Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 283 · 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.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
3. 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) area (d) percentage
4. 4.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it needs no thinking (c) you practise choosing (d) it is shorter
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
6. 6.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) area (d) percentage
7. 7.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) same type, page by page (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
9. 9.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) same type, page by page (c) all area sums together (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
10. 10.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) for every revision (b) when first learning (c) never at all (d) the night before exams
11. 11.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
13. 13.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) algebra and area mixed (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
14. 14.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) only fraction sums
16. 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) all area sums together (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one topic all evening
17. 17.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
18. 18.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) one topic for weeks (c) skipping hard topics (d) mixing different topics
19. 19.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2. (a) area (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) percentage
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
21. 21.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) one percentage page (d) area sums only
22. 22.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) all area sums together (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) algebra and area mixed
24. 24.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one topic all evening (c) only fraction sums (d) one formula, 20 times
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) same type, page by page (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) algebra and area mixed
27. 27.True or false: “all area sums together” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
29. 29.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
30. 30.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
31. 31.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) normal and useful (b) a waste of time (c) a sign to stop (d) bad for learning
32. 32.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
33. 33.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) a mixed revision quiz
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) only fraction sums (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one topic all evening
39. 39.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one formula, 20 times (d) one topic all evening
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) same type, page by page (c) switching topic each sum (d) all area sums together

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