Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 324 · 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: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) old and new topics mixed (c) all area sums together (d) same type, page by page
3. 3.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
5. 5.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) area (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one formula, 20 times (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) only fraction sums
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
8. 8.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
10. 10.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
11. 11.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) all area sums together (c) same type, page by page (d) old and new topics mixed
13. 13.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) when first learning (b) for every revision (c) the night before exams (d) never at all
14. 14.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) area (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) percentage
16. 16.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) area (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
18. 18.True or false: “only fraction sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) only fraction sums (c) same type, page by page (d) one topic all evening
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) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) a mixed revision quiz
23. 23.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) switching topic each sum (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) a shuffled set of sums
24. 24.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) area (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) algebra and area mixed (d) all area sums together
27. 27.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
28. 28.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
32. 32.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) area sums only
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one topic all evening (c) switching topic each sum (d) old and new topics mixed
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.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
36. 36.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) algebra and area mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) all area sums together
37. 37.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a waste of time (b) normal and useful (c) bad for learning (d) a sign to stop
39. 39.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
40. 40.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

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