Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 486 · 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 interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one topic all evening (c) switching topic each sum (d) only fraction sums
2. 2.🔀 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
3. 3.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) a shuffled set of sums
4. 4.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) for every revision (b) when first learning (c) never at all (d) the night before exams
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) switching topic each sum (d) algebra and area mixed
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
8. 8.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) one formula, 20 times (d) one chapter’s sums only
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
13. 13.🔀 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
14. 14.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) skipping hard topics (b) mixing different topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) reading only
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) algebra and area mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
16. 16.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
17. 17.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) only fraction sums (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
18. 18.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) same type, page by page (c) only fraction sums (d) one topic all evening
19. 19.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) one topic all evening (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
23. 23.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
24. 24.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) switching topic each sum (c) one formula, 20 times (d) only fraction sums
27. 27.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) you practise choosing (b) it needs no thinking (c) it is shorter (d) it skips topics
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
29. 29.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) switching topic each sum (d) only fraction sums
30. 30.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “all area sums together” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔀 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
34. 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
35. 35.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) only fraction sums
36. 36.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) percentage (b) area (c) ratio (d) fractions
39. 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) percentage (b) ratio (c) fractions (d) area
40. 40.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving

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