Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 415 · 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: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) for every revision (b) when first learning (c) never at all (d) the night before exams
3. 3.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) a shuffled set of sums
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
5. 5.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2. (a) percentage (b) area (c) ratio (d) fractions
6. 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
8. 8.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) reading only (c) one topic for weeks (d) skipping hard topics
9. 9.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
11. 11.🔀 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) a shuffled set of sums
13. 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
14. 14.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) old and new topics mixed
16. 16.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) ratio (b) area (c) percentage (d) fractions
17. 17.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one formula, 20 times
19. 19.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
22. 22.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) switching topic each sum (c) one formula, 20 times (d) one chapter’s sums only
26. 26.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
27. 27.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
29. 29.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one formula, 20 times (c) same type, page by page (d) one chapter’s sums only
32. 32.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
35. 35.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) it is shorter (c) you practise choosing (d) it skips topics
36. 36.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) normal and useful (b) a sign to stop (c) a waste of time (d) bad for learning
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) same type, page by page (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
38. 38.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
39. 39.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
40. 40.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) all area sums together (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) a mixed revision quiz

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