Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 499 · 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 chapter’s sums only (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) same type, page by page (d) all area sums together
2. 2.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) 20 algebra sums only (d) one percentage page
3. 3.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) when first learning (c) the night before exams (d) for every revision
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
6. 6.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
7. 7.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) area (d) ratio
8. 8.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
9. 9.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) same type, page by page (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) switching topic each sum
10. 10.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) area (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) ratio
11. 11.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
12. 12.🔀 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) ratio (d) area
13. 13.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
16. 16.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) one chapter’s sums only
17. 17.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) one topic for weeks (b) mixing different topics (c) skipping hard topics (d) reading only
18. 18.🔀 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) fractions (d) percentage
19. 19.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
20. 20.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) you practise choosing (b) it skips topics (c) it is shorter (d) it needs no thinking
23. 23.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) switching topic each sum (c) only fraction sums (d) one formula, 20 times
27. 27.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one chapter’s sums only
29. 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
30. 30.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) same type, page by page
32. 32.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) only fraction sums (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
36. 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
37. 37.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) all area sums together
38. 38.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) old and new topics mixed (d) same type, page by page

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