Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 243 · 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.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
3. 3.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one topic all evening (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) a shuffled set of sums
6. 6.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
8. 8.True or false: “all area sums together” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it is shorter (c) you practise choosing (d) it needs no thinking
11. 11.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) area (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) percentage
12. 12.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) one formula, 20 times
15. 15.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) same type, page by page (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
16. 16.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) switching topic each sum
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) same type, page by page
20. 20.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
21. 21.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) all area sums together (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
22. 22.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) old and new topics mixed (d) only fraction sums
23. 23.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
24. 24.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) algebra and area mixed
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) same type, page by page
27. 27.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
28. 28.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) skipping hard topics (c) mixing different topics (d) reading only
29. 29.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) algebra and area mixed (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) all area sums together
30. 30.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
32. 32.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
35. 35.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) only fraction sums (c) one formula, 20 times (d) same type, page by page
36. 36.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one topic all evening
37. 37.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) switching topic each sum
38. 38.🔀 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
39. 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) percentage (b) area (c) ratio (d) fractions
40. 40.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) never at all (c) for every revision (d) when first learning

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