Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

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

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