Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 219 · 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: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
2. 2.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
5. 5.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) same type, page by page
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one topic all evening
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) all area sums together
8. 8.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) one topic all evening (d) one formula, 20 times
9. 9.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔀 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) ratio (c) fractions (d) percentage
11. 11.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
12. 12.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
16. 16.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one topic all evening
17. 17.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
19. 19.🔀 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
20. 20.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) the night before exams (c) when first learning (d) for every revision
22. 22.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) skipping hard topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) reading only
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) switching topic each sum (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) old and new topics mixed
24. 24.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
25. 25.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
27. 27.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
28. 28.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) one percentage page (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) 20 algebra sums only
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) a mixed revision quiz
31. 31.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) switching topic each sum (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
33. 33.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) one topic all evening (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) algebra and area mixed
34. 34.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
36. 36.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) area (d) percentage
37. 37.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) one formula, 20 times (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
38. 38.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area
39. 39.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
40. 40.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False

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