Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 352 · 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 can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) a waste of time (c) a sign to stop (d) normal and useful
2. 2.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) you practise choosing (c) it is shorter (d) it skips topics
5. 5.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) same type, page by page
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) area (c) percentage (d) fractions
7. 7.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
9. 9.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
11. 11.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
14. 14.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) old and new topics mixed (c) all area sums together (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one topic all evening (d) old and new topics mixed
16. 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) all area sums together (c) same type, page by page (d) a mixed revision quiz
17. 17.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) switching topic each sum
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) all area sums together
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) old and new topics mixed
20. 20.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
22. 22.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) when first learning
24. 24.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) reading only (c) skipping hard topics (d) one topic for weeks
25. 25.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) all area sums together (d) switching topic each sum
26. 26.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
29. 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
30. 30.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) algebra and area mixed
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) all area sums together (d) one chapter’s sums only
33. 33.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one topic all evening
34. 34.🔀 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) ratio (c) percentage (d) fractions
35. 35.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) same type, page by page
36. 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
37. 37.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
38. 38.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
39. 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) area (d) percentage
40. 40.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice

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