Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 365 · 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.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) same type, page by page
2. 2.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
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) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) a mixed revision quiz
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) area (b) fractions (c) ratio (d) percentage
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) same type, page by page
8. 8.True or false: “only fraction sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) percentage (b) area (c) ratio (d) fractions
11. 11.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
12. 12.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions
13. 13.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) only fraction sums (d) same type, page by page
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) switching topic each sum
16. 16.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
17. 17.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
20. 20.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔀 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
22. 22.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) one formula, 20 times (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) only fraction sums
23. 23.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) only fraction sums (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) algebra and area mixed
24. 24.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) algebra and area mixed (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
28. 28.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) one topic all evening (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) a shuffled set of sums
29. 29.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a sign to stop (b) a waste of time (c) normal and useful (d) bad for learning
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) algebra and area mixed
31. 31.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) switching topic each sum
32. 32.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area
33. 33.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
34. 34.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
36. 36.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) all area sums together
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) old and new topics mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
38. 38.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
39. 39.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) one percentage page (c) 20 algebra sums only (d) algebra, area, %, mixed

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