Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 410 · 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? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
2. 2.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) ratio (b) area (c) fractions (d) percentage
4. 4.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) never at all (c) when first learning (d) for every revision
6. 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
7. 7.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) old and new topics mixed (c) all area sums together (d) one topic all evening
8. 8.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one formula, 20 times (d) one topic all evening
9. 9.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (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: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
13. 13.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) normal and useful (b) bad for learning (c) a waste of time (d) a sign to stop
15. 15.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) ratio (b) area (c) fractions (d) percentage
16. 16.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) all area sums together (d) old and new topics mixed
17. 17.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) it skips topics (c) you practise choosing (d) it needs no thinking
19. 19.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) switching topic each sum (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) a shuffled set of sums
21. 21.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) skipping hard topics (c) mixing different topics (d) one topic for weeks
23. 23.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
24. 24.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
26. 26.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
27. 27.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one topic all evening (c) all area sums together (d) one formula, 20 times
28. 28.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
29. 29.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) switching topic each sum (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) old and new topics mixed
31. 31.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “all area sums together” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) area sums only (d) 20 algebra sums only
34. 34.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) old and new topics mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) algebra and area mixed
35. 35.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) percentage (b) fractions (c) area (d) ratio
38. 38.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) same type, page by page
39. 39.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
40. 40.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) area (d) fractions

Free exam preparation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/exam-preparation-tips