Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 402 · 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: which method does this question need? Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
2. 2.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) same type, page by page (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) algebra and area mixed
3. 3.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it is shorter (c) you practise choosing (d) it needs no thinking
4. 4.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
5. 5.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one topic all evening (d) same type, page by page
6. 6.🔀 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
7. 7.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) 20 algebra sums only (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) area sums only (d) one percentage page
8. 8.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) one topic all evening (c) same type, page by page (d) one formula, 20 times
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) switching topic each sum
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) one topic all evening (d) all area sums together
12. 12.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) all area sums together (c) old and new topics mixed (d) one topic all evening
13. 13.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
15. 15.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) area (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) ratio
17. 17.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) one formula, 20 times (d) only fraction sums
20. 20.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) one formula, 20 times (d) only fraction sums
26. 26.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) all area sums together (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) old and new topics mixed
27. 27.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) for every revision (b) never at all (c) when first learning (d) the night before exams
28. 28.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
30. 30.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) reading only (c) skipping hard topics (d) one topic for weeks
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one topic all evening (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) algebra and area mixed
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) old and new topics mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) a shuffled set of sums
33. 33.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) algebra and area mixed
35. 35.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one formula, 20 times (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) same type, page by page (c) only fraction sums (d) one topic all evening
38. 38.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) percentage
40. 40.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False

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