Study Skills Worksheet: Interleaving

Exam preparation lesson 11: Interleaving (mixed practice) · Set 547 · 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.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
2. 2.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) a shuffled set of sums
4. 4.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it needs no thinking (c) you practise choosing (d) it is shorter
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one topic all evening (d) same type, page by page
6. 6.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
7. 7.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
8. 8.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) a mixed revision quiz
9. 9.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
10. 10.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) when first learning (c) the night before exams (d) for every revision
11. 11.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm. (a) area (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) fractions
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
13. 13.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) one percentage page (d) area sums only
14. 14.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) a shuffled set of sums
16. 16.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a sign to stop (b) a waste of time (c) bad for learning (d) normal and useful
18. 18.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) skipping hard topics (c) mixing different topics (d) one topic for weeks
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) only fraction sums
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) algebra and area mixed
21. 21.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) all area sums together (c) one formula, 20 times (d) algebra and area mixed
23. 23.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) same type, page by page
26. 26.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) ratio (b) area (c) percentage (d) fractions
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) old and new topics mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) one chapter’s sums only
28. 28.True or false: “switching topic each sum” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) all area sums together (c) old and new topics mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) algebra and area mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
31. 31.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) algebra and area mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) same type, page by page
33. 33.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) old and new topics mixed
34. 34.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) algebra and area mixed (d) only fraction sums
38. 38.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) one topic all evening (d) one chapter’s sums only
39. 39.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there? (a) percentage (b) area (c) fractions (d) ratio
40. 40.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False

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