Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 323 · 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: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
2. 2.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) when first learning (d) never at all
3. 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) area
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) all area sums together
5. 5.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
6. 6.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) you practise choosing (b) it is shorter (c) it needs no thinking (d) it skips topics
8. 8.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) all area sums together
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
11. 11.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) area sums only
12. 12.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) one chapter’s sums only
14. 14.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) skipping hard topics (b) one topic for weeks (c) mixing different topics (d) reading only
15. 15.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
16. 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one topic all evening (c) only fraction sums (d) one formula, 20 times
17. 17.🔀 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
18. 18.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) only fraction sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
20. 20.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
24. 24.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
27. 27.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one formula, 20 times
28. 28.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
29. 29.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.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) all area sums together
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) switching topic each sum (d) same type, page by page
33. 33.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
34. 34.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) old and new topics mixed
36. 36.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) area (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) ratio
37. 37.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
38. 38.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) same type, page by page (b) switching topic each sum (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
39. 39.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False

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