Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 180 · 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: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
2. 2.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
5. 5.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) all area sums together
6. 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
7. 7.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) one topic all evening
9. 9.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
10. 10.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) area (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
11. 11.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) skipping hard topics (c) mixing different topics (d) reading only
13. 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
14. 14.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
15. 15.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) ratio (b) area (c) fractions (d) percentage
16. 16.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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
18. 18.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) all area sums together
20. 20.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one topic all evening (c) same type, page by page (d) old and new topics mixed
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one topic all evening (c) same type, page by page (d) switching topic each sum
22. 22.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
23. 23.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) old and new topics mixed (d) same type, page by page
26. 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
27. 27.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) it needs no thinking (c) it skips topics (d) you practise choosing
28. 28.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a waste of time (b) bad for learning (c) normal and useful (d) a sign to stop
30. 30.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) same type, page by page (d) one topic all evening
31. 31.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
33. 33.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) algebra and area mixed (d) only fraction sums
34. 34.True or false: “all area sums together” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
36. 36.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) all area sums together (c) only fraction sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
37. 37.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) one percentage page (c) area sums only (d) 20 algebra sums only
38. 38.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
39. 39.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) when first learning (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) the night before exams
40. 40.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving

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