Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 315 · 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? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) area (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) percentage
2. 2.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
3. 3.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) when first learning
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
8. 8.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) same type, page by page
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
11. 11.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
12. 12.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it is shorter (c) it needs no thinking (d) you practise choosing
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
14. 14.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔀 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
16. 16.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) 20 algebra sums only (b) one percentage page (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) area sums only
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) a waste of time (c) normal and useful (d) a sign to stop
18. 18.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
19. 19.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
20. 20.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) area (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
22. 22.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) skipping hard topics (b) reading only (c) mixing different topics (d) one topic for weeks
24. 24.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) only fraction sums
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) only fraction sums (c) one formula, 20 times (d) a mixed revision quiz
30. 30.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
31. 31.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) same type, page by page
32. 32.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
33. 33.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) switching topic each sum
35. 35.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) all area sums together (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
36. 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
37. 37.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
38. 38.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) only fraction sums (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) same type, page by page
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums

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