Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 519 · 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 room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
2. 2.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
3. 3.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) area (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) ratio
4. 4.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one formula, 20 times (c) all area sums together (d) a shuffled set of sums
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) algebra and area mixed (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) same type, page by page
7. 7.True or false: “only fraction sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) all area sums together (c) one topic all evening (d) one formula, 20 times
9. 9.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) algebra and area mixed (d) all area sums together
14. 14.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
15. 15.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) mixing different topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) skipping hard topics
16. 16.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2. (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) area (d) percentage
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
20. 20.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
23. 23.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
24. 24.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) when first learning (b) never at all (c) for every revision (d) the night before exams
25. 25.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one topic all evening (c) old and new topics mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
26. 26.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) one formula, 20 times (c) switching topic each sum (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
27. 27.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
29. 29.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) area sums only (d) one percentage page
31. 31.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
32. 32.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one formula, 20 times (c) only fraction sums (d) one topic all evening
33. 33.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
36. 36.True or false: “Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) switching topic each sum (c) all area sums together (d) only fraction sums
38. 38.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) normal and useful (c) a sign to stop (d) a waste of time
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one topic all evening (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one chapter’s sums only
40. 40.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True

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