz
25. 25.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
26. 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) old and new topics mixed (c) algebra and area mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
28. 28.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
29. 29.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
31. 31.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) same type, page by page (b) algebra and area mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
32. 32.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) area (d) percentage
33. 33.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one topic all evening
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) all area sums together (d) algebra and area mixed
35. 35.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) only fraction sums (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) same type, page by page
38. 38.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True

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