Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 399 · 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.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔀 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) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
3. 3.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
6. 6.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
9. 9.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) you practise choosing (c) it skips topics (d) it needs no thinking
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) same type, page by page (c) only fraction sums (d) a shuffled set of sums
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) same type, page by page
12. 12.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) same type, page by page (c) only fraction sums (d) one formula, 20 times
13. 13.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) same type, page by page (c) all area sums together (d) old and new topics mixed
15. 15.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) same type, page by page (d) all area sums together
16. 16.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
17. 17.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) all area sums together
18. 18.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one topic all evening
20. 20.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) algebra and area mixed
21. 21.🔀 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
22. 22.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) algebra and area mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) same type, page by page
24. 24.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
25. 25.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a waste of time (b) a sign to stop (c) bad for learning (d) normal and useful
26. 26.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
29. 29.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) skipping hard topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) reading only
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) all area sums together (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) a shuffled set of sums
32. 32.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
33. 33.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
38. 38.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
40. 40.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True

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